Example sentences of "[is] not [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If jade is not polished it can not be made worth anything . |
| 2 | This quadratic form is not , as previously , a sum of squares ; but provided it is not zero we could choose di to make the element unity , when we should have ( with X for Xd ) unc On account of the properties established here , it is usual to say that the modes of a system are orthogonal to each other . |
| 3 | I 'm not saying I can give you a figure , all I can say is that originally identifiable will not be forthcoming now because some of this proposal is not meeting them . |
| 4 | This is not telling me much about the far side of the hill , he thought . |
| 5 | But what if your wishful purpose is not taking you in this direction ? |
| 6 | Davis is not taking it for granted . |
| 7 | I mentioned that there are a few basic rules which you should bear in mind if your exercising is not to do you more harm than good . |
| 8 | This is not to criticise them . |
| 9 | The remedy is not to leave me . ’ |
| 10 | Is not to persuade them to change on that call . |
| 11 | This simile of the mustard seed is not to call us to some great Cecil B Demille-like ambition . |
| 12 | They do n't achieve because they have to choose , and the only way to get women achieving in a sort of relaxed way is not to force them with the choice between occupation success and families . |
| 13 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 14 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 15 | If it is not registered it will be void against a purchaser of the reversion where the land in question is unregistered land . |
| 16 | I think we have to recognise Angela 's concern if er a subject area that she 's trying to present , present and she is not precluding you from doing what you 've got |
| 17 | ‘ But it is not affecting me to have to do the job I have been given . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , at least it is not affecting me that badly , ’ Cleo thought , and pinched him sharply on the arm to get his attention . |
| 19 | One , very easy way to find out how much men dislike women is not to behave they wa , the way they want you to behave ! |
| 20 | It should be stressed that the aim in providing teachers with training in observational procedures is not to turn them into classroom researchers … |
| 21 | And remember , the aim here is not to turn you into a super-mathematician but to accustom you to thinking somewhat differently to the way you were taught at school and thereby to make things easier for yourself . |
| 22 | Ideally individual children should be able to move through the program at their own speed , and if a page is not understood they can be moved to a subroutine that explains and reinforces the point of difficulty , then tests their understanding before they return to the main program . |
| 23 | If food is not eaten it is then thrown away until the next meal is presented . |
| 24 | The idea is not to block them out or pretend that they never happened — indeed you would be building up a store of problems for the future If you did so — but to prevent them forming part of your future . |
| 25 | Unsurprisingly , this trainer announced that : ‘ The greatest reward you can give your horse is not to touch it ! ’ |
| 26 | The suggestion that he is not supporting her while she is receiving benefit can not therefore be taken as positive evidence that their relationship is not comparable to that of husband and wife . |
| 27 | ‘ We have to find out why the trade is not supporting it . |
| 28 | To explain something is not to explain it away and to understand something is not to underestimate its value . |
| 29 | This is not to say we never punish a horse : sometimes we must . |
| 30 | Which is not to say we wo n't accept sponsorship . ’ |