Example sentences of "'s [not/n't] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's not a negligible amount .
2 And then we 're also going to talk about practising , because it 's not a one-shot thing .
3 She 's not a good patient .
4 ‘ I know it 's not a good way to go about things , ’ said Peter .
5 ‘ It 's not a good sign that the new government does n't have enough confidence to emerge from protective custody , ’ Mr Roberts said .
6 That 's not a good sign .
7 They 've got a supermarket , if that 's a hairdressers that has n't made it , it 's not a good sign .
8 But do n't add any fertiliser ; these plants will have to stand through the winter , so it 's not a good idea to encourage too much soft growth .
9 It 's not a good idea . ’
10 ‘ I 'm telling you ’ , he said , ‘ it 's not a good idea ’ .
11 However , Debbie thinks that it 's not a good idea to pressurise children into playing an instrument too early .
12 So it 's not a good idea to take anything for granted , especially your relationship . ’
13 ‘ That 's not a good idea , Evelyn .
14 She knows it 's not a good idea to surprise me .
15 It 's not a good idea .
16 It 's not a good idea to leave Miranda all on her own , so why do n't we keep her company ?
17 ‘ In my experience , it 's not a good idea to ask too many questions , in case the answers are ugly , violent ones .
18 It 's not a good idea to stand in plain sight . ’
19 It 's not a good idea to include the year as part of the file name as well , because you might accidentally copy some files into the wrong directory .
20 I know people who will say it 's not a good idea , and that 's the people in commercial television and commercial radio , who , if the B B C started to take advertising , would see their slice of the cake get just a touch less .
21 ‘ No , Kevin , it 's not a good idea .
22 No , it 's not a good idea at all , we should stick with what we have at the moment , the representation of people who opt to pay the political levy .
23 No I jest it 's not a good idea .
24 While it 's not a good idea to overload a drama with symbolism , it 's well worth keeping any eye open for possibilities , both in the planning stage and while the drama 's underway .
25 Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt .
26 Perhaps I 'll remind you that it 's not a good idea to play games with me . ’
27 It 's not a good idea to pull him off .
28 It 's not a good idea because Richard 's got a streaming cold and James has n't .
29 incidently it 's not a good idea to leave the double glazing bit swinging , erm , or , or the other one .
30 It 's not a good idea .
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