Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] not [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 To point out that complaining often functions as a self-defence is not to say that the complaint is invalid .
2 Part of his plan was not to reveal that his strength had come back , not even to Jess .
3 Perhaps most important of all , the RHA was not anticipating that there would be any serious opposition to the proposal to rundown the asylums .
4 Pauline Mitchell , director of housing , said the council was not suggesting that Tracy had been negligent .
5 Stressing these elements of continuity is not to imply that nothing changed .
6 His aim is not to show that one way of acquiring knowledge is better than another , but that ‘ learning and human knowledge are weak and uncertain' .
7 s The point is not to prove that officials are everywhere politically dominant .
8 To reject the picture is not to suggest that people did not have a very real experience of God .
9 The crew were not to know that this day would be so different from their previous raid on Berlin .
10 While FoE is not arguing that children are exposed to radiation levels above legal limits , it is criticizing BNFL for not doing enough to fulfil its legal obligation to reduce the radioactivity of its discharges to the minimum .
11 The hon. Gentleman is not suggesting that a system of local government finance would be without a method of equalisation .
12 All these forms of learning are not learning that such and such is the case , but learning how to do such and such .
13 The point of this argument is not to maintain that there would be no practical problems , but to demonstrate that there are weighty issues of principle on both sides .
14 ‘ The role of SSSI is not to say that the rest of the countryside does n't matter , but show up areas which should be preserved at all costs . ’
15 To stress the importance of the repressive political environment is not to imply that it is the ‘ natural ’ destiny of labour movements to become moderate and accept the basic ground rules of capitalism .
16 To say that they have priority is not to say that they have absolute hegemony over all other accounts at all other times , but rather that as a practical technique they are the accounts from which one 's initial hypotheses as to what is happening must be taken .
17 To say that religious beliefs have infiltrated discussions of scientific method is not to say that they have directly affected scientific practice , for statements about methodology have often been rationalizations , used to justify a research program already in existence .
18 The Trade and Industry Secretary told the Commons : ‘ The Government is not asserting that the conduct of the department was beyond criticism , given the benefit of hindsight .
19 This man was not to know that it very nearly was , by Auguste 's reckoning .
20 The Piper pilot was not informed that four Tornados were in the area .
21 But to say that my desire for coffee is the cause is not to deny that there are physical structures in my brain that are the cause , or that those structures are present because of my previous experience .
22 The aim of this report is not to demand that brewers turn the block back to 1620 , 1720 , 1820 or even to 1920 ; pubs have to make money , and have to adapt to some extent to changing needs and expectations .
23 A pregnant woman whose baby had died in the womb was not told that her baby was dead until after it was born .
24 To say , however , that every society has a political system is not to assert that every society has a ‘ state ’ , in the sense of possessing a quite distinct and separate political apparatus .
25 At the same time , the additional possibility is not excluded that some of the crimes may have been chosen for the ‘ allegations ’ because individuals in high places had vested interests in having them pinned on persons other than the real culprits .
26 The New Statesman was not saying that familial and sexual issues should not be discussed under any circumstances , but that the discussion had gone too far .
27 If it finds that the plant is not working that could have serious repercussions , beyond the straight forward cost of replacement .
28 The Court of Appeal was not informed that the award of the Tribunal had been annulled with respect to Egypt by the Court of Justice for the Canton of Geneva , whose decision was affirmed by the Swiss Federal Tribunal .
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