Example sentences of "not [adv] is " in BNC.
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1 | Well that 's that number , but it 's not altogether is it ? |
2 | One most destructive mode by which vast numbers are destroyed is that of chasing the birds in a boat at the time they shed their primary quill-feathers , when being unable to fly they are soon rowed down and captured ; this practice , which is to be much regretted , is usually resorted to for the sake of the beautiful down with which the breasts are clothed , but not unfrequently is mere wantonness . |
3 | not right is it ? |
4 | not right is it ? |
5 | Not entirely is the answer to all questions . |
6 | It is clear despite this that not enough is being done , and the seriousness of the position is still not fully realized by the average person . |
7 | Is it strident enough in stating that not enough is being achieved ? |
8 | However in Erwin 's opinion , ‘ While it 's talked about a lot , not enough is being done ’ . |
9 | There are also important areas of knowledge and skill which can not be described with any precision either because of their nature ( e.g. " understanding " ) or because not enough is yet known about the factors causing difficulty to pupils . |
10 | We know this because Anthony explicitly excludes information about attainment of the organization 's objectives ; he believes that not enough is known about measuring effectiveness to include it as a user need . |
11 | If they accept Anthony 's assertion that not enough is known about output measurement in non-business organizations , the conclusion of Drebin et al. |
12 | Only general conclusions can be drawn at present because not enough is known about the parameters involved in this model ; whether the Universe will expand forever or whether it will finally contract is not yet clear . |
13 | Although warming has been detected over the last few decades , scientists claim that not enough is known about the natural temperature variations of the region to be able to come to any conclusions . |
14 | The Foyle Fisheries Commission , which is in charge of the river , has recently been criticised by Donegal Senator Paddy McGowan , who believes not enough is being done to trap the poachers . |
15 | The survey , carried out by Dr Helen McEwan and Dr Mary Campbell-Brown of Glasgow Royal Infirmary , reported that many women fear not enough is known about the long-term consequences . |
16 | Seventy five 's not enough is it ? |
17 | No not enough is it B R Is it bran ? |
18 | I mean he 's a , he 's got to a , he 's got to be a claim all across the whole sitting is that the , that their budgeting is not enough is it ? |
19 | The pretence that this is not so is what makes me sick , he wrote , when I look at the works of the past . |
20 | That this is not so is very apparent from any number of reports which can not be dismissed as anecdotage . |
21 | However , that this is not so is made apparent at the end of the judgment . |
22 | And it could be said that not only is it about imitation — it is also , as are other tours de force , itself an imitation of something . |
23 | Not only is it little consolation , he wrote , it is actually a further cause for despair , for it only shows that everything is far too late , that the glass was a dream of lateness and the work on the glass was a fantasy of lateness and the belief in the glass was the madness of one who has lost all sense of the meaning of lateness . |
24 | Not only is this shock experienced in fieldwork , while one learns the ways of a new culture , but it is experienced even more disconcertingly when one returns to one 's own culture … two different worlds have met in the same person . |
25 | For not only is maintenance now much less frequent , all scheduled depot attention is given at night or at weekends or between peak diagrams . |
26 | In the wake of major advances in medicine and technology it 's interesting to hear that not only is acupuncture still used for many human conditions , but there is also an increasing trend toward using acupuncture for pets . |
27 | Not only is traffic on their motorways obstructing lorries going in and out of the vast Europoort , but public opposition to air pollution and the taking of scarce land for new roads is intense . |
28 | Not only is diesel much less expensive at the pumps , especially in France and Italy , but purchase tax on diesel-powered cars is reduced . |
29 | Not only is she pretty ; she has a reputation for being more of a Socialist than her husband and far more level-headed than he about the trappings of prime ministerial power . |
30 | But not only is it a way of classifying policemen and women : the term is also used to criticize those outsiders who think they know something about policing , such as lawyers , academics , researchers , and journalists ; it is also a self-appellation of praise . |