Example sentences of "that it is [not/n't] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when it comes to the central problem faced by the Secretary of State and his colleagues — that of being re-elected — their only solution is to throw money at it , providing that it is not their money or that of their supporters but taxpayers ' money . |
| 2 | Some TECs have told us that it is not their guarantee but the Government 's . |
| 3 | Here the value of privacy may act against the interests of family members ; neighbours may consider that it is not their business to interfere and the beaten wife-at least before the growth of women 's self-help centres — may find that she has nowhere to go ( Pizzey , 1974 ) . |
| 4 | In many cases teachers have been indoctrinated with the view that it is not their job to encourage competitive sports . |
| 5 | This acts as a commitment payment and demonstrates the seriousness of the vendors confirming that it is not their intention just to test the water and withdraw . |
| 6 | This might be interpreted as an indication that it is not his purpose or intention to present a systematic , coherent and consistent Advaitin account of the concept of Truth or God after the fashion of Śankara , the principal exponent of non-dualism , and that what could be said concerning the metaphysical basis of his thought is that although it purports to be Advaitin it does not preclude the possibility of Dvaita , or Dualist , and Viśi ādvaita , or qualified non-Dualist interpretations of the nature of reality . |
| 7 | So when he maintains that because we are , Truth or God is , or that God is the sum total of life , it could be argued that he is not presenting us with some kind of cosmological argument for the existence of God and that it is not his purpose to argue from the world to God . |
| 8 | Rumour has it that it is not his child . |
| 9 | But the Aga Khan 's solicitor , Matthew McCloy , said yesterday : ‘ You can take it that it is not His Highness 's present intention to appeal to the House of Lords . ’ |
| 10 | The child needs to know that it is not his fault that everyone is so upset and that someone has died and he is not being punished . |
| 11 | Although he protests that it is not his job to pass moral judgements on anyone , he does draw the line at advertising some occult products such as polished pebbles , or some cults such as the Moonies . |
| 12 | I confirm that it is not our intention to widen the M25 outside its present curtilage . |
| 13 | He is now upset that it is not our policy and keeps saying that the views in it must be the views of Ministers . |
| 14 | ‘ The hospital is quite adamant that it is not our policy to encourage smoking or allow cigarettes to be sold ’ . |
| 15 | At a meal have a glass of water as well as wine and keep sipping at the water so that it is not your wine glass which is being constantly refilled . |
| 16 | The council agreed to buy the station for — it 's about three hundred and twenty five thousand , but I want to make this point , that it is n't their intention to close the boat station . |
| 17 | Sometimes I do n't seem real to myself , it suddenly seems that it is n't my reflection only a foot or two away . |