Example sentences of "it [is] not [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we 're actually doing is checking the firing pin is n't broken and looking down the barrel to make sure it 's not blocked and is properly oiled . |
| 2 | we do n't really need to go any further because we 've found it 's not balanced but we just for completeness , how many Cs on this side ? |
| 3 | It 's absolutely ludicrous that it 's not advertised and that no one does anything about it . |
| 4 | Well you , it 's not corroded or anything is it ? |
| 5 | It 's not felt that your private life in terms of your political opinions will necessarily impinge on your public life , and , and to deprive somebody of the right to express their opinions in public would be regarded as an infringement of his civil liberties , which would be unthinkable in a republican erm situation . |
| 6 | It 's not forfeited if you do n't claim it . |
| 7 | Well they spell it it 's not spelt as i if you , if you were talking it really , you 'd probably , you 'd probably |
| 8 | He does n't usually do that ; at least , it 's not known that he does . |
| 9 | It 's not known if Nixon or Reagan ever read this passage . |
| 10 | It 's not known if the patrol which spotted the stolen car was part of this operation . |
| 11 | It 's not known if the weapon he uses is real , but he could be dangerous . |
| 12 | It 's not known if he 'll return to the school . |
| 13 | It 's not known if more funds will be made abvailable to send young criminals to places like Earlswood , or wether local authorities will still be expected to pay the bill . |
| 14 | It 's not known when the public flogging will be carried out . |
| 15 | But they also say in the alternative that that since the plaintiffs themselves were at this time by mid to late October of nineteen eighty five , not ready or able to complete it would have been improper erm for the defendant to advise the plaintiffs to serve a special notice to complete and my Lord the question that therefore arises er whether , even if that were correct , er and it 's not admitted that it is , that exonerates the defendants from given the advice er and whether they should still have advised the plaintiff erm of the opportunity which was open to him , that the plaintiff could if necessary take that course himself or be advised to go er elsewhere and be advised independently is er this is , this the point of the matter which he regarded as improper and was not willing to do it on the plaintiff 's behalf . |
| 16 | Unfortunately it 's not numbered because it was a late item . |
| 17 | I think at the outset I need to erm clarify Hambledon 's position , erm Hambledon 's position is that it objects erm to the new settlement on the basis that it 's not needed and can not be justified , and I would n't wish erm for the er Council 's position to be interpreted as anything less than that . |
| 18 | It 's not marked but it 's there is Portsmouth . |
| 19 | It 's not chipped or anything is it ? |
| 20 | The family member also progressively adapts so that the effects of the disease are largely the progressive effects of that adaptation — The disease always gets worse if it is not treated but nonetheless the family member develops ways in which he or she can somehow live with the disease . |
| 21 | It is not treated as ‘ serious ’ , that is , as a part of their ‘ real ’ lives . |
| 22 | In the first place it is to be accepted that it is made in wide terms though it is not said that they are so imprecise that there is a doubt as to what is covered by the order . |
| 23 | Certainly platelets do not normally adhere to arterial endothelium if it is not damaged but the explanation for this antithrombotic property of intact endothelium remains obscure . |
| 24 | It is not presumed that a hunting-gathering society will possess a bureaucracy . |
| 25 | Within the state , the polis , all the inhabitants are rated as men , in the sense that they are not monsters ; but it is not assumed that , by virtue of being men , they are all of equal moral standing . |
| 26 | But unfortunately we can then easily imagine a context in which that sentence might be appropriately used , in which it is not assumed that John cheated : for example , you thought he had cheated , asked me whether he now repents , but I tell you he never did , and persuade you accordingly , and then I say so John does n't regret cheating ( Gazdar , 1979a : 105 ) . |
| 27 | How they actually manage it is not revealed and so it is highly suitable for family viewing . |
| 28 | ( 1 ) It is not argued that under English company law , or under the English law of mortgage , a foreign company , that is a company not formed and registered under the Companies Acts , lacks the requisite legal capacity to enter into a debenture secured by a floating charge on property both in England and abroad and conferring a power to appoint a receiver and manager over the whole , or substantially the whole , of its property . |
| 29 | It is not argued that any system of law other than English law applies to determine the legal status of the receivers appointed by the bank pursuant to the debenture . |
| 30 | Even if they are able to find employment or occupation , it is not felt that families should be forced to provide a home for their handicapped son or daughter until they are too old to do so , or that this is necessarily the best thing for the development of a mentally handicapped adult who could derive considerable stimulation and benefit from living apart from their family . |