Example sentences of "it [is] not [adj] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Oh Mum , it 's not like that The exhibits all arrive in plastic bags with identifying tags . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , it 's not impossible that the police 'll get a search warrant for my place . |
| 3 | With such a lot riding on the snip of a scissor , it 's not surprising that the breast beneath the hairdresser 's gown is heaving with unrealistic expectations and conflicting emotions of hope and fear . |
| 4 | IT 'S not surprising that the miners have chosen camouflage as their symbol of solidarity . |
| 5 | When the working people in this country — whose only national newspaper , USA Today , reduces all its non-cold war international news to an eighth-of-a-page column called ‘ Elsewhere in the world ’ — begin to discuss the issues of international capitalist exploitation , it 's not surprising that the media portray the strike as some petty industrial dispute in the backwoods of the Appalachians . |
| 6 | Results showed that there is an increasing interest in meat-free meals , so it 's not surprising that the products from the healthy Balance range have become even more popular . |
| 7 | It 's not surprising that the Maktowm brothers are considering trimming their operation , but they will still have a huge stake here . |
| 8 | With so many mountains and so much snow , it 's not surprising that the Swiss have become expert skiers . |
| 9 | Now having said all this you know let's not identify with these too much like the that 's me you know okay , it gives you an incl an idea of your in of your stance where what sort of attitude philosophy and behaviours you prefer to have within a group , okay and if you match those back to what we saw in the group erm then it 's not surprising that the group got on so well together and you know we did n't have too much conflict with the amount of team workers involved because nobody in there wanted to upset anybody else in the team . |
| 10 | It 's not fair that the , the other people |
| 11 | in as ah , well , yes , that 's an interesting thing actually because it 's not clear that the people sleeping on the streets in London belong to any class . |
| 12 | Although it 's not likely that the action will publicly required |
| 13 | It is not necessary that the prisoner should be further protected by compelling the Secretary of State to give the reasons for his decision . |
| 14 | It is not necessary that the plaintiff 's fault be a cause of the accident itself . |
| 15 | His principle is to maintain the gardens and grounds as they are for all the residents , so that from outside it is not apparent that the building has been divided up . |
| 16 | It is not apparent that the authors could answer that question . |
| 17 | While the parties to an agreement creating a new State may have intended that rights and obligations contained in the treaty would bind the new State , it is not apparent that the new State has consented to them . |
| 18 | Sources within TRT said it was considering whether apply for a licence of its own , but it is not certain that the company will actually need one : it may be able to operate under the Worldcom licence — assuming that IDB 's acquisition goes through , TRT and Worldcom will share the same parent . |
| 19 | First , while tighter control over operating units and the exclusion of sub-goals may be achieved , it is not self-evident that the M-form organisation will affect pursuit of divergent objectives at the level of top-management , though Williamson does suggest that formalised goal and capital allocation procedures educe ‘ a profit preference at the top as well ’ . |
| 20 | For it is not self-evident that the idea of legal rights is attractive . |
| 21 | It is not surprising that the Czech novelist Josef Skvorecky should be keen on My First Loves . |
| 22 | It is not surprising that the Royal Fine Art Commission should have considered the design inappropriate . |
| 23 | It is not surprising that the references to the past it contains are very brief . |
| 24 | In such circumstances it is not surprising that the State is actually worshipped either in the person of a ruler or in a god which it incarnates . |
| 25 | Because the established church played a major role in the provision of education before the passing of the Elementary Education Act of 1870 , it is not surprising that the lofty , brick-built church of St Peter shares its site with a school . |
| 26 | It is not surprising that the total reversal of the ideology of the past is having its effect on Soviet pupils . |
| 27 | It is not surprising that the value of exports grew by a mere 3% in 1990 . |
| 28 | It is not surprising that the course in Baptist and Congregational colleges ran to six years : there was a lot of ground to cover . |
| 29 | As part of the decision-making involved the assumption of responsibility by the Board for the Bedfordshire scheme , it is not surprising that the two WEA members of the Board and Frank Salter , the District Treasurer , who was a University nominated member , cast their votes in favour of the rural areas scheme . |
| 30 | Given this array of serious offences committed by the AEC sample it is not surprising that the average number of previous convictions was seven , with only 10 per cent having no previous convictions compared with 28 per cent who had ten or more . |