Example sentences of "[adv] is [not/n't] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the statement " The concept lion is not empty " obviously is not likely to convey the desired information unless it is already clear from the context , or is otherwise indicated , that what is being talked about are actual and not merely imagined or fantasized lions . |
| 2 | But there is inevitably a claim to truth involved and the critical content of theory alone is not sufficient to justify its acceptance : |
| 3 | Inhibition of this enzymatic activity alone is not sufficient to achieve immunosuppression . |
| 4 | Military hardware alone is not sufficient to ensure military victory . |
| 5 | Out of the indefinitely large number of possible examples in English , we might suggest : Although the adjectives differ in many ways , which will be examined in the next nine chapters , these phrases all exemplify the qualifying structure of ( 1 ) ; the noun alone is not sufficient to identify the entity under consideration by the speaker so the adjective is introduced to aid the process . |
| 6 | Furthermore , MailSort , the Post Office 's new bulk mailing rebate scheme which will come into full use in the Summer of '89 , is bringing computerisation to the direct marketing industry because it just is n't practical to sort mail by hand into thousands of individual postcodes . |
| 7 | However , at present I have had to conclude that it just is n't possible to respond to the transport ones , so I would be very pleased if you felt able to note on your response that CPRW supports CPRE 's views on this issue . |
| 8 | And it just is n't commonsense to commute |
| 9 | If the title is registered it still is n't essential to register the devolution , because personal representatives can deal with a registered title without themselves being first registered as proprietors ; but if the property is not to be disposed of forthwith , either on sale or by a vesting assent , it 's desirable to register the devolution to the personal representatives as soon as practicable . |
| 10 | It probably is not practical to remove nuclear weapons entirely , but we can lessen the danger by reducing the number of weapons . |
| 11 | But it clearly is not meaningful to ask " Where is the concept house ? " or " Where is the quality green ? " |
| 12 | When a sea or large lake is polluted , then , it often is not possible to identify precisely the main sources of the pollution , or to predict the effects of any particular preventive measure . |
| 13 | And it really is n't eas it really is n't difficult to keep up to date er once you 've got the background because although income tax does change it only changes annually , it may well change more frequently changes annually . |
| 14 | It really is not necessary to get bored with eating the same foods over and over during the next four weeks . |
| 15 | This is a wonderful work , but the part which deals with leases is now nearly forty years old , and frankly is not sufficient to cover post-war developments . |
| 16 | The answer is that it simply is not necessary to hold a stock of money equal to the flow of spending . |
| 17 | It simply is n't possible to follow a calorie-counting method of slimming without owning some dependably accurate weighing scales ideally , dietary scales , because with some foods like fats you need to weigh out very small portions . |
| 18 | Because there are so many locations within the Castle , it simply is n't practical to detail every last carpet and piece of furniture — if we did this book would be twice the size ( and twice the price ! ) . |
| 19 | What this town is going to say when it reaches here is n't hard to imagine . |
| 20 | It would probably have been easier to create the actor first and then paste its image onto the background , but the way I 've done it here is n't difficult to do . |
| 21 | He ushered in a new era in the study of religion and of theology ; he brought a new conception of what the disciplined and ordered study of both could be ; he underlined in epoch-making fashion the importance of the subjective aspect of religious awareness , pointing to what lies deeper than intellectual formulations , yet is not reducible to inchoate and diffuse ‘ feelings ’ ; he attempted to grasp and express in an original and modern way the abiding significance of Jesus , and to uncover the living and personal meaning of what were in danger of being dismissed as merely the fossilised accretions of doctrine . |
| 22 | It is extraordinary that the Labour party consistently complains about resources and other matters yet is not prepared to point the finger where is should be pointed — at the performance of Labour-controlled local education authorities , as evidenced in staying-on rates and examination results . |