Example sentences of "is not [adv] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not just that the sufferer loses friends from the disordered behaviour . |
| 2 | I believe the reason is not just that the statement is more dramatic but the nature of the drama . |
| 3 | It is not just that the tax offices are the home of a great deal of corruption , which has survived many previous attempted clean-ups and , so far , even the arrival of computerisation . |
| 4 | It was also a story about people and , if I keep returning to Morocco , it is not just because the Atlas offer superlative climbing and trekking but because the Berber ‘ Highlanders ’ are a very special people : incredibly hardy , had-working , lively and friendly . |
| 5 | The reason is not simply that the developer has little experience of historic buildings , but that the pension fund or insurance company buying it wants a building which is effectively new , with a sure life of many years ahead of it . |
| 6 | Once maintenance ceases , it is not long before the roof starts to leak , the plasterwork or the ceiling to become stained and damaged , and dry rot to take hold . |
| 7 | It is not merely that the incidence of single-parent black families has been exaggerated ( Phoenix , 1988 ) , but that class , gender and racism intersect in highly complex and contradictory ways in the lives of black women ( Anthias and Yuval-Davis , 1982 ; Phizacklea , 1983 ; Ramazanoglu , 1989 ; West wood , 1985 ; West wood and Bhachu , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | Madam Speaker I r the er honourable gentleman must have a rather er curious source for his statistics because what has actually happened is not merely that the government have protected the real value of the state retirement pension but the combination of our policies both in social security , in the pensions field and in the economic world have led to a position in which pensioners average real incomes have risen more than forty percent since this government took office . |
| 9 | It is not merely that the speaker wants to create a good impression in the sight of others , who might have a different set of values . |
| 10 | It is not often that the Organ publishes press releases , but an exception might usefully be made in the case of the handouts by Random House about the personnel changes there . |
| 11 | It is not often that the Opposition play to the Government 's strengths , but , as my hon. Friend the Member for Batley and Spen ( Mrs. Peacock ) said , the council tax is a simple and fair tax , and she was right to welcome its rebate scheme and its transitional relief . |
| 12 | When conduct on the part of a government or some other public body is dubbed ‘ unconstitutional ’ , what is often meant is not necessarily that the law has been broken , but rather that the action is out of keeping with the style or , more broadly , the ‘ way of life ’ of a country … |
| 13 | If that is the role of the Royal Family in a contemporary society , it is failing , but if it is failing it is not necessarily because the breeding and the education are wrong . |
| 14 | The lesson from Chernobyl is not only that the public requires governments to react more effectively next time , but also that there is a need to ensure that a Chernobyl-type accident does not happen again . |
| 15 | In the example quoted , the first line leaves unstated the place to which Israel is to return ; the B-line specifies the full significance of " return " in A. It is true of course that it is not only that the B-line is more specific than the A-line but also that the A is more specific than the B. Such cases do not negate the parallelism of greater precision ; they are a subset of the examples of our feature . |
| 16 | The significance of this case is not only that the House of Lords effectively over-ruled the majority decision in Candler but also that in doing this the judgment went beyond Lord Denning 's minority judgment . |
| 17 | An agreement to induce a breach of contract might be thought to fall outside this protection because inducement is a tort if committed by one person , but this is not so if the inducement is protected by section 13(1) . |
| 18 | This is not so and the principal has to be actively involved ; if the relationship is to be successful then it must be based upon partnership and cooperation . |
| 19 | In some cases the management services are provided by a recognised housing association ; in other cases this is not so and the purchaser may be misled by the amount of help that could be expected in an emergency . |
| 20 | Leaving aside for the time being the question of ‘ hostile intent , ’ it is plain that it is not enough that the defendant deliberately does an act that has the incidental effect of obstructing the police ; he must also have some notion that he is obstructing and causing the police difficulties . |
| 21 | It is not enough that the property should be intended to be used in a manner that may or may not involve this definite and particular manner ( Pwllbach Colliery Co Ltd v Woodman [ 1915 ] AC 634 ) . |
| 22 | ( m ) The question of reliance It is not enough that the seller knows of the particular purpose of the goods sold , the buyer must also have relied upon the credit-broker or seller 's skill and judgment at the date of the contract . |
| 23 | Accordingly , within s.3 it is not enough that the victim expects or requires the accused to pay . |
| 24 | Merely pushing the lever forwards as far as it will go is not enough because the lock may be very stiff . |
| 25 | It is not enough if the evidence looks stronger against one than the other , if the case can not be proved beyond reasonable doubt . |
| 26 | Buying goods from a reputable source is not enough as the supplier will be required to entertain elementary precautions , for example , sampling or checking the weight of the goods supplied ( s28(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 ) and ensuring that the system can cope with mistakes . |
| 27 | It is n't just that the repertory is far-removed from that of the harp 's romantic territory — and , to the best of my recollection , of a kind last explored ( more conservatively and on a modern instrument ) in an entire disc by Zabaleta ( Archiv ) over 20 years ago , nor that it is played on two pedal-less early harps , it 's the spirit with and in which it is executed . |
| 28 | Their chief executive , Andy Barton , feels , with some reason one would have to say , that it is n't right that the government should bail out a competitor . |