Example sentences of "it [be] not the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it 's not the supplier or even the choice of hardware which worries me . |
| 2 | It 's it 's not the boundary that is important to look at , it 's whether the land is open land , is n't it ? |
| 3 | The exchange has roused the analyst to contributions that are firmer and more energy-consuming than those he generally vouchsafes : ‘ it 's not the past but what we make of the past that shapes our future and present . ’ |
| 4 | I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid |
| 5 | Well it 's not , it 's not the government that 's doing it |
| 6 | But it 's a , yo , it 's not the council that 's er putting out to the people on the radio it 's yourself ! |
| 7 | It 's not the tears that fall at the time , |
| 8 | It 's not the money that makes me happy . |
| 9 | It 's not the money that 's holding things up , it 's that awful new kit — of course any fashion conscious young man like Raymond would n't be caught in that rig and there was me thinking he was just a low down money grabber . |
| 10 | But er it 's not the road that that that it used to be . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not the road that worries me . |
| 12 | See it 's not the blues that bother me I do n't think it 's just the fact that there 's there might be trouble afterwards . |
| 13 | By the way , this was the period when I could to a milk shop for a hape'orth of milk , but it 's not the halfpenny that people think now , cos the currency 's been altered quite a lot , it was very trifling , but it 's true . |
| 14 | In grasses , for instance , it 's not the ovule that is dispersed by the billions on the wind , it is the pollen . |
| 15 | It 's not other people , it 's not the problems that surround us , it 's not the people that we have to work with or the conditions in work , it 's not the next door neighbours , terrible though they may be , the real answer , for you and for me , lies within ourselves . |
| 16 | Well that 's certainly one way of looking at it erm but it 's not the way that Eisenhower looked at it , and it 's not the way that many people looked at it erm tt afterwards . |
| 17 | Well that 's certainly one way of looking at it erm but it 's not the way that Eisenhower looked at it , and it 's not the way that many people looked at it erm tt afterwards . |
| 18 | because it 's not the way that er it was designed for it , it was designed for something in which men pressed forward |
| 19 | It 's not the stopping or the burning or the escaping to Africa that will make an end of it . |
| 20 | This is , it it 's not the attitude that we need to be taking , and there 's no where else we 'd be supporting in , in in this , er , opposition to this particular European Council of Directive . |
| 21 | Vince started it and Cath 's got a bit of it , well sh it 's not the flu as yet but |
| 22 | It 's not the teenagers and daughters who are different . |
| 23 | No it 's , yeah well I know but I mean like it 's not the point whether she makes you laugh . |
| 24 | ‘ Maybe it 's not the milestones that matter but the road in between . |
| 25 | In fact Barbara was saying to me er wh why do n't you er but it 's not the thing that I 'd want to do . |
| 26 | As with centesimal , if we see that the patient 's symptoms are relapsing frequently in spite of repetition , a deeper complementary remedy will be needed , because it 's not the potency that is at fault but the choice of remedy . |
| 27 | Now it 's not John Major and it 's not Martin Brandon Bravo and it 's not the Sheriff although we 're thinking on the right lines there , and it 's not Kenneth Clarke or Brian Clough and it certainly is n't Dennis McCarthy and it 's not D H Lawrence either . |
| 28 | No I 'll tell you why it 's not the fact that they they fit but they 're too narrow if |
| 29 | It 's not the children that I get so annoyed on the the trick or treat and the previous running up to the bonfire night . |
| 30 | It 's not the wax that 's doing it . |