Example sentences of "it is not [adv] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not just that beetles and mice are pests ( we might have said the same of ladybirds and the pursuit of wildfowl ) , but rather that the relative similarity of the larger mammals to ourselves materially affects our thinking and is reflected in our instinctive responses . |
| 2 | Finally , it is not just that women are invisible , but that gender itself is . |
| 3 | It is not just that things could be other than they are — it is that they must be . |
| 4 | It is not just that politicians speak with forked tongues . |
| 5 | It is not simply that cases of public library censorship appear to be on the increase ( although there is no substantial evidence to confirm this ) , but that the question of determining what is and is not censorship can be so time-consuming . |
| 6 | But it is not simply that women are notable by their absence . |
| 7 | It is not simply that comparisons and choices have to be made ; for computers can sometimes do that . |
| 8 | Moreover , that assumption was to some extent reinforced by the official ideology of The Green Book : it is not simply that parties were forbidden and elections arranged in such a way that people had no policy grounds for voting one way or another . |
| 9 | It is not only that homeowners need the increase to allow them to move and to restore the equity which they invested ; lenders need an appreciation to restore the security on their fragile loan books . |
| 10 | It is not only that Charlie 's lives , like those of Tiresias , grow confused ; his expression , speaking out of modern London about remote and contemporary affairs , all in ‘ a confused tangle of other voices ’ , like a poetic ventriloquist , points in the direction of |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is not merely that Mansell is Britain 's leading driver — no other Briton has won a Grand Prix for nine years — but that he is someone fans can identify with . |
| 13 | It is not merely that classics are ambiguous ; it is also that ambiguous texts are more available for the debate which elevates literature to classic status . |
| 14 | It is not often that Britain can claim a first in the field of sports science , but this research is breaking new ground . |
| 15 | It is not often that secateurs or the knife is proven to be the carrier of infection ; of course , if you know you are working on infected wood , it is only common sense to disinfect your tools with Lysol or a similar substance before moving on to plants that are clean . |
| 16 | It is n't often that unions have taken up issues such as racial or sex discrimination or unfair dismissal , and when workers have come out on strike they have usually been slow and reluctant to make these strikes official . |