Example sentences of "[pers pn] be n't [adv] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is n't just that their perceptions and responses are affected by their beliefs . |
| 2 | It is n't just that she does n't have the stomach to eat anything because of her morbid dread of flying ; more that she ca n't accept touching anything anti-Green . |
| 3 | It is n't often that you hear a genuine story of a tail wagging the dog but spreadsheets and personal computers are just such a case . |
| 4 | It is n't only that they enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim , but because they are , in the jargon of the trade , ‘ good copy ’ — talkative , controversial , witty and opinionated on a whole range of topics . |
| 5 | Well it is n't only that I mean er we do n't provide the food when they 're at home , do we ? |
| 6 | When she got pregnant her social worker booked her into here , as there was not much space at her home and Barbara agreed that it was n't right that her mother should have her back with a baby as well . |
| 7 | ‘ Still , it was n't exactly that I was thinking of , ’ the Marshal said . |
| 8 | It was n't exactly that he wanted a present . |
| 9 | It was n't exactly that he was afraid ; he just did n't want to leave Frances . |
| 10 | It was n't simply that he was managing to smile with his mouth full — a difficult enough task at the best of times — it was that his smile expressed so many real , positive qualities that it must be designed to sell something . |
| 11 | It was n't simply that he seemed incapable of telling the truth : he could n't begin to express any thought without it sounding false or grotesque . |
| 12 | It was n't simply that he felt protective towards him . |
| 13 | ‘ It was n't even that I felt unhappy . |
| 14 | It worried him a bit , but it was n't here that he looked nervous and gave me reason to be concerned . |
| 15 | It was n't just that their possessions , wood and porcelain , paint and linen , symbolised their joint life . |
| 16 | It was n't just that he was pitching it lower . |
| 17 | It was n't just that it looked so out of place hanging against the speckled mystery of clean , deep space . |
| 18 | It was n't just that she was strikingly beautiful ; there was an unworldly air about her . |
| 19 | It was n't just some inevitable reserve because of the age difference , and it was n't just that she was an intensely private person whose public persona did n't tell the whole story . |
| 20 | It was n't just that she had grown older and softer or that they were harder than he had been . |
| 21 | It was n't often that he had a whole day out on the moor . |
| 22 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 23 | It was n't only that he was n't interested in her any longer . |
| 24 | It was n't merely that he had lost stones in weight — dash it , the man 's sobriquet was a libel now — but that his whole demeanour was that of a soldier completely confused , completely disorientated . |
| 25 | Why do you think I brought you down to his place if it was n't so that I could stake a claim on your patience — make you listen to what I have to confess because there was no way you could run away from me — flag down a taxi , catch a bus and head for the airport ? ’ |