Example sentences of "n't [adv] that " in BNC.
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1 | Their chief executive , Andy Barton , feels , with some reason one would have to say , that it is n't right that the government should bail out a competitor . |
2 | It was n't right that Sendei should just be left here . |
3 | When she got pregnant her social worker booked her into here , as there was not much space at her home and Barbara agreed that it was n't right that her mother should have her back with a baby as well . |
4 | Now there was an are n't somewhere that you had . |
5 | It is n't only that they enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim , but because they are , in the jargon of the trade , ‘ good copy ’ — talkative , controversial , witty and opinionated on a whole range of topics . |
6 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
7 | It was n't only that he was n't interested in her any longer . |
8 | Well it is n't only that I mean er we do n't provide the food when they 're at home , do we ? |
9 | Why do you think I brought you down to his place if it was n't so that I could stake a claim on your patience — make you listen to what I have to confess because there was no way you could run away from me — flag down a taxi , catch a bus and head for the airport ? ’ |
10 | I said , Do n't so that , I said like that . |
11 | It was n't merely that he had lost stones in weight — dash it , the man 's sobriquet was a libel now — but that his whole demeanour was that of a soldier completely confused , completely disorientated . |
12 | It was n't just that copies of knitting patterns in a popular British magazine were regarded as subersive , or even that the border guards had strict rules about the permitted length of visitors ' hair . |
13 | It is n't just that she does n't have the stomach to eat anything because of her morbid dread of flying ; more that she ca n't accept touching anything anti-Green . |
14 | However , it is n't just that their perceptions and responses are affected by their beliefs . |
15 | It was n't just that Major appeared to have accepted a dare to go through an entire broadcast without offering a single specific incentive of any kind for people to vote for him , but Brunson , an experienced broadcaster , was even odder . |
16 | It was n't just that Nottingham 's studious fullback landed seven goals from his solitary World Cup appearance , against the American Eagles at Twickenham last October . |
17 | It was n't just that the parents had to be kept under control despite the fact that they and the police were in many respects working at cross purposes , it was the danger of some third party interfering … a go-between with power and influence was what the Captain dreaded most … |
18 | It is n't just that the repertory is far-removed from that of the harp 's romantic territory — and , to the best of my recollection , of a kind last explored ( more conservatively and on a modern instrument ) in an entire disc by Zabaleta ( Archiv ) over 20 years ago , nor that it is played on two pedal-less early harps , it 's the spirit with and in which it is executed . |
19 | It was n't just that Bernice had no time for women who made themselves look like that ; the other woman demanded attention . |
20 | It was n't just that the thing looked misshapen and ugly and threatening . |
21 | It was n't just that it looked so out of place hanging against the speckled mystery of clean , deep space . |
22 | It was n't just that their possessions , wood and porcelain , paint and linen , symbolised their joint life . |
23 | It was n't just that she was strikingly beautiful ; there was an unworldly air about her . |
24 | It was n't just some inevitable reserve because of the age difference , and it was n't just that she was an intensely private person whose public persona did n't tell the whole story . |
25 | It was n't just that she had grown older and softer or that they were harder than he had been . |
26 | It was n't just that he was pitching it lower . |
27 | ‘ Still , it was n't exactly that I was thinking of , ’ the Marshal said . |
28 | It was n't exactly that he wanted a present . |
29 | It was n't exactly that he was afraid ; he just did n't want to leave Frances . |
30 | No , it was n't really that : it was being trained to get hurt , knowing he could stand it . |