Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very often the history of an object is not known at all and there may be reason to believe that it is not all that it purports to be . |
| 2 | It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one , and utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers , and may be changed according to the diversities of countries , times , and men 's manners , so that nothing be ordained against God 's Word . |
| 3 | It is not necessary that the prisoner should be further protected by compelling the Secretary of State to give the reasons for his decision . |
| 4 | One highly ‘ political ’ Lord Chancellor — like Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone — can , if he chooses , make a considerable impact on judicial lawmaking at the highest level but , for this to be so , it is not necessary that he should have held political office or have been a Member of Parliament or a law officer . |
| 5 | If both parties benefit from an agreement it is not necessary that each also suffers a detriment . |
| 6 | 1.6 It is not necessary that an item qualifying an E should be a P. This is not the case in our next example , ( 16 ) . |
| 7 | It is not necessary that the plaintiff 's fault be a cause of the accident itself . |
| 8 | ( 5 ) It is not necessary that shareholders use the form of proxy despatched to them ; any proxy in proper form may be used . |
| 9 | it is not proud that she has more Bible knowledge than he does . |
| 10 | His principle is to maintain the gardens and grounds as they are for all the residents , so that from outside it is not apparent that the building has been divided up . |
| 11 | The only way in which the discrimination between A and B can be enhanced is by some process that reduces the role of the c elements in producing generalization from A to B. It is not apparent that establishing associations between A and X and between B and Y will do this , even though X and Y themselves hold rather few ( z ) elements in common . |
| 12 | It is not apparent that the authors could answer that question . |
| 13 | While the parties to an agreement creating a new State may have intended that rights and obligations contained in the treaty would bind the new State , it is not apparent that the new State has consented to them . |
| 14 | Even if things go fairly badly it is not certain that voters would turn to Labour as economic saviour . |
| 15 | However , it is not certain that this completely solves the problem . |
| 16 | It is not certain that a majority of the parliament will follow him when a free vote is held on the question of where Germany 's government should be . |
| 17 | It is not certain that Warrington , best remembered as Philip in Rising Damp , actually swallowed the medicine , but his performances have since had great zest . |
| 18 | The problem with placing Mary Leapor within this discussion is that it is not certain that she read any of the poems with which these critics are primarily concerned . |
| 19 | Sources within TRT said it was considering whether apply for a licence of its own , but it is not certain that the company will actually need one : it may be able to operate under the Worldcom licence — assuming that IDB 's acquisition goes through , TRT and Worldcom will share the same parent . |
| 20 | According to Mark Raymond , senior analyst at consultancy DataPro , ‘ The action will clearly strengthen the chances of it becoming the industry standard , but it is not certain that it will influence the IEEE ’ . |
| 21 | Although it is not certain that property qualifications were required for liverymen , several companies are known to have imposed minima for admission to their freedom . |
| 22 | Though the Life says that Aethelbald 's happiness as king had grown in succeeding years ( since his accession ) ( Vita Guthlaci , ch. 52 ) , it is not certain that this means that Aethelbald was ‘ apparently at the height of his power ’ , and it is not impossible that the Life dates to a period before Aethelbald had asserted his authority outside his own kingdom — perhaps c . |
| 23 | A stranger , if he is prudent , will secure his share for it is not certain that he will be able to eat any thing else . ’ ) |
| 24 | Were all the surface repositories on Mars to be included then the depletions would be reduced , but it is not certain that they would be eliminated . |
| 25 | For iron it is about 1000 K. This is a plausible explanation of the Mercurian field , though it is not certain that a slowly cooling core would end up with an appreciable magnetic dipole moment . |
| 26 | Probably now , and certainly after 1992 , it is not certain that gas in the United Kingdom sector will be landed in the United Kingdom ; it is likely to be sucked into mainland Europe , where prices are higher . |
| 27 | It is not certain that a schema which is valid for the classification of physical entities will be capable of application to epistemological studies . |
| 28 | That coins were minted in the names of bishops and churches is clear , but it is not certain that they mark an encroachment into a royal preserve . |
| 29 | ‘ It is not good that one should seek to display authority by adopting an aggressive attitude . |
| 30 | But it is not such that we are obliged to interpret an order to be obeyed as an expression of a belief about the other sort of order . |