Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [not/n't] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the likelihood of the damage or of its being severe was due to characteristics of the animal which are not normally found in animals of the same species or are not normally so found except at particular times or in particular circumstances ; and |
| 2 | ‘ Or is n't that soon enough ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought you would want to know ; I mean , there were things in the box that are n't there now . ’ |
| 5 | There is no hard evidence for this opinion — no phenomena have been described that are not equally well explained by the action of selection . |
| 6 | The constitutional authorities were mindful of the constraints imposed by elections and trade unions , but the Left sees democracy in Britain as constrained , not by these things , but by the presence of unaccountable economic power and by the independent power of those closed and secret parts of the state machine that are not popularly elected and that are not even truly accountable to , or effectively controlled by , that part of Parliament that is subject to regular election by the people . |
| 7 | Editor , — Martin E Wilkie and colleagues have prepared a comprehensive review on diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in adults , but they made several statements that are not necessarily firmly established or on which recent views have changed . |
| 8 | We now have to alter the old consequences and make it quite clear to him that his bad behaviour will have results that are not only not rewarding , but also unpleasant enough to make him relinquish his tantrum . |
| 9 | Also , deriving cures from causes is not as straightforward as it might seem : sometimes the causes are factors that are not very readily manipulable . |
| 10 | Many of the reserves that were not then technically capable of being produced economically will come on stream and , in my view , will ensure that we are a major oil producer until well into the next century . |
| 11 | Central heating That were n't even on when I looked at it . |
| 12 | ‘ This time around I tried to write things that were n't just about me and my relationships . |
| 13 | That were n't there very long really was it ? |
| 14 | Anyway , I did it with him you know and he said , sorry that were n't long enough , he said what 's your telephone number ! |
| 15 | information coming back , erm , ideas and trends , you know , tendencies that were n't really there . |
| 16 | In his new novel , Towards Asmara , Keneally is writing about the present ; or , more accurately , about a historical event that is not yet over . |
| 17 | The overall strategy clearly involves creating an integrated network improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Authority , but the current situation and day to day operations indicate an organization that is not yet fully into phase three . |
| 18 | It is very likely that the two processes summarized above are simultaneous processes within an overall mechanism that is not yet fully understood . |
| 19 | The small number of cells involved , and their unique appearance make it possible to study the complete developmental history of a single cell — something that is not yet technically feasible in vertebrates . |
| 20 | Whatever it was , it was another round in a long war that is not over yet |
| 21 | Whichever it was , it was another round in a long war that is not over yet . |
| 22 | It is an option that is not very often used , either through choice or simply because it is not much publicised . |
| 23 | Whether anyone 's willing to be receptive to a music that is not as seriously , purgatively ‘ innovative ’ as the post-punk noise that veers towards the Rough Trade arena , not quite as vulnerably half-original as the music of this year 's Gig Of The Century bill ( Ratio , Teardrop , Echo ) . |
| 24 | And scientists interested in Antarctic research have reason to thank the Argentinians — the need to maintain a presence in those cold southern waters , and one that is not too openly military , has coaxed the government into setting aside more money for the British Antarctic Survey . |
| 25 | You select the facts that are telling ( pun intended ) , the facts that will advance your story or make clear your characters or even make your locations easy to assimilate , and you hope that from them you can produce something that is not too far distant from the unwritable reality . |
| 26 | Why , anyway , was he following this road accident that was n't even properly his province to distract his mind from the urgency of the Hatton affair ? |
| 27 | She compares the reservoir with the M25 saying that building something so big is likely to create a demand that was n't there before . |
| 28 | It 's very subtle , but there 's an undercurrent of distrust that was n't there yesterday . ’ |
| 29 | Limited , de jure , to an aid programme , it was to assist something that was not yet there : an independent Vietnamese nation state . |
| 30 | One novelty Nietzsche did spare his audience , a new antithesis that was not yet fully worked out , but was , no doubt , the object of much private thought at this time : the Apolline ( das Apollinische ) and the Dionysiac ( das Dionysische ) . |