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 .
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