Example sentences of "[is] not [adv] [adj] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In asking the question ‘ who owns Britain 's wealth ? ’ it is not immediately obvious that we should focus on individuals . |
| 2 | Whatever one thinks of this judgment , it is not immediately obvious that it entails the rejection of the more specific claim that the state is the tool of the ruling class ; for the latter makes no explicit mention of a class 's consciousness of its interests , real or otherwise . |
| 3 | It is not yet certain that they will get the chance . |
| 4 | His monotone drawl made one feel he is not yet convinced that he has the mental application to match his great physical ability . |
| 5 | His monotone drawl made one feel he is not yet convinced that he has the mental application to match his great physical ability . |
| 6 | ’ She is not yet aware that I know her . |
| 7 | Secondly , it is not even probable that she would have known much about the progress of the book at the time , except in the most general terms : she was not often in her brother 's company and his letters to her during these years do not suggest that details of such matters formed any part of their common ground . |
| 8 | The reductivist enterprise thus inevitably comes to grief , and it is not altogether surprising that it does . |
| 9 | The distinction between the two concepts , the commission of a crime and the production of a literary work , is a vital one , for although it is clearly desirable to deter crimes , it is not transparently obvious that we should seek to deter the production of literary works , whatever we may think of their intrinsic merits . |
| 10 | In The Color Purple , Celie is not really aware that she is poor , simply because she knows no other lifestyle apart from the one she is accustomed to or the wealthier white people 's . |
| 11 | He is not quite sure that they would all accept , but that is not why he holds back . |
| 12 | Alison added , ‘ They said they would take it , but it is not quite certain that it will be performed . ’ |
| 13 | It is not now certain that he will be invited to join the tour next summer , nor is it certain that he would accept if he were . |
| 14 | It is not now certain that he will be invited to join the tour next summer , nor is it certain that he would accept if he were . |
| 15 | Thus the distribution of property is not so unequal that it can threaten the liberty of the individual . |
| 16 | if you remember the question that the founding fathers faced was how do you create a government which is strong enough to endure and to defend the nation and defend the country yet a government which is not so strong that it erodes the rights of individuals within it , this is the , the essence of the , the problem of government as , as the founding fathers saw it . |
| 17 | What is remarkable about the text-books ( which describe the chemical structure of the various chains in loving detail ) is not so much that they do not explain the discrepancy but that they do not even notice it ; nor are they apparently interested in the fact that the work of fracture for a material like Polythene or Nylon is at least a hundred times higher than it is for most of the thermosetting plastics . |
| 18 | The most common criticism of the arts and the most strongly expressed , however , was that they are ‘ useless ’ , that is not so much that they are useless to society , but that they are useless to the individual . |
| 19 | The reason for this is not so much that it was beyond some people 's capacity to do imposition and so on ; but rather that it cost employers money to train people to do such tasks . |
| 20 | One important part of the citizens charter is not so much that it contains many individual ideas and proposals for change , but that it is intended to change the entire attitude of public servants and the way in which citizens approach them . |
| 21 | Now the important thing about the toxin is not so much that it can paralyse its victim , but that biologists can use it , and they can use it because it 's possible to label the toxin radioactively and then employ this to look at the distribution of receptors in patients with miocenia and characterise the receptors in other ways . |
| 22 | For instance the report argues that the actual overcrowding and potential greater overcrowding at the school is not so great that it can not be met with temporary classrooms and eventually new extensions to the school ( DDP : 11–12 ) . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , he is not so short-sighted that he can not catch a butterfly between his fingers . |
| 24 | And it is not so obvious that they are wrong . |
| 25 | This large display ( right ) in a cool , fresh , green and white colour scheme , provides a central focal point for the table , but it is not so large that it obscures the guests ' view . |
| 26 | It is not therefore surprising that he becomes unable to make love satisfactorily to the women he chooses since they are surrogates for his mother . |
| 27 | He 's not that intolerant that he does n't recognize the need for personnel records , legal contracts and key reports to be filed away . |
| 28 | It 's not really surprising that she saved up all the maggots for me to look at , at least once a week . |
| 29 | ‘ And another thing we 've got to talk about — it 's not really fair that you have them every weekend . |
| 30 | Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year . |