Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most ceramics are not much better than glass in this respect but the ductile metals , such as wrought iron , mild steel , copper and aluminium , have works of fracture which are enormously higher than their free surface energies and range between 10 4 and 10 6 J/m 2 . |
| 2 | In fact , positive consequences are not always enough when used alone . |
| 3 | The minimum latency period should be not much less than ten times the period between offline runs . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | By then he had been encouraged by the success of The Idea of a Christian Society ( 1940 ) though it is sobering to reflect that the sales , so he told me , were not much more than 6,000 copies . |
| 6 | The professional were not much better than the amateurs at distinguishing the irons but were better than the amateurs at spotting the shaft differences between the woods . |
| 7 | The second-half power cut hardly mattered because Oldham , embarrassingly inept as three goals punctuated the first half , were not much better when they were allowed to play . |
| 8 | The period for which a bill is drawn is not normally longer than six months or less than fourteen days . |
| 9 | Since we are c.3000 feet up , it is not oppressively even though the sun is directly over your head at noon . |
| 10 | Therefore i if we , if he done that then that paragraph would seem to be slightly and the second point was really to ask if there was any further update on the progress in terms of negotiations in Surrey and East Sussex er in terms of this erm particular by-pass and I know that Mr in particular has been concerned with negotiations and Mrs also erm Mrs is not here therefore as Mr could advise me for us o of where we 're at really , so that we fully understand because obviously the the line of the by-pass is very important so far as any further development is is concerned . |
| 11 | In so far as the interview is a critique of Thatcherism — and that is not as far as might have been supposed from the headlines in yesterday 's papers — it is misplaced . |
| 12 | One suspects that in the end , they see no real use in either ‘ dick-tionaries ’ or dictionaries : a feminist orthodoxy is not much better than a sexist one . |
| 13 | More riskily , the budget announced in December was based on the assumption that the oil price would average $22 a barrel for the year ; it is not much more than $17 now . |
| 14 | And yet , the astonishing fact is that the H.T. that we know and take for granted today is not much more than a hundred years old , generally accepted as having originated in 1867 with the variety called ‘ La France ’ . |
| 15 | It must be said , though , that in Schopenhauerian eyes the Greeks are in fact less compelling instructors than Shakespeare ; and that tragedy as a whole is not much more than one of several " quietives of the will " which it is the function of art in general to provide . |
| 16 | This is not only quicker than casting stitches off in small groups but it also gives a neat edge without the stepped edge that usually occurs . |
| 17 | ‘ NIRVANA HAVE made an LP which is not only better than anything they 've ever done before , it 'll stand up as a new reference point for the future post-hardcore generation , ’ confirms Steve Lamacq , as ‘ Nevermind ’ makes a gigantic , instantaneous cross-over , welcomed by all of the diverse colonies like hardcore , HM — anybody that 's partial to vitriol and cool tunes , attitude and your classic , penned-in teenage howl . |
| 18 | It was of course simple mischance that this rat-tat should happen , even though the kiosk is not so far as I know a particularly busy one . |
| 19 | The issue is not so much whether or how far the sense of grievance or of legitimate right can be justified objectively but rather its potency as a force in the equation , just as an unwavering Jewish belief in the right to all Eretz Israel has proved indispensable to the achievements of Zionism . |
| 20 | * What is of importance here is not so much whether or not the label ‘ perceptual ’ is appropriate as whether this task is susceptible to the effects of pre-training in the same way as the motor tasks discussed earlier . |
| 21 | The problem is not so much whether you can or ca n't but rather whether you want to . |
| 22 | The important question , though , is not so much whether such features are or are not objectively present , but what significance and function one should assign to them if they are . |
| 23 | It is not so long till some bushes are there . |
| 24 | Anybody who has operated in business for more than five years knows that invariably in five years the business is not all right unless something has been done about it . |
| 25 | Until we do , I would suggest , and it 's not just about until we do , then , I do n't think we 're going to make really serious dint with the number of children that we now have in care . |
| 26 | Newry defender Errol Lutton , called into the 20-strong Irish training panel earlier this week , has a chance to impress coach Cees Koppelaar , but it 's not clear yet whether he will line out for Ireland or for his club ! |
| 27 | So you should , it 's not that long since we 've oh is it two years we 've moved ? |
| 28 | I mean it 's not that long since that room was done |
| 29 | No it 's not m it 's not much it 's not much further than . |
| 30 | It 's not much further than . |