Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the problem is to decide when a party is not dealing on the others standard terms . |
| 2 | It is not binding on the courts , although it remains a treaty obligation for the Government to ensure that the law conforms with it . |
| 3 | ‘ You are telling me , Warrender , that my niece is not travelling with the Parslows ? |
| 4 | Contemporary art is not pulling in the crowds |
| 5 | ICI is not talking about the platelets . |
| 6 | But we 're not pandering it 's not pandering to the kids ! |
| 7 | It 's not detracting from the skills of the driver because in the end everything relies on the driver making it work . |
| 8 | It 's not going off the rails |
| 9 | ‘ Papa is n't shouting about the francs , it is the arrangement , the flo-ral ar-ran-ge-ment , he can not paint fifty dozen white flowers when they are brown . ’ |
| 10 | A single mother I met in Sheffield has got housing , but in a Dickensian block of flats , on the fifth floor , with no lift , a damp kitchen , bathroom and hall where the wallpaper seems to stand up only out of inertia because it is n't sticking to the walls . |
| 11 | Misting plants with a hand-held sprayer is highly effective , although it has to be done regularly , preferably early in the day when the sun is n't shining on the leaves to avoid scorch . |
| 12 | It is n't playing by the rules , it 's sometimes beautiful , sometimes energising , sometimes soothing and often funny in its own way . |