Example sentences of "it [be] certainly not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | I believe that if feminism has got something to say then it 's certainly not getting its message to the masses of ordinary women . |
| 3 | Whilst the facilities are simple , it 's certainly not trying to compete with Letraset 's ImageStudio , they are enough to get you out of a hole . |
| 4 | Er it moves up again in eighty five to eighty six and the general trend you can see is still upwards though it 's certainly not repeating the growth in this period . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's certainly not discouraged potential students . ’ |
| 7 | Yet how can we get a picture of the way in which it is possible to accept both that a task is done by rules ( for it is certainly not done randomly ) and yet the performer has no access whatever to the rules ? |
| 8 | It is certainly not priced for any surprise setbacks . |
| 9 | It is certainly not justified on the basis of the 1991 earnings per share — 2.58p — or the outlook for 1992 . |
| 10 | It is certainly not intended that intrusion of any kind should be encouraged into an area of the child 's experience which must be sensitively respected , and this must be kept in mind when reading the section ‘ My family ’ . |
| 11 | It is certainly not intended to add much to the knowledge of multimedia experts . |
| 12 | It is certainly not stocked by any of the main homoeopathic suppliers in this country and I can assume therefore that it is most likely not homoeopathic but a herbal product — unless it has been imported from abroad , possibly Europe . |
| 13 | It is certainly not reflected within the institutions of the EEC . |
| 14 | It is certainly not shown in the average legal deed . |
| 15 | ‘ It is certainly not going to deter us from going , but we are aware that there could be problems . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Debt is common among the poor and unemployed but it is certainly not confined to them . |
| 18 | Whatever the citizens charter is or is not meant to do , will the Minister assure us that it is certainly not meant to replace his Department 's statutory obligations in relation to the tragic accidents with which the Health and Safety Executive should deal ? |
| 19 | It was certainly not bogged down by any kind of personal dogma , and I resent that accusation . |
| 20 | Nobody suggested discouraging emigration , but it was certainly not welcomed as eagerly as in earlier decades , and the flow may have declined a little . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The suppressed tension between members of the committee was still boiling , almost like Algernon 's mutton broth ; it was certainly not smiling . |