Example sentences of "is [not/n't] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This position is not however supported by State practice . |
| 2 | Which latter is not however to say that ‘ correct thinking ’ overturns society . |
| 3 | To believe that people have been sensible of God in other ages is not however to accept what I may call the ‘ vehicle ’ of the Christian myth which has carried their religious sensibilities . |
| 4 | The related business person 's turnover will be under the current registration threshold if ( broadly ) it is not over £36,600 in any of the last 12 calendar months and is not reasonably expected to exceed that amount in the next 30 days from any time ( VAT Act 1983 , Sch 1 , para 1(1) ) . |
| 5 | Appointment of new staff is not generally advertised , as this has not been found to bring the desired type of candidate forward . |
| 6 | It is a matter of regret that the Opposition 's commitment to that deterrent is not generally accepted . |
| 7 | Before we review Grice 's suggestions it would be as well to make clear that the other major theory associated with Grice , namely his theory of meaning-nn discussed above in Chapter I , is not generally treated as having any connection with his theory of implicature ( cf. |
| 8 | It is not generally realised what a tiny percentage of our current dollar bill would be sufficient to buy another 100,000 houses ' worth of dollar timber . |
| 9 | As Bacon and Butler ( 1981 ) point out , the seriousness of this problem is not generally recognized ; most firms are poorly equipped to deal with the technical change and continue to operate with organizations that themselves are poorly designed . |
| 10 | These facts go a long way towards explaining why the bream is not generally recognised as a hard-fighting fish . |
| 11 | If we wonder why it is not generally recognised that there are , besides verbal propositions composed of words , mental ones composed of ideas , an explanation is readily available : ‘ it is very difficult to treat of them asunder . |
| 12 | The paradoxically low reading in hyperosmolar states despite good technique is highlighted in the datasheet supplied with the BM-Test-1–44 ( though not mentioned in the Ames sheet ) but is not generally recognised or taught . |
| 13 | This , however , is not generally recognised and with the advent of the National Curriculum some have argued that there will be even less scope for innovation . |
| 14 | It is reasonable to assume that this is because the stereotype of the educated Jamaican Standard speaker is one that is familiar to children of Caribbean background but is not generally recognised in the white community . |
| 15 | What is not generally recognised is how vast this extension of agricultural land was . |
| 16 | Just as the provision of work is not generally regarded by health and social service staff as their responsibility , so too it is easy to ignore those social aspects of life which mentally robust people organize so effectively for themselves . |
| 17 | It is not generally realized that he did write on such topics , though it must be admitted that a frontal attack on the factory system was not likely to be poetically successful . |
| 18 | It is not generally realized how rapidly the number of project manager-team relationships increase with the size of the team . |
| 19 | It is not generally emphasised in textbooks , however , how very widespread these sediments are . |
| 20 | Like the NCC itself they also had an industrialist , a feature which our continental neighbours find curious and which is not generally reflected in their own curriculum working parties . |
| 21 | This is not generally reflected in work on Japan published in English where the debate , if it is mentioned at all , seems to be based on the early works of Marx and a selective version of Weber . |
| 22 | However , this reasoning is not accepted in English law for non-homicide offences , and provocation is not generally allowed to reduce a more serious offence to a less serious offence — probably for reasons associated with the policy of efficient administration ( see Chapter 3.3(m) ) , which the significance of death is thought to outweigh in homicide cases . |
| 23 | It is worth noticing , however , a consequence of this justification of clause 3 ; this is that a belief is not generally considered to be justified by the mere fact that it is true , for otherwise clause 3 would be unnecessary . |
| 24 | However , it is not generally considered practicable , if no suitable person can be found , to appoint a district judge , and in practice the Official Solicitor should be approached . |
| 25 | Such a viewpoint is not generally subscribed to but can be felt to be , in certain instances , a useful counter-argument to flimsily-based ‘ theorizing ’ where the theory is really only speculation . |
| 26 | The reasonable foreseeability test should not apply in strict liability torts as foresight of damage is not generally required to establish liability . |
| 27 | It is not generally appreciated that very many settlement sites exhibit earthworks of several periods . |
| 28 | Of course , these pathological tendencies are still with us today and are widely recognized in individual mental illness ; but what is not generally appreciated is their extent in cultural forms , not all of which are limited to ancient societies . |
| 29 | It is not generally known that among the sculptured panels at the top of the Library facade , there is one featuring two children fingerspelling at each other the first two letters of the alphabet . |
| 30 | It is not generally known that nearly 90% of the 3,500 or so complaints received yearly are cleared up by the secretariat without the need for disciplinary action . |