Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [conj] [n mass] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is not that people change but the ease and rapidity with which they change . |
| 2 | It is not that people need to change or be ‘ cured ’ ; it is that they need to pursue their thoughts to their logical conclusion and from there make decisions on the basis of what they have discovered about themselves . |
| 3 | The reason HP is rated ‘ difficult to arrange ’ by more people than other credit types is not that people think it would be more difficult to arrange , but that people generally were quicker to apply any comments to it presumably because it has a more prominent image for them . |
| 4 | Let me stress again that the shame is not that people have doubts , but that they are ashamed of them . |
| 5 | Anyway , the important thing is not whether people believe in something or not — the important thing is whether it 's actually true or not . |
| 6 | It 's not that people want to get rich , it 's just that you make a nice living and enjoy |
| 7 | That 's not because people had bigger families , it 's because they pack them with young , poor parents , ghettos for women and children . |
| 8 | It is n't because people do n't care . |
| 9 | The problem was not that people had not done their jobs : they had . |
| 10 | It was n't that people did not spread false rumours . |