Example sentences of "[be] not [indef pn] that [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are not one that likes to participate in active sports , then school yourself to take the stairs instead of the lift , walk to the newspaper shop instead of driving … indeed , take a vigorous walk whenever you can . |
| 2 | The pain is not something that scares me . |
| 3 | " Development is not something that happens to the poor . |
| 4 | However , it is not something that happens overnight . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ This is not something that has happened before . |
| 6 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that this is not something that has arisen in the past few days , but has been carefully negotiated by the Government over many weeks ? |
| 7 | But achieving the BS5750 is not something that has to be done alone . |
| 8 | I 'm a layman to you and you 're a layman to me in many senses , and therefore erm the , the , the fact that our students are in effect very often laymen is not something that detracts from their motivation to study , in many instances it 's something that gives it stimulus and underlines it . |
| 9 | Again , they need a proper descriptive and classificatory system , but this is not something that comes within the scope of this course , nor in my opinion should they be regarded as components of intonation . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This urge is not something that appears when we are at school or later — it operates from birth , if not before . |
| 12 | But what we find in the resurrection of Jesus is not something that originates from the natural processes of life , but something that constitutes a unique event . |
| 13 | The plant is not somebody that sits there and grows |
| 14 | This process seems to have been handled badly , even if it is not one that lends itself to sensitive treatment . |
| 15 | With regard to the latter , it is apparent that the problem of poverty is not one that affects the household considered as a unit but may be differentially experienced by members of the family . |
| 16 | Can I just clarify er this point that the concept of environmental discounts is not one that 's been pursued by the County Council , though the Secretary of State quite clearly requires local to take into account environmental consideration . |
| 17 | So , you know , it 's not everybody that has a loving relationship behind them . |
| 18 | . It 's not everybody that has one there , but you certainly do . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It 's not something that makes me anxious at all . |