Example sentences of "[is] not that [pers pn] be [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not that they are not used : vitamins are prescribed and bought on a massive scale for people without the slightest hint of a deficiency , and ginseng is now sold in chemists and health-food shops in the UK to the tune of no less than £7 million a year . |
| 2 | It is not that they are not capable of competing ; it is simply that there have been no great black performers in these areas in history ( due to lack of opportunities and facilities ) and no tradition exists . |
| 3 | It is not that I am not eligible , |
| 4 | It 's not that they 're not clean or anything . |
| 5 | I say , it 's not that they were n't good . |
| 6 | It 's not that we 're not all agreed . |
| 7 | It 's not that it 's not like I mean |
| 8 | ‘ To a farmer it 's an anathema not to produce on his land and therefore it 's not that he is not being responsible in meeting the challenges . ’ |
| 9 | It 's not that I 'm not fond of her , you know that , May , but I daresay her life must suit her . |
| 10 | For example , to say of what is in fact honey that it is n't honey , or of what is n't honey that it is , is false ; whereas to say of what is honey that it is honey , or of what is n't that it is n't , is true . |