Example sentences of "[noun sg] is not [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stressing these elements of continuity is not to imply that nothing changed . |
| 2 | The point of this argument is not to maintain that there would be no practical problems , but to demonstrate that there are weighty issues of principle on both sides . |
| 3 | To stress the importance of the repressive political environment is not to imply that it is the ‘ natural ’ destiny of labour movements to become moderate and accept the basic ground rules of capitalism . |
| 4 | To say that they have priority is not to say that they have absolute hegemony over all other accounts at all other times , but rather that as a practical technique they are the accounts from which one 's initial hypotheses as to what is happening must be taken . |
| 5 | To say that religious beliefs have infiltrated discussions of scientific method is not to say that they have directly affected scientific practice , for statements about methodology have often been rationalizations , used to justify a research program already in existence . |
| 6 | But to say that my desire for coffee is the cause is not to deny that there are physical structures in my brain that are the cause , or that those structures are present because of my previous experience . |