Example sentences of "it is not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Control over the kite is critical and , while a degree of elasticity is desirable for single line types , particularly those with a large surface area , it is not wanted at all with the multiple line aerobatic kites . |
| 2 | In so doing , any hint of attempted indoctrination , conditioning , manipulation , even influencing and persuading , is misplaced because this dimension can only be grasped in freedom , or it is not grasped at all . |
| 3 | The argument is in some ways quite an attractive one , but since it leads to a rather complex and abstract phonemic analysis it is not adopted for this course . |
| 4 | So it would seem that even a defence may be an abuse of process if it is not based on private rights . |
| 5 | It is not based on military criteria , and it will do nothing whatever for Scotland . ’ |
| 6 | But if it is not calling for immediate independence , or for unity with Romania , the Popular Front is certainly demanding sovereign autonomy for Moldavia and a renewal of national culture and identity . |
| 7 | Thus a member that protests from the outset of institutional action that is not sanctioned by the constitutive treaty should be able to claim that it is not bound by that action . |
| 8 | But if it is not bound by such a policy it can induce a large increase in the money supply and prevent the recession , or at least bring it to an end quickly . |
| 9 | Only one pre-emptive offering has to be made ; if it is not accepted in full , shares not taken up may be allotted to anyone ; accepting existing shareholders do not have to be given further pre-emptive rights in respect of those unaccepted shares . |
| 10 | This method could probably be applied widely , as it is not limited to strong photodissociating systems and does not , like absorption , require a third state to which excitation is caused in the probe step . |
| 11 | It is not limited to any one country or language . |
| 12 | Although a DC is the sole permission required for updating software stored in LIFESPAN , LIFESPAN ensures that it is not granted without all the interested parties having agreed to it . |
| 13 | For ‘ The Phoenix and the Turtle ’ , another poem , a different problem , Shakespeare could celebrate the union of those two birds on an emblematic , almost mystical level : The paradoxes are as bewildering as the mystery of the Holy Trinity : Mysterious and desirable though such a union may be , it is not given to human beings , and in the Sonnets it does not take place . |
| 14 | Alas , it is not given to most of us to be sort of genius Edgar Allan Poe was ( most of the time ) , or even to be able to walk in his footsteps like Conan Doyle , G.K. Chesterton , Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie , with those steps getting fainter and fainter along the way . |
| 15 | For example , loss of pre-consonantal [ r ] ( as in car , card ) is widespread in many English vernaculars , but it is not stigmatized in southern Britain . |
| 16 | It is not disputed by any member of the European Community that if that part of the directive were to be implemented everybody would have to pay for the associated benefits . |
| 17 | Bernier constantly contrasts Mughal India and seventeenth-century France : the Jumna compares favourably with the Loire , he thinks ; adultery is easier in Paris than it is in Delhi : ‘ in France it only excites merriment , but in this part of the world there are few instances where it is not followed by some dreadful and tragical catastrophe . ’ |
| 18 | But coachbuilding looks set to increase its share of activity particularly because , unlike accident repair , it is not hindered by geographical limitations , only by lack of skill or ability , and that is not something hindering the Heggie Group judging by its track record . |
| 19 | It is not influenced by external factors . |
| 20 | In the past , fresh fish used as bait has been standard-rated , on the grounds that it is not intended for human consumption . |
| 21 | It is not intended in this book to deal specially with the law administered in the modern Restrictive practices Court , Employment Appeal Tribunal , or other specialist tribunals . ) |
| 22 | It is not selected by any democratic process . |
| 23 | When , in the nineteenth century , Chesney Wold finally dies , it is not destroyed by demotic jealousy ; it is simply displaced by the increasing power of the middle class . |
| 24 | If a house is not built soundly in the first place , and if it is not kept in good repair , it will fail when put to the test . |
| 25 | It is not covered by legal professional privilege . |
| 26 | If the type of gig you are offered is so unusual that it is not covered by any of the existing contracts , an MU official will devise one to suit your needs , or add necessary clauses to an existing contract ( for performing on the back of a moving open-back lorry , the contract might require clauses covering additional risks ! ) . |
| 27 | Though findings of our study may support the recommendations made at the Mexico City Conference , it is not presented to this end . |
| 28 | Further , it is not binding on this court . |
| 29 | This means that although the State is an external , exploitative body it is not seen as such by the people who , on the contrary , see it as a kind of beneficent organism which ‘ gives ’ them the land on which they depend . |
| 30 | It is possible that our finding of inappropriate staining with anti-B , and to a lesser extent anti-A , antibodies reflects non-specific binding of the antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes in biliary cells and hepatocytes , although this seems unlikely as it is not seen in other cells . |