Example sentences of "it [be] not the [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seems it 's not the hair which offends , but where you grow it . |
| 2 | If DCF is to be criticized , it is not the technique which is wrong , but the setting of discount rates which over-discount the future . |
| 3 | It is not the stone which stops the dog . |
| 4 | If companies do not recognize that they are applying the model incorrectly ; it is not the model which is at fault , |
| 5 | ‘ It is not the danger which concerns me . |
| 6 | Scandalmongers will be disappointed to know that it is not the prostitutes which I have in mind here , rather the fact that this little thing called Amendment 27 to the Maastricht bill is also receiving such a chorus of anticipation . |
| 7 | It is not the image which people like you want to know about , but it is true . |
| 8 | It is not the emotion which is negative , but the fact that it has been squelched . |
| 9 | And I can tell you , it was n't the butler what done it . ’ |
| 10 | It was not the smell which deterred her but the fact that there were two girls present : one sat on a table swinging her legs , while the other stood by a sink . |
| 11 | She reminded herself that it was not the countryside which had been unfaithful to her and there was no need for her to fall out of love with it . |
| 12 | Such things as fingers , hernias and extended navels have caused problems in practice when the defence has submitted that it was not the penis which was exposed but some other similar looking object . |