Example sentences of "that is [not/n't] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only true-born eunuchs are believed to have the power to cast a curse , But as that is not easy to establish through casual meetings in the street , people are usually not prepared to gamble . |
| 2 | Unlike classical behaviourists , functionalists believe that is not possible to explain intelligent behaviour unless we make reference to processes that are taking place inside a person 's head . |
| 3 | How far unions are binding , how far they are exclusive , how long they last , whether they bind men and women equally , whether sexual unions are public or merely private matters , whether the recognition of unions is inevitably linked with the legitimation of children — all these questions and many more are so variable that many anthropologists would argue that is not possible to give a valid universal definition of marriage [ Leach , 1961 ] . |
| 4 | This close liaison with the NID was obviously liable to be misunderstood within the ranks of the BDDA so that is not surprising to find the BDDA 's annual report for 1925 explaining that : The executive committee wish it to be clearly understood that the NID is not antagonistic but rather complementary to our own Association . |
| 5 | But that is not sufficient to explain the subsequent outburst of divine anger . ) |
| 6 | ‘ But if that is not sufficient to reduce the deficit as much as you should , then there is no alternative but to raise taxes . |
| 7 | I suggest that is not likely to happen however if the police authorities come to be regarded as accountable to Whitehall , rather than the Town Hall . |
| 8 | But that is not likely to do much to stem the flow . |
| 9 | I can tell you that is n't easy to arrange . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But something like that is n't likely to happen , is it ? ’ |
| 11 | It will , however , likely be years before we see hide or hair of it — the company 's programming centre in Boca Raton , Florida , indicates that version 2.1 will be the next implementation of OS/2 , and even that is n't likely to hit the market until at least spring of next year . |