Example sentences of "it is not [prep] [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not via Lourdes that I would choose to enter Bigorre . |
| 2 | How he heard of verre anglais is unclear , but it is not beyond belief that it stemmed from rumours that effervescing Champagne had become a popular drink in England . |
| 3 | It is not without significance that the sub-title of his autobiography is ‘ The Story of my experiments with Truth ’ , and his whole life might well a interpreted as an attempt to live in accordance with or an existential quest for Truth . |
| 4 | We have already noted that he interprets the Gītā as a call to action and it is not without significance that he has been described as one of the foremost activist theoreticians and as a karmayogin . |
| 5 | It is not without significance that it had its source in a campaign which effectively combined Cobdenite principles of free trade with a ‘ bellicose philanthropy ’ worthy of the most self-righteous of Victorian imperialists . |
| 6 | It is not without significance that in the present case Mr. Bookbinder 's action for libel is based upon the same complaints as those made by the council . |
| 7 | It is not without significance that throughout the debate there have never been more than half a dozen hon. Members on either side of the House . |
| 8 | Moreover , it is not without point that national economic consensus was at its strongest in the late 1950s under the premiership of Harold Macmillan . |
| 9 | It is not without interest that , over one hundred years ago , in Dietrich v. Northampton ( 1884 ) 138 Mass. 14 Holmes J. anticipated the argument , at p. 16 : |
| 10 | It is not without reason that contracts of employment in most civilized countries are geared to a working week of between thirty-seven and forty-four hours . |
| 11 | The attempt to subvert binary logic threatens to invalidate the structuralist enterprise , and it is not without reason that in the early seventies Kristeva , Irigaray , and other women theorists began to map structuralism 's binary logic onto the social and discursive oppression of women by men . |
| 12 | It is not in doubt that as against Pantell S.A. the court has jurisdiction to make an order under section 6(2) for the restoration of the status quo ante . |
| 13 | But it is not in doubt that salmon rely critically on their sense of smell to guide them home . |
| 14 | It is not by chance that , in his History of Art , movements such as Mannerism are undervalued and considered periods of artistic involution . |
| 15 | It is not by accident that the excellent report by Norman Thomas on Improving primary schools for the ILEA ( ILEA 1985 ) was governed by the requirement |
| 16 | It is not by accident that the countries within the ERM — viz Spain and Ireland — and countries shadowing the system — such as Sweden and Norway — believe that the price of higher than warranted interest rates , from their domestic point of view , is nevertheless worth paying , in return for the longer-term stability that the ERM will provide . |