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 .
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