Example sentences of "not [adj] that [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Is it not clear that our MPs have flagrantly broken the declared policy of the Party ? " asked a London Division statement calling for the disciplining of the Parliamentary representatives . |
| 2 | What effects disturbances on the spiritual plane may have on our mental , emotional or physical well-being are more difficult to assess but it is not impossible that our view of ourselves as machines , with a denial of any spiritual aspect and a consequent loss of meaning in our lives , may be one cause of much of the unhappiness and frustration seen today with results as different as vandalism and cancer — aspects of destruction at one level or another . |
| 3 | It is not impossible that his severity on Galileo was one way of saving face — an attempt to placate prominent Jesuits still smarting from wounds that Galileo had inflicted on their colleagues in earlier debates about the nature of sunspots and comets . |
| 4 | He shrugged it off , not convinced that his concern was necessary because she was unlikely to see the man that evening and in the morning there could be an arrest . |
| 5 | Some shape names are complex and , if pupils have a limited appreciation of the properties of a shape , it is not likely that their memory for its name will be enduring . |
| 6 | Not sure that her voice would actually work , she merely nodded . |
| 7 | An open space between two darkened structures — warehouses , Alexei thought , although he was not sure that their route had taken them across that quarter of the city — appeared out of the mist to their left like the mouth of an open tomb , and Jotan caught Alexei 's arm and indicated it . |
| 8 | Owen was not sure that whatever lesson Osman had learned had been quite the right one . |
| 9 | I am not sure that your contemporaries at home will be so lucky . |
| 10 | I 'm not sure that your body could take another pregnancy . ’ |
| 11 | Verona was far away and I had never lived away from home ; besides , I was not sure that my parents had ever contemplated the possibility that I might do so . |
| 12 | Was not the reason why the House thought it not plain that their lordships believed that Parliament did not have this situation in mind and would have cut down the wording if it had ? |
| 13 | It is not inconceivable that his son Cnut was with him . |
| 14 | However , I am not hopeful that her example will force the institution to reassess its attitude to the critical account , for even the fears of someone like Stead , which came from a central location of police power at the Staff College at Bramshill , seem to have largely fallen on stony ground . |
| 15 | ‘ But it is not fair that your remorse should be turned in the direction of seeking someone else to blame . ’ |
| 16 | For many years its significance was thought to lie in the fact that , while the combiners had to intend to do an unlawful act , it was not necessary that their purpose should be to injure the plaintiff . |
| 17 | Given the appalling historical baggage which the European far right carries with it , it is not surprising that their inclusion in the Strasbourg assembly has begun to create serious difficulties . |
| 18 | Given Nuremberg 's deeply repressed recent history with its strong Nazi connections , it is perhaps also not surprising that her idea of transforming the former site of the Nuremberg rallies into a peace park should meet with opposition . |
| 19 | It is perhaps not surprising that her recollections of that evening are vague . |
| 20 | Hence it was not surprising that its proposals were not speedily implemented , much to the chagrin of the House of Commons Energy Committee , three years later . |
| 21 | So it is not surprising that his interest developed from driving them very fast and very skilfully to the point where he now heads a business specialising in accident repairs and coachbuilding with a turnover in the region of £7.5 million . |
| 22 | As there were more cases of the husband killing his wife rather than vice versa , it is perhaps not surprising that his account often grabs the headlines and his wife 's account is muted . |
| 23 | It is thus not surprising that our period saw an increase in the amount of land put to agricultural use , not to mention the even greater increase in output through improved productivity . |
| 24 | However it 's not true that their life is all a deceit . |
| 25 | Ian White says he 's not surprised that his colleagues are looking into the matter . |
| 26 | I 'm not surprised that our offices are in a mess , |
| 27 | We were not surprised that our son just could not be bothered . |
| 28 | ‘ Thus , if the Universal Declaration is to become a reality for all , it is not sufficient that its provisions should be known to governments and internal organizations . |
| 29 | If you are not aware that your eating habits change depending on the time of your menstrual cycle , it would be worth keeping diary for a few months to check . |
| 30 | This is in contrast to section 18 , which permits the defendant to claim that he was not aware that his words were threatening , abusive or insulting . |