Example sentences of "is n't a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it , it is n't a personal thing on his part it 's no not going shopping or driving her here there and everywhere because he he , he , he er er he does n't want to it 's just that he 's incap he will be incapable of doing it . |
| 2 | He 's not all that crazy about Pogo anyway — he says he is n't a strong enough character to keep me in order ! |
| 3 | It is n't a strong argument , but , for what it is worth , it goes like this . |
| 4 | Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon . |
| 5 | There is one community that is chortling to itself over IBM Corp 's worldwide shredding of its mainframe price list , and that is the big leasing companies : while any prudent data processing manager has to call in Amdahl Corp , Hitachi Data Systems Ltd and Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH to be sure that the bid is n't a rip-off , there is still the nagging doubt that other people may be getting much better deals from IBM , and the only community that sees a wide variety of deals going down is the leasing fraternity , and the big ones say their people have n't been so busy in ages ; the effect of all this is to stretch out the buying process by weeks , to the likely detriment of the IBM first quarter figures . |
| 6 | It 's a pity it 's a pity there is n't a regular certain bus service int there ? |
| 7 | While the judge said some questions remained unresolved , Microsoft 's lawyer David McDonald concluded : ‘ If it is n't a complete victory , it was more than 95 p.c. of the way . ’ |
| 8 | In fact , there is n't a great deal of difference between the two and the one merges into the other . |
| 9 | When you all have to wear the same uniform , there is n't a great deal you can do to make yourself stand out from the crowd , but we did our best , washing and setting each other 's hair and sharing out what precious bits of makeup we owned . |
| 10 | There is n't a great deal of historical precedent to support the view that patriarchy can be transformed by sweet reason and persuasion . |
| 11 | ‘ As far as the clothing is concerned , it 's all in the reports , but to save you time I can tell you more or less what we found and it is n't a great deal . |
| 12 | Now some people may say that thirty one thousand pounds is n't a great deal of money . |
| 13 | And on the , on the , on the television front again erm , there is n't a great deal on the television front and there 's quite a bit of manipulation going on but erm , there is n't a great deal , deal of upturn . |
| 14 | And on the , on the , on the television front again erm , there is n't a great deal on the television front and there 's quite a bit of manipulation going on but erm , there is n't a great deal , deal of upturn . |
| 15 | Right , there , there is n't a great deal that you can get in , in fifteen minutes . |
| 16 | Though I think 2.75 million is n't a great price for a player of Battys quality . |
| 17 | Though I think 2.75 million is n't a great price for a player of Battys quality . |
| 18 | Erm we 're quite happy with with what Mr Curtis says about that , er we acknowledge that er while the need will be er probably much greater than the it 's a physical fact of life in York that there is n't a great deal of er available land . |
| 19 | It is n't a great problem not really . |
| 20 | I , I , I have phoned the police on numerous occasions and I must say , there is n't a great deal of response . |
| 21 | That 's one of the things , I think , that the Roman Catholics who hanker after the old Latin Mass and its ritual miss the most , and I sympathize with them in the sense that there is n't a great deal of mystery about most of the worship in most of our churches any more , and whilst it 's very right and proper for us to be very busy on practical matters , we must n't forget that there are very mysterious questions about our purpose here , about death and life , which are n't answered simply by doing things and being very busy — in fact , that may be a form of escapism — we need both , and I would hope that there will be room again in Christianity in Europe for worship to become something which speaks to the things I find mysterious , and in that respect I think the interest in spirituality and religious experience , in mysticism , in all those sort of areas about one 's personal religious life , and a lot of it not very orthodox or traditional . |
| 22 | It is n't a small majority in any serious sense of majority . |
| 23 | Face to face meetings with parents and others is usually the best way to communicate but meeting two hundred or so parents on an individual basis to tell them the date of sports day is n't a practical or worthwhile activity . |
| 24 | However , note that Squigs will attack any model that is n't a prodder-armed Night Goblin … so any character with the unit will have to be placed at the back to be safe ! |
| 25 | This is n't a roundabout way of asking you to marry me . |
| 26 | It is n't a laughing matter — heavy snoring can kill , and sufferers should see their doctors . |
| 27 | ‘ This is n't a modern one . |
| 28 | That is n't a modern party , is it ? |
| 29 | Besides , you said she wants to take up where you both left off , so if that is n't a close association — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 're a nice man , Jack , but this is n't a nice war . |