Example sentences of "not [adj] [subord] it " in BNC.

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1 But this is not possible because it is necessary to approach each of these aspects differently to get the required results .
2 That is a pity , perhaps , but it does not mean that everyday language is bad ; it is imply the way of things that language is not alive unless it is vernacular , because the adornments and abbreviations are the adornments and abbreviations of human thought .
3 It 's not right when it happens to the lads from the inner cities , so it would n't be right if it happened to the lads from the county set .
4 The atoms are all ‘ frozen ’ into the random positions they occupied in the liquid , producing a material which is neither crystal nor liquid : not crystal because it does n't have an ordered structure , not liquid because it does n't flow .
5 Cos it 's not appetizing if it 's er
6 Karl was not unintelligent when it came to his own interests , his own career .
7 Pound had known Phyllis Bottome between 1905 and 1907 , when they were fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania , and it 's not clear whether it is that early association , or a period later when she had caught up with him in London , that Phyllis Bottome had in mind when she wrote of how Pound tried to transform her as a writer from a talented amateur into a professional :
8 It is not clear whether it is the limited powers of the Tribunal or the wide powers of the Government which led to none of the first sixty-eight complaints to the Tribunal being upheld .
9 It is not , however , obvious that this will continue , and it is not clear whether it will benefit urban government .
10 If the company does prove its case , it is still not clear whether it would escape the sanctions threatened by the US against European telecommunications products and services — mainly because the US has not firmed up on what action it will take .
11 As for the Drouot auction , it is not clear whether it will take place at all .
12 It is not clear whether it makes any difference if those words are omitted .
13 Beyond this it is not clear whether it is subject to any restrictions other than those imposed by statute and common law on exclusion clauses generally .
14 my my guess is that by a side wind er can mix all the erm items on the list , terms would include erm maybe committed and maybe not committed expenditure expenditure and that if it does affect because erm there are some items erm in the erm not clear whether it 's committed or not Market Square er which we do n't want to support .
15 How much this would increase the size of the tree structure and the speed of look-up , is not clear because it depends upon the number of words stored .
16 Moreover , it was not harmful when it was injected into mice .
17 Thus an inductivist rationalist might rule that astrology is not a science because it is not inductively derivable from the facts of observation , whilst a falsificationist might rule that Marxism is not scientific because it is not falsifiable .
18 [ History ] is not rigorous because it always proceeds by faults and corrections , because it is not in any way a universal schema but a unique adventure that unfolds on the basis of prehistoric circumstances which constitute in themselves , and in relation to all the objectives and all the practices , a heavy and badly understood legacy of fundamental deviations .
19 I 'm not interested because it does n't fit does n't cover the type of collecting I do .
20 Movement to Italy of all Germans is not acceptable because it would cause serious blockage of our L of C … we are approaching 12 Army Gp immediately with request that they accept concentration … 3 .
21 Robertson confirmed in the second paragraph of his signal that " movement to Italy of all Germans is not acceptable because it would cause serious blockage on our L of C. He therefore informed McCreery that AFHQ would be " approaching 12th Army Group immediately " to ask them to accept all German surrendered personnel from 5 Corps , with the exception of " arrestable categories " , such as SS .
22 Clause 1.2 is not acceptable as it is inadvisable to agree any unreasonable fetters on the tenant 's right to assign the benefit of the agreement .
23 It 's not acceptable as it is , is it ?
24 A recent example is Smith ( 1989 ) , who thinks that Labov 's work is not theoretical because it does not address ‘ any linguistic issue ’ .
25 Although somewhat bulky and unflattering , it was not unsuccessful as it blended with the current trend for layered clothes and endorsed the rustic air of a bygone age that other ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes were now describing , As they would not consider offering anything that was not made of 100 per cent natural fibres , they managed to complete the range by producing dresses in brushed cotton and cotton corduroy .
26 The concept of ‘ demand ’ is often not appropriate because it implies confrontation , the process is more aptly considered as one of cooperation and persuasion .
27 ( 5 ) Interest is not taxable whether it forms part of a judgment debt or a payment in or a settlement ( Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 , s329 ) .
28 Held that it was not taxable because it was not paid under an enforceable contract .
29 A third and more serious problem with ( 6.9 ) is that it is not operational because it involves expectations of dividend payments into the infinite future .
30 It was not publishable as it stood , said Michael , but might it be of interest to me ?
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