Example sentences of "it [be] not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For John Simon , it was ‘ so puny a play that if it were not extended in all directions by Dustin Hoffman 's life-giving performance , it would barely be discernible to the naked eye . |
| 2 | With that came a warning that if it were not paid within six months , he would serve three years extra . |
| 3 | Not like it is now ; it 's not rained for twenty years . ’ |
| 4 | it 's , it 's the pomp and circumstance and and the fluffy lace and everybody being really happy and I know people think about it , but it 's not seen as that , it 's seen as a a , a family society thing , it 's not two people sitting |
| 5 | We 'd never produce budgets without erm having thoroughly discussed them with the Treasurer and saying to the Treasurer 's Department of the County Council , which is a very conservative department I have to say ( with a small c ) ; it 's not given to wild flurries of excitement and imagination . |
| 6 | cor I 've done the wrong one 's surely it 's not fitting into that |
| 7 | As er the officer was saying it 's a briefing document prepared before the raid , therefore of course it 's not covered by public interest immunity . |
| 8 | Zambian er , call it Zambian newspa , newspapers so it 's very liable as to what , you know it 's no comm , it 's not comment at all , it 's just , and erm the last one two weeks ago I think it was , indicated that erm South Africa 's production of maize would be , oh I ca n't remember , but a lot short of what they require themselves |
| 9 | Only it 's not written like that in there |
| 10 | And and a funny thing is , it 's not limited to social class within Holland itself . |
| 11 | If it 's not shut at half past nine , it do n't open till half past nine . |
| 12 | Er yes Mr Chairman , I mean I assume this thing gives us a fairly embryonic stage , I hope it 's not intended in any way as a finished article , it seems to me in many cases er a state into the obvious er I 'd hope that our employees would be polite people , erm you know this is a great step forward to putting down on a paper , I do n't know , but I mean |
| 13 | It 's not to interface with more systems , there 's a lot more software in it and er therefore the companies concerned have got a lot more work to do . |
| 14 | If you want to protect your livelihood or protect the environment you 're living in , you 'd do everything possible to make sure it 's not damaged by this way or any other means . ’ |
| 15 | So few people know first aid ( for some strange reason it 's not taught in most schools ) that you may be the only one who can plug the wound and stop the bleeding . |
| 16 | It 's not improved at all . |
| 17 | she says when you ask her , her name 's Miranda , but it 's not spelt like that , it 's spelt like Mijarna , it 's got a J in it , but she says it 's Miranda , you know |
| 18 | It 's not used in great quantities in the reaction . |
| 19 | Pardon , it 's not , it 's not shown on this map , no , cos erm the golf course have been instructed erm since this er plan been put in front of us some ten years ago . |
| 20 | so it 's not wasted at all |
| 21 | As far as I know it 's not putting in any money at all . |
| 22 | No it 's not going on loud Charlotte , I do not want to be deafened by Michael Jackson thank you , I think that 's quite loud enough |
| 23 | Yeah because I do n't think anything will will work unless it 's what the people who are living in the circumstances and living in the situation erm , if it 's not going to relevant to their lives then , you 're wasting the money . |
| 24 | It 's not known with any degree of certainty , erm , there was some indication by someone writing at the end of the last century , that it was written by someone in the time of the Queen Elizabeth , hence , perhaps it was God Save The Queen . |
| 25 | Their view of the world is contained in the belief ‘ if it 's not happening in the domestic market , it 's not happening at all ’ . |
| 26 | In this Council we do n't have , it 's not organised like that . |
| 27 | yes , you do n't , er , once it 's established it 's not changed at all throughout the plan , so if you , if you get H I V , and you ca n't have W O P , it 's just tough I 'm afraid . |
| 28 | Maybe it 's not coming at all … |
| 29 | It 's not racing at all . |
| 30 | And in the depots , when you are in the depot , people are cutting them , and if that 's the case , we , all of you , just remember , what we did , right just being as critical as we can of one another , to alter the way in which behave , but it 's not meant in any way , shape or form to be a criticism . |