Example sentences of "is not [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not proving easy . |
| 2 | This is not proving easy . |
| 3 | But institutional ownership is not proving ideal for economies , because fund managers are poorly placed to monitor firms . |
| 4 | One is not comparing like with like , however , and the grammar schools had a slightly more advantaged intake , less ambiguity as to the goals of the school and had not suffered the upset of reorganisation . |
| 5 | But in reality the amount and type of support which kin give each other varies with the particular historical circumstances within which family relationships are played out , so that looking at patterns of support at different points in time means that one is not comparing like with like in quite significant ways : there is variation both in people 's need for support and in the capacity of relatives to provide it . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not comparing like with like , ’ he said . |
| 7 | The discussion is more neutral only in so far as it is assumed that the curriculum ( such a global phenomenon ) is no-one 's responsibility in particular , and clearly this is so in an individual sense — but it is however the responsibility of the profession to take a leading role in this area and at the moment it is not fulfilling this role . |
| 8 | Although it has announced an intention to provide DCE-conformance with the Windows Remote Procedure Call ( RPC ) , it is not implementing all of DCE 's functionality , only the RPC . |
| 9 | This means that the congregation is not hearing several messages at once but one at a time ; and it also makes it possible for members of the congregation to challenge and encourage one another to be obedient . |
| 10 | If , if the colour is not signifying any thing else , it does n't matter if two forms er , time sheet and something else are both on pink , does it . |
| 11 | Does n't this , does n't this illustrate that the best way to create sustainable jobs in the long term is not subsidising unsustainable old industries but by allowing better conditions for enterprise , better labour relations in themselves to attract new jobs to the area . |
| 12 | But the 1922 is not promoting any one candidate . |
| 13 | But there remains a feeling that the Enemy is not telling absolute untruth , even so . |
| 14 | Regarding the £4 million , is not telling local authorities that they have to produce schemes within two weeks and that the money has to be spent by March a disorderly way of doing things ? |
| 15 | It is not getting better : a recent study of 60 cities showed that black and white speech patterns are drifting further apart . |
| 16 | The European Space Agency ( ESA ) , developers of Ariane , is not getting such a good deal . |
| 17 | As he knows that the Syrians spent the money that they received for their support during the Gulf war on sophisticated missiles from North Korea — all of which are pointing towards Israel — can he reassure the House that Britain is not getting involved in that arms process ? |
| 18 | Except that , in black America , the picture is not getting any brighter . |
| 19 | The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected . |
| 20 | The problem is not getting smaller ; it is growing . |
| 21 | He should complain to the school if his son is not getting enough homework , instead of blaming the whole education system . |
| 22 | However , such a rule might mean that the organization is not taking full advantage of varying credit periods . |
| 23 | Most people would think that ‘ the United Kingdom Government is not taking enough responsibility to protect the people of Hong Kong , ’ he argued . |
| 24 | If you watch the treatment sessions , you may sometimes think that the patient is not taking any active role in initiating movements , whereas the physiotherapist seems to be doing the movements for him . |
| 25 | In both these situations , the buyer is assured of a return of the original price plus interest and is not taking any significantly greater risk than if it made a loan secured on the property concerned . |
| 26 | Parents can become very worried about slight losses of appetite in their child while others will not notice that their child is not receiving sufficient nutrition . |
| 27 | In the meantime , until this can be achieved , if you are worried that your parent is not receiving proper medical attention you should start to make a polite nuisance of yourself by frequent visits to the surgery to impress upon the doctor the fact that you consider there is real cause for concern about the state of her health and ask if he could arrange for a ‘ second opinion ’ . |
| 28 | Number twelve , under Healthmaster , the income will be paid if the illness or accident prevents the insured from following B , any part of his normal occupation and he is not undertaking any other paid employment . |
| 29 | John Weber where an exhibition of his newest denunciation may be seen until the sixteenth of this month is not leaking any advance information about the show . |
| 30 | But captain Alan Lee is not counting any chickens . |