Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note that there is not necessarily presupposition that activities should be funded in the order they appear in the list nor that the same ranking holds for every location . |
| 2 | The grandest and perhaps latest of them , the lower fragment from Delos , the first truly impressive piece of Greek sculpture , shows a beginning in knee and thigh and genitals ( and from the side in the powerful buttocks ) ; but it is not only weathering that makes , in the upper fragment , the relation of shoulders , breast and arms so wholly inorganic — it is the same in the little bronze fig. 13 . |
| 3 | In times of economic difficulty it 's not only debt that causes problems . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd have thought your Brian could have found you somewhere a bit more comfortable , ’ interposed Mrs Harper , seeing her opportunity of introducing Brian to his disadvantage , ‘ he must know a few folk , it 's not only money that counts . … ’ |
| 5 | With the new machinery in operation , it is not only flexibility that has increased but also the ability to accommodate an increased diversity of product range . |
| 6 | It was not only industry that gave advanced European nations their character , but the way in which industrialisation took place , developing the growth of capitalist social relations . |
| 7 | It was not only food that was running short ; the Collector was shocked to see how little powder and shot remained the mine , the fougasses , and the firing of chain shot to clear the foliage had seriously depleted what he had considered an ample provision of powder ; if used sparingly it might last for two weeks , but the shot was almost exhausted . |
| 8 | It was not only wool that behaved in this manner , some synthetics could do the same thing . |
| 9 | But it is not only word-play that has to be explained : humour may depend deeply on cultural knowledge , on knowledge of famous people , customs , music , literature , and so on : What do you call a bald Cheshire Cat ? |
| 10 | It was not only strategy that was affected by Verdun ; personalities , too , were involved . |
| 11 | It is perhaps not merely coincidence that such recent efforts to portray mental handicap with humour and sensitivity are largely forgotten among the broad swathe of the British public . |
| 12 | But it 's not exactly danger that I seem to feel about the place . |
| 13 | My definition of harmful treatment would embrace not just treatment that exposed me to risk without any hope of compensating benefit but treatment of unproved efficacy that diverted me from having other treatments that were of proved value . |
| 14 | But it 's not just music that 's on offer at Lydiard. 50 000 litres of gas will be used to launch at least 100 hot air balloons … the climax , a Night Glow on Monday in which the balloons will be choreographed to music and fireworks . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not just luck that I look OK , ’ she says . |
| 16 | But it is not just knowledge that matters in this view of women 's education ; it is control over the learning process . |
| 17 | I thank the Minister for his reply , but is it not about time that something was done to help senior citizens and the long-term sick ? |
| 18 | Is it not about time that the Minister started to represent doctors ' views properly ? |
| 19 | Is it not about time that the Government invested in Cleveland 's schools ? |
| 20 | Is it not about time that he said to the 44 million voters who are sick and tired of the phoney election campaign that the general election will be on 9 April ? |
| 21 | In addition to its obvious unfairness , is there not now evidence that the governments tax increases impel consumer confidence and any hope of a recovery . |
| 22 | Clients who needed money would become upset at what they considered inappropriate questioning , but this would suggest to the workers that they had touched a sensitive point , confirming some personal theory that it was not really money that the clients required . |
| 23 | It was not simply terror that I might invade his study and his solitude ; it was terror that I might invade his heart . |
| 24 | Suppose there is not even consensus that the Constitution is fundamental law . |
| 25 | It is n't only women , it is n't only housework that 's necessary social labour . |
| 26 | So I hope it is n't just sentimentality that makes me baulk at his drastic solution . |
| 27 | It is n't just football that needs to keep an eye on its spectators . |