Example sentences of "[pron] is not [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely she is not suggesting that only her side of the case should have been put . |
| 2 | Compare : ‘ But if , in saying ‘ I promise … ‘ , one is not saying that one is promising , what is one saying ? ’ |
| 3 | I must tell you Minnie that things have not been good between my old beloved mistress and me which it is not fitting that I should now go into but this blow has brought us closer together in our love and concern for Miss Henrietta . |
| 4 | Richards suggests that ‘ since the Anglican Church in Wales was disestablished in 1919 , it is not fitting that a name associated with church organisation should be linked to a secular unit of local administration ( Richards 1983:39 ) . |
| 5 | An initial objection which he poses is , interestingly , that it is not fitting that a woman should represent a father . |
| 6 | He is not suggesting that it is ‘ thought ’ that is the main determining force . |
| 7 | If he is not saying that he would repeal the increase in VAT , he is simply speaking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time . |
| 8 | He is not claiming that representations have their causal significance only in some societies or in some epochs , but he is making a general assumption about psychological functioning and , thereby , about human nature . |