Example sentences of "point is not [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The essential point is not that a feminist reading of the eighteenth century is impossible , but that it must , as Munns suggests , recognize not only sexual difference , but the difference between one century and another |
| 2 | The point is not that the theological pronouncements of scientists are to be discounted but rather that they do sometimes have to be seen as efforts at mediation . |
| 3 | His point is not that the other two legs are invulnerable , but that far too much of America 's political energy has gone into discussing ICBMs and far too little into submarines , cruise missiles , stealth bombers ( which could be used against targets other than the Soviet Union ) and especially command and control centres . |
| 4 | The question that should be asked at this point is not whether the West should intervene militarily , but what does it want out of such an exploit ? |
| 5 | Of course the essential point is not whether the accounts are subjective or objective ; it is the extent to which they are useful . |