Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [that] it [be] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 But as we saw earlier , the fact that a gift expresses a relationship ( as a symbol ) does not necessarily imply that it is not also of great economic importance for the parties concerned .
2 Since the BFS is non-degenerate this can only mean that it is not efficient .
3 Mr. Grist : The Hon. Gentleman had better prove that it is not clean and fit to drink .
4 Should this not be taken into account , and does it not appear that it is not taken into account in the voluntary code ?
5 Those who listened to him critically were dismayed he could not see that it was not disapproval by pacifists , intellectuals or even cowards that made the Nazi assaults an atrocity .
6 That an event is characterized in terms of the interdependent existence of subject and content does not entail that it is not physical according to such a conception of the physical .
7 Recognising that as movement caused him to return to his normal self , he would soon realise that it was not Elizabeth who had found him , Sarah took one last chance .
8 Just because not everyone may spot the toy gun in this ad and attach a certain symbolic significance to it , it does not mean that it is not there nor that it has no effect .
9 Simply because the egalitarian society has yet to become a reality does not mean that it is not possible .
10 The fact that something happens to be legal as a matter of tradition going far back into history does not mean that it is not a vice in society .
11 We should not forget that it was not that long since Samuel Butler had published ( in 1878 ) his famous poem ‘ A Psalm Of Montreal ’ which was evoked by finding that Canadian ‘ philistinism ’ , had removed a Greek statue of Discobolus to a side-room in the Natural History Museum , presently used by a taxidermist , because of its ‘ vulgarity ’ .
12 It was a job of the utmost precision , and even a large-scale blow-up might not reveal that it was not genuine .
13 Nowhere else will be able to afford to do it , so let's not pretend that it 's not gon na affect those people outside .
14 ‘ Yes … but I can not pretend that it is n't a family disaster .
15 Do n't ever believe that it was n't . ’
16 But we can now see that it is n't like that at all .
17 And do n't think that it is n't a temptation .
18 erm For example if erm two people are walking down the street and there 's a certain amount of jostling , then the victim , if he is a victim , may well consider that it 's not violent , or that it 's nothing out of the ordinary , or that it 's something which is acceptable , and then not take the matter any farther .
19 It does n't matter that it 's not real silk . ’
20 He does n't realize that it 's not up for sale .
21 This would n't always be the case — the pigeon might be able to take cover and elude the peregrine , but the peregrine might equally decide that it was n't worth the chase .
22 That balance is biased to the degree that an unknowing observer might well conclude that it was not conservation nor recreation but agriculture that was the primary concern of many of the park committees .
23 The ones I 've got at the moment are having a little difficulty in working things out , one does n't realise that it 's not best to try to head the ball back to the goalie when there 's a man breathing down the back of his neck , the other has n't been able to find his brain and the oldest one of the lot is always injured .
24 On the other hand major defects in a second-hand car might well mean that it is not of merchantable quality ( see Crowther v. Shannon paragraph 7–19 below ) .
25 But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is .
26 One psychotherapist commented : ‘ Sex for singles sounds good and I wo n't even say that it is not sometimes , but I hear the other side when people talk to me .
27 You ca n't say that it 's not helping bring people to the Sugar shows but after one show I hope they 'll forget about everything else .
28 And we can safely bet that it is n't being so generous .
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