Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] certainly not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , no-one guessed that , and it 's certainly not one of my favourite songs . |
| 2 | ‘ The evidence shows that while it is swinging slowly , it 's still a long way from the centre and it 's certainly not swinging the other way . ’ |
| 3 | And it 's certainly not available in sufficient detail for for all of the sectors to make a fair comparison and I think Mr has made this point in in when you 've questioned him a number of times today that the information is just not available or to hand to make to make that comparison . |
| 4 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 5 | I 've got a whole list of funny errors , some a bit too near the bone to repeat on the air , but they 're extremely funny , and it 's certainly not a good way of getting your application noticed by misspelling . |
| 6 | Well I was involved with these professionally , and they are a very high standard , and it 's certainly not going to solve our housing problem . |
| 7 | But it is not the whole story ; and it is certainly not the correct starting-point . |
| 8 | There are many reasons why we eat — and it is certainly not simply to satisfy the pangs of hunger . |
| 9 | At this stage , as Kristeva implies , an interest in , even a fascination with sex difference is very much a fact of our lives ; and it is certainly not a neutral fact . |
| 10 | While the idea of cannibalism may seem repugnant to us , it clearly has its advantages , and it is certainly not unique to spadefoot toads . |
| 11 | Structural reform by itself , however , is unlikely to deliver the required change of direction and it is certainly not a substitute for the commitment of inside reformers to shape policy and practice . |
| 12 | The stock psychoanalytic approach assumes a universal connection between hair and sexual virility , and it is certainly not difficult to find examples which fit this interpretation . |
| 13 | Now , ‘ hot ’ is merely a possible trait of butter in , for instance , Arthur put the butter into a dish ; and it is certainly not the case that any lexical unit functioning as the direct object of pour has ‘ hot ’ as a canonical trait — in Arthur poured the milk into a dish , for instance , ‘ hot ’ is , again , merely possible . |
| 14 | This is not a diet to do in a hurry and it is certainly not a crash diet . |
| 15 | However , legal advice is not provided solely by lawyers and it is certainly not restricted to those operating within the professional structure described in Chapter 3 . |
| 16 | For a start Claridges Hotel , in London 's Mayfair , where the Russians would be staying , was fully bugged by MI5 on a permanent basis ( because so many ‘ interesting ’ foreign guests stayed there ) and it was certainly not going to miss the opportunity of eavesdropping on the two leaders . |
| 17 | Perhaps that type of patronage was of small value in comparison with the need to provide employment for friends , but it was all grist to the mill of a politician intent on keeping his interest solidly united , and it was certainly not scorned by those with bursaries in their gift . |
| 18 | And it was certainly not Asquith 's view . |
| 19 | The technique of ‘ hunt the analogue ’ is a favourite one practised by palaeontologists , but it is certainly not a foolproof one , because there are many fossil animals that defy comparison with living organisms , and some analogues do not stand up to detailed scrutiny . |
| 20 | But it is certainly not impossible and the attempt to arrive at agreed standards in all organizations can be helpful and educational to manager and employees alike . |
| 21 | Debt is common among the poor and unemployed but it is certainly not confined to them . |
| 22 | This may be an exaggerated view of the public 's overall reaction , but it is certainly not of a vocal minority : It is this pursuit of utopia which is at the heart of the reason why anyone concerned with buildings should understand and take into account the impact of planning control . |
| 23 | Their condition is beyond reason , but it is certainly not , as they believe , beyond cure . |
| 24 | That may be the constitutional position — though no one knows for sure as the situation has not arisen since Henry VIII created the C of E for this purpose — but it is certainly not one which is acceptable . |
| 25 | A mono monitor may be suitable for work processing , but it is certainly not ideal for knitwear design . |
| 26 | It may be complex but it is certainly not chaotic . |
| 27 | But it is certainly not the only locale nor the only company in which competence in and knowledge of the social world is acquired . |
| 28 | But it is certainly not the ultimate resource which will do the whole job for us ; no classroom aid is . |
| 29 | There 's good material in The Midas Touch , but it is certainly not a classic . |
| 30 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman that British coal is the cheapest in western Europe , but it is certainly not cheaper than coal from the United States or Australia and it is still uncompetitive in world terms . |