Example sentences of "nor is it [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Nor is it possible for the sufferer to ‘ snap out of it ’ as is often suggested with varying degrees of tactfulness .
2 Such an ad hoc approach is not conducive to efficient use of present resources nor is it appropriate for long-term planning .
3 Just as it is not illegal to own porn , nor is it illegal to be lesbian or gay ( unless you are a man under 21 ) : but the rights of both porn and lesbian and gay people to exist are strictly limited .
4 Nor is it uncommon for there to be such poor recording of achievement ( as well as diagnosis of weaknesses ) that a teacher has relatively little on which to build from the child 's teacher of the previous year .
5 Nor is it due to black people 's possession of special gifts or talents which equip them more satisfactorily for certain sporting events .
6 Faith is thoroughly existential , but the moment-by-moment experience is never autonomous , nor is it awash in time , for memory serves to link it to the past .
7 Nor is it consistent with Coase 's ( 1937 ) attempt to define the abstract nature of the firm ( author 's emphasis ) :
8 Nor is it usual for the foreign press to first travel and then write the story .
9 Nor is it necessary for him to be serious , at least about Parliament , provided that he is reasonably well-to-do .
10 Disinfection is not a universal requirement nor is it necessary on the majority of surfaces within any food operation .
11 But there 's certainly not a haven for bullies or no nor is it endemic in any way at all .
12 Nor is it unknown for agreements to provide that payments should be made on the basis of book values , avoiding the expense of revaluation and leaving the benefits of capital appreciation to the continuing partners .
13 As with the other two scales of population redistribution surveyed above , the distinction between the inner and outer parts of individual cities and towns in terms of their inhabitants ' relative prosperity is not new , nor is it unique in Britain ( Herbert , 1972 ) .
14 Concessionary travel for railwaymen is not discretionary nor is it dependent on there being surplus seats on any train .
15 Such an omission was not peculiar to this particular school , I realise , nor is it peculiar to schools of its particular type .
16 The reproduction of gender relations is neither outside the class system nor is it reducible to it .
17 Nor is it different in terms of another relation between cause and effect to which we shall come , or any relation between causal circumstance and effect .
18 Nor is it likely to be possible to infer motive from the outcome or likely outcome of a transaction , since the fact that a project yields less than optimal profits is an inherent risk in all business ventures and except in extreme cases will not reveal the existence of a non-profit goal .
19 But , more recently , the opening of the Second Front , together with its initial success , has sent a faint thrill of alarm through the country : and the latest utterance of Cordell Hull , which carne over the wireless yesterday , is not going to cheer things up , nor is it likely to be the last exhortation of its kind .
20 Nor is it clear in what way Penn ( if he was indeed Philippos and/or Zoophilus ) became interested in Vial 's plan .
21 Nor is it clear in an age of continuing economic growth that the economy will not be able to support today 's yuppies when they become tomorrow 's grumpies .
22 It does not describe reality nor is it sufficient in itself , but applied to religion it means that nothing is true .
23 But nor is it interested in her son , only in the timing of his birth and his name .
24 As I have indicated in the preceding chapter , this theory is not in fact consistent with all known research ( it is doubtful if any theory could be that ) nor is it free of speculation .
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