Example sentences of "and it [is] not " in BNC.

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1 And it 's not very different in the West .
2 Nobody 's going to know officially and it 's not as if there are hundreds of you or anything — I mean , so what if somebody does find you ?
3 Dostoevsky has an impudent way of making his narrator declare ‘ As a chronicler I confine myself to presenting events exactly as they happened , and it 's not my fault if they appear incredible ’ — like the son of the house writing home about his time on the North-West Frontier of India .
4 And it 's not always easy to respect the author of The Maximus Poems , marred as they are on nearly every page by solecisms and gaucheries , by arbitrary coarseness in diction , punctuation , syntax , lineation .
5 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 :
6 The justification seems to have got lost along the way , but the attitude has prevailed until recently — you could argue about precise dates , but Philip Larkin plumped for 1963 — and it 's not done for yet .
7 I edge back to the tent , I feel lonely , desperately lonely , and it 's not just being alone that is doing it .
8 Men are all little boys at heart , when all 's said and done , and it 's not only women that like to have these little playthings about to make a break in the daily round .
9 If the weather 's all right and it 's not raining or nothing , I usually go to the garden to help Mr Frost .
10 And it 's not as hot as the Troop-either , sir . ’
11 And it 's not just tropical countries that are affected .
12 Sure the world needs more love in it ; sure , the brutal and uncaring hold the reins ; sure , some people have no choice about having their lives wasted — but I celebrate the brutal and wasteful in music because I know what fascinates me , and it 's not this ghastly New Wave soul with-the-one-saxophone-tacked-on .
13 And it 's not gon na be easy to get him outta the country … .
14 You are becoming so hard and bitter and it 's not really like you . ’
15 He 's trying too hard to please and it 's not a nice sight .
16 But this time , all that is gone ; and it 's not because you have aged a lot , or changed .
17 Pearson 's agent comments : ‘ Pugwash is more than just the signature tune , and it 's not just the accordion .
18 ‘ But we have two strong individuals here , and it 's not easy to knock heads together . ’
19 Suddenly the scale becomes that of a cathedral , and it 's not fanciful to put the spirituality of the place in the same category .
20 Old Harry ca n't stand Lillibet and it 's not hard to see why .
21 As you will see in the final reading from Gowie Corby Plays Chicken nobody w ill put up with Gowie 's cruel jokes for ever and it 's not long before people 's patience with him runs out .
22 Seefeld has grown into one of the Tyrol 's largest and most popular resorts , and it 's not hard to see why .
23 One of the most popular resorts in this brochure , and it 's not hard to see why .
24 And it 's not as if I 've gone off it within myself .
25 They had got used to living in Brighton , and saw no reason to uproot themselves , but one of their tutors took them aside and said , ‘ Look , this place has n't got a proper research library , and it 's not going to get one .
26 That does n't last for ever , and it 's not easy to psych yourself up to get another job after you 've been given the push .
27 And it 's not just your home which is at risk ; farm machinery , livestock , feedstuffs , chemicals and equipment are all highly valuable and must be protected from the criminal .
28 The Cruz Twinkick concave [ as it 's known ] is a complex concave , and it 's not just ‘ concave ’ in profile , a very slight rise running through the length of the deck is invisible to the eye but you can feel a more comfortable footlock when you stand on it .
29 It 's possible , but expensive , to recycle them , and it 's not that easy for ordinary consumers to organise .
30 Other clients who 've not been sure about coming , actually find they quite like it and it 's not that bad and yes , they 'd like to stay !
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