Example sentences of "[not/n't] say that [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place it is to be accepted that it is made in wide terms though it is not said that they are so imprecise that there is a doubt as to what is covered by the order . |
| 2 | And erm you know er sometimes I 'm sorry that it 's come to this because like this family er they made a bomb out of it we 're not saying that we 're not denying them that at all . |
| 3 | Er er and er I 'm not saying that there is necessarily , but even if there was she 's not going to because she wants to preserve her , her referrals . |
| 4 | I 'm not saying that there was n't an expectation that there would be a gradual move in there , and ultimately we would suffer and we would lose that level of grant . |
| 5 | I 'm not saying that it is necessarily trivialising to talk to interviewees about their clothes , it 's just that you do n't find the male presenters on Rock Steady talking to Phil Collins about his suits ! |
| 6 | But that 's not to say that we 're not doing a reasonably good job on the whole ! |
| 7 | This is not to say that they are not aware of them . |
| 8 | However , he always retained control over the issues that he regarded as most important ( which is not to say that they were necessarily the most important in an objective sense ) . |
| 9 | That 's not to say that it 's not worth listening to : it clearly is , and it grows larger the more you hear it . |
| 10 | The intervening years have not seen any revision , but this is not to say that it is not both necessary and desirable . |
| 11 | That is not to say that it is out of touch with reality but that planning for the future requires thinking . |
| 12 | This is not to say that it was wholly accurate . |
| 13 | That is not to say that he was not interested in spending it . |
| 14 | But basically turning to the Selby situation erm I mean here here we have a district that does n't have any areas of acknowledged national or landscape im importance at all but as as I mentioned previously that 's not to say that there are n't valuable areas of countryside within the district and areas which to use use the words of of P P G advice are valued by the people that live and and work in the district and and also by visitors . |
| 15 | That is not to say that there are not many other ‘ innocent ’ causes for these two symptoms , but simply that urethritis , which is usually sexually transmitted , makes up the great majority of such cases . |
| 16 | This is not to say that there are not many households where there is peace and contentment , when the old person is fortunate enough to keep well in mind and body even when she becomes frail , and where the daughter prefers to remain at home , and is able to make a satisfying life for herself . |
| 17 | This is not to say that there are not many people of good will who are working conscientiously for a more humane society , but such efforts inevitably succumb to the demonic . |
| 18 | This is not to say that there are not important distinctions between , say , the large cities , or between declining industrial areas ; individual localities may all show different social relationships ( Cooke , 1989 ) ; it may be that similarities of trends in the 1960s and 1970s were in part coincidental , and that there will be salient differences in the 1990s . |
| 19 | That is not to say that there is not the power to do it and , in my judgment , the Act provides for this exceptional circumstance to take place . |
| 20 | This is not to say that there is only one right way of making such a choice but it can be helpful to have an insight into your own personal style of decisionmaking , and how this was applied to your career choice . |
| 21 | Most Christians had a strong reserve towards that polytheism that pervaded society , which is not to say that there were not quiet compromisers , like the Christians of southern Spain early in the fourth century who held official cultic positions in the worship of Jupiter , or the bishop of Troy who could painlessly apostatize under Julian because he had never ceased to pray to the sun-god . |
| 22 | It is true there are forms of the palmette which look a little like acanthus but I would not say that they are necessarily earlier and that the acanthus developed out of the palmette . |
| 23 | But to say that the half-yearly payments were to continue till the whole sum of £2,090 19s. , ‘ and interest thereon , ’ should have been fully paid and satisfied , would be to introduce very important words into the agreement which are not there , and of which I can not say that they are necessarily implied . |
| 24 | Anna did not say that she was not a virgin , that she had been to bed with two of the men in West Kensington and had been , at seventeen , much inclined to suppose herself in love with one of them . |
| 25 | Huy did not say that he was not prepared to exchange trust for trust with Ipuky . |
| 26 | specifically told you from yesterday but you just , I said I 'm sorry but you did n't , you did not say that you were n't to go to lunch |
| 27 | There is also a marked convenience element in the use of the product , Respondents , typically Stated that cotton wool is : " economical " or " works out cheaper " , but did not say that it is more convenient than washing and reusing facial flannels or cloths . |
| 28 | They did not say that it was over , neither of them . |
| 29 | So I mean people ca n't say that we 're just like er blind bats batting wheth we 'll you 'll lose the situation these lads are in . |
| 30 | And do n't say that you are much more active than the people described above , for the sedentary label applies to most people in Western society , including club golfers , club squash and tennis players , mailmen , and Mrs Smith next door who is out in all weathers exercising her dog . |