Example sentences of "is [not/n't] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we need to make certain that this is not just playing with formulae ; it is all too easy to produce " underlying representations " which are compatible with surface data , but which do not come with compelling reasons , based on other observable data and not on mere rejigging of the representational system , for being chosen in preference to various other compatible representations . |
| 2 | Now we 've got to race against time again , this is not just happening in NUPE it 's happened all over and it 's gon na it 's happening in this union before it starts . |
| 3 | The preamble further asserts that the company are making ‘ considerable progress ’ on the remaining portion of the main line between Bishop 's Castle and the Cambrian , which is not exactly according to fact , in as far as the term ‘ considerable progress ’ is popularly understood . |
| 4 | ‘ Reducing car tax is not really taking on board the long term interests , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ The suspension is not merely hanging over Vinnie , it is hanging over me too . |
| 6 | Does the Minister agree that something must be done to control imports of the drug known as Ecstasy , which is not merely creeping into schools in London but has reached teenagers in my constituency in south Devon ? |
| 7 | As J. K. Galbraith ( 1979 ) has pointed out the adman actually creates markets and implants ‘ needs ’ in people ; he is not merely responding to consumer demand . |
| 8 | The APB is not only looking for comments on its proposed redefinition of the role and scope of audit . |
| 9 | It is n't easy getting across Vic Reeves ' special brand of music-hall humour , but here goes . |