Example sentences of "is [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless it is not financially troubled Japan , but Asia 's tigers who are leading the next wave of investment in the region . |
| 2 | She adds that while the CHA is not presently advocating de-insurance of any specific service , a practical example is the hotel cost of hospital stays . |
| 3 | ‘ It is not easy playing game after game even for fit players it becomes a chore and you tend to pick up knocks . |
| 4 | This is why reviewing is not properly speaking criticism , though it calls for critical qualities , and an extended review-article , looking at a whole oeuvre , may well be . |
| 5 | In consequence , it was often easier to overwrite ( superimpose ) parts of records with the same information , which is not good updating practice as errors can be introduced into the system . |
| 6 | North Yorkshire 's interpretation I repeat is not strictly controlled means not normally be permitted . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This tumble is not just breaking limbs — it is breaking the spirit . |
| 9 | the inspectors ' function is not just to pronounce judgement , but also to encourage and develop education |
| 10 | Of course , it is not just audit regulation that has been under scrutiny in 1992 . |
| 11 | The effectiveness of that is not just to make Ransom 's struggle real , but also to demonstrate the metaphysical excitement of all moral choices , on the silent planet as well as beyond the music of the spheres . |
| 12 | The whole point of allowing the big schemes to go ahead at this difficult economic time , after all , is not just to get roads and railway lines built but to cut unemployment and get the economy moving . |
| 13 | The Conservative philosophy is not just to increase spending . |
| 14 | I 'm still thinking about B S 5750 where we have to make sure that not only we know what training we have given people , that we also continue to give them , future appropriate training so that they can do their jobs , and so compliance by B S 5750 is not just trapping history it is also making sensible plans about the present and the future . |
| 15 | I am convinced that what is needed in initial teacher education is not just to instil respect for a particular form of academic learning . |
| 16 | This is not just avoiding violence — it is simply avoiding the issue . |
| 17 | ‘ [ It is our task ] to create a taxation system whose purpose is not just to re-distribute wealth , but also , and perhaps chiefly , to redistribute opportunity . ’ |
| 18 | Children also have to acquire forms of written language which are rarely or never used in spoken English , since written language is not just spoken language written down . |
| 19 | " The point of conventionalism is not just to protect litigants against surprise , but instead the more complex goal , which includes this one , of achieving the social benefits of coordinated private and commercial activity . |
| 20 | The purpose of the intervention is not just to help parents sort out a specific behaviour problem . |
| 21 | The reason for this is not primarily to speed payments . |
| 22 | But to be Christian is not simply to preach Jesus ' message . |
| 23 | This is not simply to force people into speaking blank verse , but to see how a person responds to the essential humanity of a character — for Shakespeare , of all the classical writers , is probably the most human , whose work is blessed with both grandeur and the common touch . |
| 24 | The role of the tutor is not simply to offer students an experience which leads to their being assessed at pre-existing levels of competence , but actively to assist students to enhance their skills , knowledge and behaviour . |
| 25 | Many of the women made it clear in the interviews that their concern is not simply to get housework done in the most efficient way and the shortest possible time . |
| 26 | It is not simply fish species which have suffered from lake acidification . |
| 27 | The Halls ' purpose is not simply to attract musicians such as Nigel Kennedy and Courtney Pine . |
| 28 | What Lord Denning M.R. does in the Lannon case is not simply to reject Camborne and Barnsley . |
| 29 | But what goes on between God and the individual is not always taken notice of by society at large . |
| 30 | In relation to the material we are discussing there are already forms of legal restriction over the material which constitute regulation , though this is not usually called censorship . |