Example sentences of "it [be] not something that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No it is n't erm and erm even those who in , in my experience who did get through there was just an occasional er time when they did n't pass that part of it , they , they , they , they could n't quite manage that , the height side frightened them and er they failed , erm so there 's quite a lot of demands on them and I 'm sure that a lot of women could do it and a lot of women if they had the chance would do it or would , if they were willing to do it , but it 's not something that grabs most women , I do n't think it does , I think it 's the physical side that puts them off , and that is what is the problem with the Fire Service , it is a physical job . |
| 2 | So I think you can be assured that it 's not something that 's been put to one side , it 's something that we 're trying to build in to all the work we do , in whatever ways appropriate , but er , I accept that the the implications for your comment , that we 've got to be continually , er watching ourselves , to make sure that we do that . |
| 3 | Now , I 've made a distinction between those , in other words a group maybe a methile group now , methile group is not a functional group it 's not something that dictates the properties of a compound , necessarily . |
| 4 | It 's not something that makes me anxious at all . |
| 5 | However , it is not something that happens overnight . |
| 6 | Religion is not an individualistic affair ; it is not something that concerns a man in isolation from his fellow men ; it is not simply a matter for the individual soul seeking release , or mok a , from the endless cycle of birth , death and rebirth , or sa sāra . |
| 7 | It was not something that had ever occurred to them as possible , likely , or even , desirable . |