Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] that they " in BNC.
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| 31 | What is notable about them is not that they are black , but that they do not have dogs . |
| 32 | Our basic quarrel with them is not that they are unappealing ( for unquestionably , some of them are ) but that they are untrue . |
| 33 | The actual tensile strength of ordinary glass and ceramics can be quite high ; the reason why we do not make motor cars , for instance , from them is not that they are weak but that they are far too brittle . |