Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reductivist enterprise thus inevitably comes to grief , and it is not altogether surprising that it does . |
| 2 | he roared , still not entirely convinced that it was n't all some Limey hoax . |
| 3 | if you remember the question that the founding fathers faced was how do you create a government which is strong enough to endure and to defend the nation and defend the country yet a government which is not so strong that it erodes the rights of individuals within it , this is the , the essence of the , the problem of government as , as the founding fathers saw it . |
| 4 | I suppose it was one way of ensuring that staff returned to the fold , but I 'm not so sure that it was a good idea as far as the staff was concerned . |
| 5 | The changes required are not so great that it should be rejected outright . |
| 6 | For instance the report argues that the actual overcrowding and potential greater overcrowding at the school is not so great that it can not be met with temporary classrooms and eventually new extensions to the school ( DDP : 11–12 ) . |
| 7 | Yet not so rotten that it had obscured the carved initials at the base of the grip . |
| 8 | Apparently it is a big cut , but not so deep that it has done any irrevocable damage , at least that 's the impression I got . |
| 9 | The pain was intense , gripping her with its cruel talons , biting deep , but not so deep that it wiped out the sudden rush of anger she felt at his blind stubbornness . |
| 10 | The significance of this event was not so much that it was government interfering in artistic freedom , as liberal would-be martyrs would have it , but that it showed how frightened the President was of the populist , anti-intellectual feeling which has developed in the US over the last few years . |
| 11 | The reason for this is not so much that it was beyond some people 's capacity to do imposition and so on ; but rather that it cost employers money to train people to do such tasks . |
| 12 | Not all the people who have been called structuralists have been happy to accept the label , but this suggests not so much that it has been over-enthusiastically applied , but that far from being a school or a doctrine , structuralism is indeed a generalized revolution in ways of thinking . |
| 13 | One important part of the citizens charter is not so much that it contains many individual ideas and proposals for change , but that it is intended to change the entire attitude of public servants and the way in which citizens approach them . |
| 14 | The amazing thing about this second ‘ Carry On ’ was not so much that it succeeded at all , but that it outgrossed the first in the series . |
| 15 | It 's not so much that it |
| 16 | the Health Service is deteriorating so bad , and they said no not so much that it 's that they 're not , they 've got enough staff but they 're not being managed correctly |
| 17 | Now the important thing about the toxin is not so much that it can paralyse its victim , but that biologists can use it , and they can use it because it 's possible to label the toxin radioactively and then employ this to look at the distribution of receptors in patients with miocenia and characterise the receptors in other ways . |
| 18 | Thus the distribution of property is not so unequal that it can threaten the liberty of the individual . |
| 19 | Moreover , now that I come to think of it , it is perhaps not so surprising that it should also have made a deep impression on Miss Kenton given certain aspects of her relationship with my father during her early days at Darlington Hall . |
| 20 | This large display ( right ) in a cool , fresh , green and white colour scheme , provides a central focal point for the table , but it is not so large that it obscures the guests ' view . |
| 21 | A ring should feel comfortable , not so loose that it slips down your finger but not so tight that it is difficult to remove . |
| 22 | A ring should feel comfortable , not so loose that it slips down your finger but not so tight that it is difficult to remove . |
| 23 | Is it not also serious that it is implied that the Home Office knew about that involvement at the time ? |
| 24 | Whatever one thinks of this judgment , it is not immediately obvious that it entails the rejection of the more specific claim that the state is the tool of the ruling class ; for the latter makes no explicit mention of a class 's consciousness of its interests , real or otherwise . |
| 25 | Alison added , ‘ They said they would take it , but it is not quite certain that it will be performed . ’ |
| 26 | some women do and I 'm not quite clear that it has to be so definite as as er |
| 27 | Indeed , I am not absolutely sure that it has not been proved that in terms of pure cost-effectiveness a space such as a 4 cm double is the best you can buy — the only trouble is that you need an awful lot of them . |
| 28 | And he , she said , she was n't quite sure that it was a warmth or a a real passion for |