Example sentences of "was not [adv] [adj] [that] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew was not even sure that Veronica had used the flat . |
| 2 | He was not too concerned that Mitsubishi was due to launch a new model when he bought his . |
| 3 | However , it is important to note that PNP provided the resources and framework for the considerable expansion and diversification of such courses between 1985 and 1990 : it was not so much that PNP was submerged as that PNP and primary provision became synonymous . |
| 4 | However , he said , even a cursory look at the figures showed that what really happened was not so much that Scotland had gained but the rest of the country was now becoming stuck in the kind of economic mess that Scotland had endured since 1979 . |
| 5 | They ran out on Saturday to a cautious welcome from a crowd of 1,823 ( the best this season and lowest of the day ) a week after losing to Doncaster : it was not so much that Doncaster had scored their first away goals of the season , rather that they got six without reply . |
| 6 | But she was not so sure that Rab was right . |
| 7 | Though Amiss was not entirely convinced that Trueman had been murdered , he did feel a sense of unease about the Admiral 's safety , so he was relieved to see that he seemed to be getting on rather better with his committee colleagues than the Sunday experiences had promised . |
| 8 | All the time he 'd imagined Lee up in the wood , with Caspar most probably sheltering in the hide , but now , as he climbed through the wood in the gulley , he was n't so sure that Lee would be there . |
| 9 | It was n't so much that Kefalov appeared already to be a more sordid city than the capital , as that this particular city had n't been devastated at all . |
| 10 | Perhaps , then , it was n't so surprising that Lorne had one or two funny ideas about himself . |