Example sentences of "and it is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glasser presents a full picture of the behaviour , good and bad , which he encountered in an area of maximum difficulty , and it is not often that such a picture has been presented . |
| 2 | And it is not easy to know how far Kapuscinski 's book is a book about a bygone Ethiopia . |
| 3 | Art is not a machine , he wrote , and it is not an organism . |
| 4 | Flying demands all your concentration and it is not wise to risk flying if you have business worries or some other mental stress on your mind . |
| 5 | The loads on the structure are lower during the first half of the launch and it is not unusual to exceed the placard speed for a few seconds during the initial steepening of the climb . |
| 6 | Since the force exerted by the spring is the same at both low and high speeds , this makes it feel rather twitchy , and it is not difficult to overstress the aircraft at high speeds . |
| 7 | Furthermore , people vary in their tolerance from day to day , and it is not safe to assume that because you have been to 15,000 feet or so without oxygen before , you will be able to do it again . |
| 8 | Also , remember that many people with HIV infection may remain perfectly well for some years , and it is not possible to tell who is infected just by looking at them . |
| 9 | ‘ And it is not over yet — you know we have Mary to marry off to Alex McLaggan this Friday coming . |
| 10 | ‘ Old age ’ is not a disease in itself , and it is not helpful to think of the problems which face older people as being caused ‘ by their age ’ . |
| 11 | Despite the general activities there is menace in the air and it is not long before the rival factions of Montagues and Capulets are fighting and deaths occurring before the lovers even meet . |
| 12 | The solvent type paint removers do not normally raise the grain and it is not necessary to sand after stripping . |
| 13 | Unlike French polish , cold cure lacquers can be applied liberally and it is not necessary to use a good quality brush . |
| 14 | And it is not insignificant that the quarterly of which he is the editor is the first British journal which has attempted to relate the British mind to the total European mind ; that has attempted a rational synthesis of the traditions of Roman culture ; that has , in a word , contemplated order . |
| 15 | This is a principle of extra-territoriality , and it is not clear what British firms in America receive in return . |
| 16 | The commission now has the task of finding another country to take him in the next five days , and it is not optimistic . |
| 17 | Only a three-yard stretch of the theatre has been unearthed , and it is not known whether any more will be excavated . |
| 18 | There is perhaps only one situation in which one can envisage the majority speaking , and it is not a voice which one wants to hear . |
| 19 | The political future will largely depend on how these perceptions develop , and it is not impossible to gauge that development . |
| 20 | They drive me to distraction : at first I refuse to fight back , on the grounds that life is sacred and it is not their fault that they are mosquitos , but I eventually join in the swatting that punctuates the quiet every so often . |
| 21 | Defective tiled roofs can produce problems identical to those posed by ageing slate roofs , but because clay plain tiles are necessarily hung on battens ( not every tile is nailed except on very steeply pitched roofs ) and it is not possible simply to apply tiles direct to a boarded surface as in the case of a slate covering , the problem of rotting roofing battens and sarking does not arise in connection with tiling . |
| 22 | It is not an easy task — and it is not just a matter of buying the vaccines . |
| 23 | The Press Council review has seemed an age in gestation ; and it is not in all respects wonderful . |
| 24 | The Press Council review has seemed an age in gestation ; and it is not in all respects wonderful . |
| 25 | Mr George Bochanski , a spokesman for Rohm & Haas , the manufacturer , said : ‘ We continue to believe these products are safe and it is not our job to pre-empt the regulatory bodies in the UK . ’ |
| 26 | It has taken a closer look at what it pays and what it gets out of its Brussels El Dorado , and it is not happy . |
| 27 | At Holy Trinity , Brompton , all four priests are Old Etonians , one of the churchwardens is a former private secretary of Margaret Thatcher 's , and it is not unknown for members of the congregation to go on to a wedding reception in St James 's Palace . |
| 28 | And it is not that she knows me to be bad or weak , or you either , but her conventional mind could not grasp that a thing so often impure , can be made absolutely and perfectly pure . |
| 29 | There was a tragic , brief love affair which was doomed to fail , and it is not our concern here . |
| 30 | There must be a strong reason why no one of her family will have her and it is not as if she had no money . |