Example sentences of "[be] n't [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True beliefs are n't generally better than false ones in any moral sense : there is usually nothing morally wrong about being mistaken in one 's beliefs about matters of fact . |
| 2 | If I 'd been painting shadows they 'd have been blue or grey , but real shadows are n't nearly so simple ! ’ |
| 3 | You 've got , again , a much more stable population , there are n't nearly so many teachers , young women teachers who leave the system to get married and then perhaps do n't go back at all , or only go back on a part-time basis . |
| 4 | Fifty quid are n't neither here nor there is it ? |
| 5 | Happy daze are n't here again , for the new album is a crucial one for the lads once hailed as Factory 's finest . |
| 6 | They are n't here yet . |
| 7 | This is Tracy , this is Alex , this is Bill , this is Theresa , this is Katherine and this is Hayley , and there are one or two others who are n't here yet who may turn up . |
| 8 | Right , so we need to really think about all this from scratch do n't you , mm , pity the others are n't here actually . |
| 9 | Yeah but again people who are n't here Too many people would know that it |
| 10 | But just at this particular time we 've got a lot of residents with Zimmer frames and they really just are n't steady enough without one of the care staff going across with them , which does happen . |
| 11 | They are n't just individually unequal , therefore , they have unequal access to the resources of organisation . |
| 12 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 13 | It 's not as quick as its 50MHz and 66MHz siblings , and machines using it are n't that much cheaper . |
| 14 | By this time Lisabeth was sniffing dramatically into a wad of Kleenex and Fenella had an arm round her ( well , half way round — her arms are n't that long ) for comfort . |
| 15 | Some competitors just are n't quick enough off the mark , or they hold back instead of thrusting in strongly . |
| 16 | If they are n't quick enough — ouch ! |
| 17 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE has starred in what can be collectively described as a ‘ crap ’ of movies since his twelve-year-old big Hollywood hits 10 and Arthur , his own personal jerky series of ‘ Carry On ’ movies — films that in my mind have no titles and are n't short enough — it seems only fair that I point out to Moore that he has made a ‘ crap ’ of movies since his twelve-yearold big Hollywood hits and I ca n't remember their titles . |
| 18 | We wonder whether there are n't perhaps rather too many of the beautiful people running the Trust , perhaps sustained by the arcane procedures for electing them . |
| 19 | There are a lot of religious people in Ireland but there are n't perhaps so many Christians . |
| 20 | Ben 's favourite treat is a dog chew , but dog biscuits and bones are n't far behind . |
| 21 | ‘ Where you get socks , holes are n't far behind , ’ said Masklin . |
| 22 | good recollections of erm and even events that are n't necessarily really funny but can be funny you know , on the way tha , in the way that they 're being told . |
| 23 | What Amis has also acknowledged as a writer is that nice things are n't necessarily as funny as nasty things . |
| 24 | Erm then he moves on to the middle peasants erm they 're similar , I mean once again they , they 've got enough to eat , they are , they are n't under as much stress , I mean th th they can su survive and so the idea of them risking all to support a revolution would be very er you know very risky at the time at the beginning er the opening period erm so once again th th I 'd say their conclusion is afraid not , you know , I wo n't join a peasant association , i it wo n't last . |
| 25 | Volume numbers of Unix-based PC 's are n't there yet and Motif ca n't give us the cash returns we 're looking for with this product ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Our sales people are two-way channels of information ; they are n't there just to tell booksellers about our books , though obviously that 's a very important part of it . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought you would want to know ; I mean , there were things in the box that are n't there now . ’ |
| 28 | But you are n't there now ? ’ |
| 29 | So why are n't there more over here ? |
| 30 | Probably the only thing is obviously I 've been there a while now so any previous employment and the people that were there are n't there any longer . |