Example sentences of "[conj] that it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a work is bigger than a man , he wrote , it can mean either that it is trying to surpass man or that it is not afraid of being looked at . |
| 2 | It is unhelpful if Ministers or others speaking on the right hon. Gentleman 's behalf suggest that internment will not be used or that it is not a viable and justifiable means of dealing with those whose training and speciality is keeping themselves out of the courts and out of the hands of those on whom we depend to impose justice for the deaths that have occurred in Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | The House of Lords did not decide either that it was , or that it was not . |
| 4 | He admits that he took the vehicle , but says that it was already damaged when he got in or that it was not damaged when he left the scene and that it must have been damaged by someone who took it later . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a wonderful goal , except that it is not going to be reached overnight . |
| 6 | One can only speculate about the line the UK legislature would take , should it address itself to this problem , except that it is not too difficult to predict that the present administration would change the law so as to minimise the protections afforded to the worker . |
| 7 | That 's what I 'm doing , except that it 's not gon na look like that any more |
| 8 | In Lithuania , a similar sequence of events occurred , except that it was not the British who eliminated the independent Soviet government but a Polish invasion ( in April 1919 ) . |
| 9 | Except that it was not really a decision , more an unthought-out reaction . |
| 10 | After all that , they did n't tell me what I had , except that it was not multiple sclerosis and that I was an atypical case . |
| 11 | This strange , remote , eagle creature , whose body was bathed in incandescence from the fire , except that it was not quite the fire ; whose eyes were dark with passion , and whose arms , strong and safe , were enveloping her , and laying her down on the thick fur rugs before the fire … |
| 12 | He can do so in just the way that he believes the totality of appearances can be interpreted without belief in ‘ substances ’ , or that there is no further significance to existence than that it is not a predicate . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , the received opinion seems to be that you should have sex and that it 's not all right not to have it . |
| 14 | My own conclusions , which in this case are probably completely worthless , are that this ticking represents a period of grace — I mean that it can not explode — as long as the ticking lasts and that it 's not designed to explode when the ticking stops but is then activated and ready to explode when triggered by passing engines . |
| 15 | Consequently , they 're always coming in a bit behind the boys because the boys have been playing for a bit longer , and I think it 's very important that if girls are being offered the opportunity that the opportunity is good for them , and that it 's not going to put them off the game of football because they 're always in the position where the boys consider themselves a bit better . |
| 16 | But did you know that not everyone celebrates Christmas at the same time and that it 's not always Father Christmas who delivers the presents ? |
| 17 | I do hope you 're OK in health and that it 's not intolerably cold in Brno . |
| 18 | Th we must be able to learn from this period , particularly a partial austerity mm but these events are sound events in themselves and that we 're not just doing it for the sake of the sponsor or attracting a sponsor and that it 's not , in itself , completely necessary to have a sponsor otherwise the competition would n't exist . |
| 19 | Er , er , are you going to sort of give me a timetable that I can read through to the phone and that it 's not booked up |
| 20 | Yet , paradoxically , despite a failure to agree about what education should aim for , what it should actually do , everyone seems to be certain both that it should do something , and that it is not doing it . |
| 21 | So when he maintains that because we are , Truth or God is , or that God is the sum total of life , it could be argued that he is not presenting us with some kind of cosmological argument for the existence of God and that it is not his purpose to argue from the world to God . |
| 22 | They believe that death has been conquered and that it is not the end of life . |
| 23 | They need to be taught the consequences of their behaviour and that it is not acceptable . |
| 24 | The relief only applies to accommodation that is ‘ part of your main home ’ , so if you are thinking of creating a separate flatlet , you will need to take care that this qualifies and that it is not at risk of being assessed as a commercial let . |
| 25 | He concludes by suggesting that the relationship between research , policy and practice concerning offenders is often not either an equal nor an easy one and that it is not characterized by consistency . |
| 26 | NOW that several of his own teeth have lost their crowns , and the fillings beneath have deteriorated , Kenneth Anusavice wishes his mother had known what today 's studies have shown : that not all cavities call for immediate fillings and that it is not always necessary to replace fillings that break down because of wear and tear . |
| 27 | What I reacted against , and what others will also react against , is the implication that one 's contribution is important only insofar as it conforms to a company picture , and that it is not the individual 's unique and personal contribution that matters . |
| 28 | Having accepted the fact that your body is a machine for which you do not have the manual , and that it is not like anyone else 's body , what can you do about it ? |
| 29 | You may tell me that your personal life is not my concern and that it is not for me to comment — and you would be justified however , I can not help but make it my concern because I have your future very much at heart . |
| 30 | Epilepsy , despite the known medical facts that it commonly " burns out " after ten years and that it is not normally associated with disorders of personality , nonetheless still causes considerable concern in society . |