Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commons assume no mediating role of any significance in the process of cabinet formation : it is simply there to register the popular will in terms of the number of seats held by particular parties . |
| 2 | In addition , the party groups often appoint Whips , whose job it is not just to enforce party discipline , but by operating what is referred to in Parliamentary jargon as ‘ the usual channels ’ can assist in the smooth running of the authority , by , for example , effecting agreements on nominations to committees or outside bodies . |
| 3 | At the same time , British-born speakers will use Creole rarely , and when they do , it is not primarily to accommodate to other speakers using Creole , as we shall see . |
| 4 | What we have done is we have erm been able to utilise some A C T capacity or generate some A C T capacity within one of the subsidiaries within the group um the reason for highlighting it highlighting it is not particularly to make a song and dance about it but is particularly to say that on the cash flow statement there is this in-flood and it is a one off in-flood we 're not going to be seeing that being brought forward every year , but basically what it is is we have profits in previous elements of the group which enabled us to generate A C T capacity enabled us to off set this A C T which we paid on dividends and bringing forward earlier than we would otherwise have done . |
| 5 | It is not enough to notify the regional chairman or committee members of what 's going on and hope that they will pass on the message to the members and supporters . |
| 6 | It is not enough to visit or telephone the offices of the local authority , water authority and public utilities , to verify the availability of services . |
| 7 | In these circumstances I think it clear , given the diversity of immunities and of the policies underlying them , that it is not enough to ask simply whether Parliament can have intended to abolish a long-standing right of silence . |
| 8 | It is not enough to give folk dances theatrical form by opening out their patterns , paying increased attention to the relationship of step to music and developing any unique style of movement . |
| 9 | It is not enough to give him the facts . |
| 10 | While agreeing with the spirit of Jameson 's suggestion that an avant-garde sensibility may displace and make strange the regularity of everyday television , it is not enough to appeal to an already formed avant garde — formed in another place or at another time and for another purpose — which can be hauled in and held up to television as a template of value . |
| 11 | To see objects , it is not enough to see surfaces , although that is an excellent start . |
| 12 | It is not enough to agree a deal in principle with a receiver , the purchaser will have to deliver the cash before anyone else in order to win . |
| 13 | But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job . |
| 14 | But of course it is not enough to point out that such claims can be made implicitly . |
| 15 | It is not enough to enlarge a peasant 's piece of land , he must have the wherewithal to cultivate it . |
| 16 | It is not enough to rely on vitamin pills and hope for the best . |
| 17 | Clearly something does happen in higher education ; it is not enough to argue that it trains an elite and to leave it at that . |
| 18 | In the spirit of this observation , however , it is not enough to argue that Marx 's views have been shown to be false by the continuing development of capitalist socialisation . |
| 19 | It is not enough to acknowledge the importance of collective entrepreneurship ; clear and consistent signals must reinforce the new story . |
| 20 | But it is not enough to talk about ‘ jobs ’ as if , provided enough people have jobs , all is well . |
| 21 | It is not enough to talk generally about reverence and respect any longer . |
| 22 | For example , it is not enough to talk simply in terms of the 103 ; the 103.2 , which formed part of a British system that we recommended in August 1985 was a completely different design from the present 103/4 . |
| 23 | However , the evidence so far suggests that it is not enough to persuade businesspeople that rates will really be fixed forever . |
| 24 | And it is not enough to devote four pages to ‘ sexual orientation ’ and then lamely say it deserves more attention . |
| 25 | It is not enough to weep for ourselves ; we have to be able to weep for others . |
| 26 | It is not enough to explain this , as some outsiders and many insiders did , by invoking some theory of social inertia , to the effect that Libyans still had a Bedouin mentality . |
| 27 | There is still a feeling , and rightly so , that every firm owes some responsibility to its members and their dependants in this respect and that it is not enough to leave it to the individual partner to make his own arrangements . |
| 28 | It is not enough to say that the compiler has inserted a story that once had a quite independent existence . |
| 29 | It is not enough to say merely ‘ I accuse . ’ |
| 30 | ( It is not enough to say that you learnt martyrhood from your parents . |