Example sentences of "is not [pron] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is vicious because , as I have just argued , the external relation that constitutes the meaning of the mental content is not something that the subject himself can apprehend : it can only be constructed from a third-person perspective . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ This is not something that has happened before . |
| 3 | But this is not something that Stone tackles . |
| 4 | Haslam admits that being the focal point of all the national publicity that inevitably surrounds the British coal industry is not something that he relishes . |
| 5 | ‘ Talent is a rare thing , not as universal as people seem to think — creativity is not something that can be taught , ’ she says . |
| 6 | ‘ Sovereignty is not something that you either have or do not have , like a family heirloom which you take out and dust every now and then to make sure that it is still in your possession and still intact , ’ Sir Leon said . |
| 7 | But what we find in the resurrection of Jesus is not something that originates from the natural processes of life , but something that constitutes a unique event . |
| 8 | Freedom is not something that can be asserted in opposition to law ; it is the residue of conduct permitted in the sense that no statute or common-law rule prohibits it . |
| 9 | The economic strength of society is not something that can be peeled off and thought of separately from the quality of the life of those who are members of that society . |
| 10 | I do not believe that the pursuit of happiness is a possibility : happiness is not something that can be chased and captured . |
| 11 | Nevertheless it is not something that we can ignore , for the teacher needs feedback from her students ' performances in order to judge the effectiveness of her teaching and may need to know that students have reached certain standards before progressing to more difficult work . |
| 12 | This urge is not something that appears when we are at school or later — it operates from birth , if not before . |
| 13 | Religion is not an individualistic affair ; it is not something that concerns a man in isolation from his fellow men ; it is not simply a matter for the individual soul seeking release , or mok a , from the endless cycle of birth , death and rebirth , or sa sāra . |
| 14 | The pain is not something that scares me . |
| 15 | The prospect of spending eight months aboard a 67-foot yacht racing the wrong way round the world against the prevailing winds is not something that most seasickness sufferers would relish . |
| 16 | It is surely a question of maintaining an appropriate balance , and is not something that can be taken for granted . |
| 17 | But it is also emphasized that professional competence is not something that can or should be taken for granted , and that the intimate knowledge of the carer-counsellor can often be as useful as the most vaunted professional . |
| 18 | Disengagement is not something that should be avoided , but is part of the natural process of ageing which can be readily accepted . |
| 19 | It is [ he added , engagingly ] quite clear to me that an organisation … of this character is not something that can be handled by the ordinary … machinery or either the British Civil service or the British military machine . |
| 20 | Praise , however , is not something that we need to phase out , it is relatively easy and ‘ cheap ’ to give and constantly reminds the child that his desirable behaviour leaves him in a state of grace . |
| 21 | this states categorically ‘ … design is not something that is added as an afterthought ’ , Which just confirms to me in my opinion that I am no designer ! |
| 22 | I just had to keep telling myself it would all be worthwhile for both of us : one day she would be flying free , which is not something that always happens to birds of prey bred in captivity . |
| 23 | It is not something that I have and you do not , or vice versa ; nor is it a commodity with which some people have the good fortune to be more generously endowed than others . |
| 24 | In addition , it is not something that can be delegated and employees can not escape their responsibility by delegation . |
| 25 | Rather it is the text that ‘ works ’ , and the text is not something that the author creates and hands over to the reader , but that the reader produces in the act of reading it — and by writing his own text about it . |
| 26 | I have prefaced this last thought with the word " ideally " since I know it is not something that is at all easy to achieve . |
| 27 | Recognition of the importance of participation in the arts and culture of one 's own group , as part of human development , is not something that is cultivated in the British character . |
| 28 | In this sense , power is not something that individuals and groups do or do not have automatically through occupation of a particular social or economic position , rather it is something gained through the skilful deployment of political resources in order to achieve particular objectives . |
| 29 | Power is not something that is possessed such as blue eyes or red hair but manifests itself in terms of relations with others . |
| 30 | Disruptive persons would succeed in their objects , and that is not something that the law should permit . |