Example sentences of "be [verb] [is] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , giving rules for determining where the boundaries are placed is not easy , except in cases where a clear pause separates tone-units . |
| 2 | The long opening sequence , detailing a mismanaged operation of a baby 's delivery , is an extraordinary feat of simulation , yet it also tends to defeat realism because we know what we are seeing is not really happening . |
| 3 | What we are seeing is not churchmen meddling in politics but following through the logic of their theology which Professor T. F. Torrance has dubbed ‘ a radical disjunction between faith and reason . ’ |
| 4 | What we are seeing is not some kooky ‘ Generation with no name ’ but a crisis , in , well ( sorry to sound so meaningful ) , Western philosophy . |
| 5 | This is why we now put ‘ Cichlasoma ’ in inverted commas — we have to call these fish something , and the parentheses indicate that the name we are using is not a correct scientific one . |
| 6 | Therefore , what we are suggesting is not to be considered as the only way of " doing it right " . |
| 7 | Some foxes , mongooses and weasels are capable of this type of defence and doubtless give the hungry predators the sensation that perhaps , after all , the food object they are pursuing is not so tasty . |
| 8 | The Government that has been formed is not a Coalition but a co-operation between individuals who are banded together to avoid the disaster . |
| 9 | This means that the essential choices are left open ; above all , it means that what has already been done is not yet irrevocable . |
| 10 | You 've Been Framed is n't it ? , it gives you a bit of a laugh |
| 11 | 3.2 The problems in applying the rule arise when the damage which has been suffered is not financial . |
| 12 | ‘ I repeat , the woman I have been loving is not you . ’ |
| 13 | Finally , you can apply to have your debtor made bankrupt or , if a company , to be wound up if the amount you are owed is not paid to you . |
| 14 | right , this is exactly the same we 're selling is n't it ? |
| 15 | So so the money you 're paying is not going to your son , it 's going to the Treasury is that right ? |
| 16 | Arousal curve well understanding the need for arousal for me helped because I now understand that having nerves while you 're speaking is not unnatural it is n't something that you 're able to get rid of but you need to be able to work with it and practice to improve performance . |
| 17 | That 's what we 're doing in n it mummy ? |
| 18 | This is what you 're saying is n't it ? |
| 19 | We are not subject at this juncture , to identify any further exposures , but that , I mean , that 's what we 're saying is n't it ? |
| 20 | That 's what you 're saying is n't it Adrian ? |
| 21 | Well I suppose it 's better than football what they 're playing in n it ? |
| 22 | They 're stacking is n't as good as what was . |
| 23 | We 're finished in n it ? |
| 24 | But , it 's it 's not really a deterrent , that 's the point we 're making is n't it ? |
| 25 | ‘ True , but Ian says the job they 're offering is n't every girl 's choice . |
| 26 | I do n't feel hungry it 's just a psychological thing when you 're dieting is n't it , that you , you feel |
| 27 | Note that , if the key that has been requested is not present on the file , the unsuccessful search length is potentially limited only by the size of the file . |
| 28 | Your PC and Creation 6 has more than ample capacity to store all your patterns and is your main storage area , so keeping them in the console memory after they have been used is not only pointless , it is possibly dangerous . |
| 29 | What we are presenting is not a distorted view of ‘ reality ’ , but the reality which engages the people we have studied , the reality they create by their interpretation of their experience and in terms of which they act . |
| 30 | Then even the moth will not know where it is going : and the most effective means of confusing someone else about where you are going is not to know yourself . ) |