Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [not/n't] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or is n't that soon enough ? ’ |
| 2 | In his new novel , Towards Asmara , Keneally is writing about the present ; or , more accurately , about a historical event that is not yet over . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is very likely that the two processes summarized above are simultaneous processes within an overall mechanism that is not yet fully understood . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is an option that is not very often used , either through choice or simply because it is not much publicised . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 'm acting as your analyst ( and is n't this extremely generous of me as you 're not paying ? ) . |
| 11 | The comedian Dom De Luise makes an amusing enough Wazir , but his singing ca n't hold a candle to Richard Van Allan 's and is n't always exactly in tune . |
| 12 | And is n't that just the case with everything you gone and done over the centuries of black oppression ? |
| 13 | ‘ And is n't that just the worst of all ? ’ he asked with a bitter smile . |
| 14 | It does n't contain protective antibodies and is n't as easily digested as breast milk . |
| 15 | At present , though , it is used on just 3% of the world 's PCs , and is not vastly more user-friendly than Chinese ideograms . |
| 16 | 'Twill be well because he is not the real thing , never could be , and is not even now presuming to be ; but conversely , 'twill be well because the imitation , the travesty , of the real thing can also usurp it and to all intents and purposes become it . |
| 17 | This hypothesis was for a long time a subject of much contention in anthropology and is not even now entirely laid to rest , but the meagre historical record we possess can not possibly support such an assertion . |
| 18 | The differentiation of accidents from other types is useful in the context of emergency planning and is not so clearly conveyed by other hazard typologies . |
| 19 | The conclusions we reach in this chapter , therefore , are that : MOST SEDIMENTATION IN THE CONTINENTAL AREAS IS LATERAL RATHER THAN VERTICAL AND IS NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH SUBSIDENCE . |
| 20 | This avoids the water absorption point and is not too seriously affected by scattering . |
| 21 | Okay , and it needs to be opened up in someway , which sounds a bit drastic but is n't actually that bad . |
| 22 | But is n't that exactly what these learned scholars do in every didactic essay that accompanies any CD of classical music ? |
| 23 | This , bu but is n't that only because of what they learnt from |
| 24 | Never the less such places , including remoter rural areas , continued to grow ; decentralization may have slowed but is not yet completely out of steam . |
| 25 | The ‘ global ’ economy is essentially capitalist , but is not yet fully global in scope . |
| 26 | In Hilton it represents stages in the journey to God when the soul is no longer engaged with worldly things and as it were asleep to sin ( 24.90r. – 235 ) but is not yet fully illuminated by the knowledge of Christ : The experience of the dark can be either painful or restful : painful in so far as the soul is still troubled by the pressures of the worldly attractions from which it is hiding ; or restful in so far as the soul is waiting untroubled in its longing for Christ . |
| 27 | If drivers were simply being more careful , there would be a corresponding decline for pedestrians and rear seat passengers ; a fall is indeed to be seen but is not nearly so marked . |
| 28 | This will go a little further than a 6 but is not quite so specific as a 30 . |
| 29 | Smooth plains material is younger than most of Mercury 's craters , but is not as lightly cratered as the lunar maria . |
| 30 | This may be so , but is not necessarily so , and nothing particular hangs on the fact . |