Example sentences of "not [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty is when you decide it 's not on that your hubby has got time to watch the football — or the polo — and have a drink with the lads while you run from children to job to domestic chores like some demented nursemaid on speed . |
| 2 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
| 3 | It 's not right that we should be left to run the place . |
| 4 | I consider that we have a very important national duty to perform in this respect ; this city is something more than the mother of arts and eloquence ; she is the mother of nations ; we are peopling two continents , the Western and the Southern Continent , and we are organising , christianising and civilising large portions of two ancient continents , Africa and Asia ; and it is not right that when the inhabitants of those countries come to the metropolis , they should see nothing worthy of its ancient renown . |
| 5 | While it is not right that either partner should always have to give way to the other , each may have to concede at times , for both their sakes and for the well-being of their marriage . |
| 6 | In our view it is manifestly not right that councillors should allow their personal opinions on a political or industrial matter to stand in the way of the right of access of the public to all publications which can reasonably be provided . |
| 7 | Is it not right that there would be a reversal of the excellent figures that my hon. Friend gave ? |
| 8 | In terms of that deterrent , is it not right that when a submarine is cruising anywhere in the world 's oceans , any potential aggressor who attacks the United Kingdom will stand the risk of unacceptable and devastating retaliation from us ? |
| 9 | If they are being fooled now by many other countries , is it not right that we must seek a strong , new , international non-proliferation treaty containing vigorous verification provisions backed by United Nations sanctions ? |
| 10 | On March 10 Boutros-Ghali had appealed to all UN member states for voluntary contributions to cover UNFICYP 's US$196,000,000 cost ; he had pointed out that it was not right that the force should be funded as at present by voluntary contributions from the eight personnel -contributing states [ see also p. 38873 ] . |
| 11 | The point is , a ) that a really determined motorcyclist or moped rider will find a way onto a path no matter what barriers are put up , and b ) that it is not right that the cyclists , disabled walkers etc at whom the facility is aimed , should be disadvantaged for the sake of the minority of potential abusers . |
| 12 | She said it was not right that councillors should offer chief officials pay rises of 27 per cent while handing out 1.5 per cent to low-paid staff . |
| 13 | Not entirely that because it is also to do with the mechanism by which government grant is distributed . |
| 14 | It was not necessarily that the rich were more adroit at tax avoidance . |
| 15 | When conduct on the part of a government or some other public body is dubbed ‘ unconstitutional ’ , what is often meant is not necessarily that the law has been broken , but rather that the action is out of keeping with the style or , more broadly , the ‘ way of life ’ of a country … |
| 16 | Is it not enough that the government has a monopoly on war ? ’ |
| 17 | It was not enough that Phoebe should turn up looking like a manual worker — ( 'But , for God 's sake , Maggie , I am a manual worker' ) — and wearing a button on her overalls which said ‘ This facility is under threat from rate-capping , ’ which made boys on buses make obscene jokes ; she also had to take on the maths teacher . |
| 18 | It was not enough that they had been questioned at length about a work in which they had secretly collaborated : they were now to be insulted by having their acknowledged work dismissed as of small account . |
| 19 | It is not enough that hedges are misted in fresh green spray ; are greener today than they were yesterday , and greener yesterday than they were the day before . |
| 20 | In other words , it is not enough that a cell should be more or less active ; the change must be sufficiently unusual statistically for it to function as a code . |
| 21 | It was not enough that God could have done what Aristotle had deemed impossible . |
| 22 | It is not enough that he is ‘ helping the police with their inquiries , ’ nor that an arrest without warrant is imminent — perhaps towards the end of a siege . |
| 23 | I consider that this must also hold good for the right of establishment : in order for a national of a member state to be eligible to be regarded as exercising his right of establishment in another member state , it is not enough that he should be operating a fishing vessel registered in that state ; in addition , his activity must have other links with the territory of that State . |
| 24 | It is not enough that a man should say that something shall not be done by the plaintiff ; he must say that nothing shall . ’ |
| 25 | Secondly , it is not enough that his contemplation is that there is a remote possibility but there must be a real possibility of a breach of the peace . ’ |
| 26 | According to the court , it was not enough that the defendant deliberately did some act that had the effect , objectively assessed , of obstructing the police . |
| 27 | Leaving aside for the time being the question of ‘ hostile intent , ’ it is plain that it is not enough that the defendant deliberately does an act that has the incidental effect of obstructing the police ; he must also have some notion that he is obstructing and causing the police difficulties . |
| 28 | They probably do have a bit put away — but not enough that they can afford to risk it . ’ |
| 29 | Suddenly , it was not enough that he was touching her face . |
| 30 | It is not enough that a state is unlucky or incompetent in its economic , social or foreign policies — that jobs or food are scarce , or that it is at war with itself or with its neighbours . |