Example sentences of "[is] not [adv] [vb pp] that " in BNC.

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1 If we wonder why it is not generally recognised that there are , besides verbal propositions composed of words , mental ones composed of ideas , an explanation is readily available : ‘ it is very difficult to treat of them asunder .
2 It is not generally realized that he did write on such topics , though it must be admitted that a frontal attack on the factory system was not likely to be poetically successful .
3 It is not generally appreciated that very many settlement sites exhibit earthworks of several periods .
4 It is not generally known that among the sculptured panels at the top of the Library facade , there is one featuring two children fingerspelling at each other the first two letters of the alphabet .
5 It is not generally known that nearly 90% of the 3,500 or so complaints received yearly are cleared up by the secretariat without the need for disciplinary action .
6 It is not generally known that there are more than 1,000 applications a week at the Home Office for political asylum from new arrivals .
7 Perhaps it is not generally known that David Farrington 's research on criminal careers suggests that the single most effective crime prevention policy is nursery education , which is denied to so many children in inner city areas .
8 It is not generally recommended that anything else is kept with a Red-tail , as they can be very territorial and aggressive .
9 … In the present case it is not even averred that the defendants knew of the pregnancy of the plaintiff 's mother when they received her as a passenger ; it is merely averred that in fact she was then quick with child , viz. with the plaintiff , to whom she subsequently gave birth .
10 It is not widely realised that Germans of all political complexions have identified the fate of their country with that of Europe .
11 It is not widely known that Old FF keeps a diary .
12 For example , it is not widely known that there were turntables at both Bishop 's Castle and Stretford Bridge in the line 's early years , though they seem to have been little used and the railway gained its reputation for unusual working practices right from the start .
13 It is not universally accepted that these cross-relationship situations are integral to sexual development .
14 It is not explicitly stated that the Miller demands to tell his tale out of spite to the Reeve .
15 Although it is not explicitly stated that this sea-monster was the father of eponymous founder of the Merovingian dynasty , that is clearly the impression which Fredegar intended to give .
16 However , in practice although earnings vary , it is not always observed that dividends fall as earnings fall .
17 It is not always realized that often a herb will help with digestion generally , — or with the digestion of the particular food with which it is associated .
18 Sage , rosemary and lavender need no visual description , though it is not always realized that sage has spikes of vividly blue-mauve flowers which last a long time and are highly magnetic to bees .
19 It is not always realized that the pain of loss is experienced physically as well as mentally .
20 It is not always understood that he does not only help her but has frequently to lead her into a movement .
21 However , it is not always recognized that individuality is itself a cultural concept : there can be no private independent real person dissociated from the cultural values which define the society in which the individual lives .
22 It is not always realised that by some , perhaps Puritanical , compensatory instinct a true Rococo house enshrines its riotous and self-indulgent interior within a particularly severe exterior masonry of canted bays and minimal decorative devices .
23 The second is the issue of precatory words ( verba precativa ) in setting up trusts , and is more contentious because it is not commonly accepted that it is a post-classical issue at all .
24 This is fairly well known , but it is not commonly realized that synthetic detergents are affected deleteriously by the hardness of the water , although not to the same extent as soaps .
25 However , it is not commonly recognised that the Anglican liturgy has been evolving continuously since the sixteenth century .
26 It is not commonly known that within the Church of England there are some fifty recognised communities of monks or nuns .
27 In revisionist histories constructed for apologetic purposes , it is not usually denied that there were conflicts in the past .
28 I was grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that , because it is not often realised that such claims can be made up to three months before the person enters care , although I am aware that the circumstances do not always allow that .
29 It is not often recalled that one of the Trust 's earliest acquisitions , in 1909 , was the cottage at Nether Stowey where the poet Coleridge wrote ‘ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ’ and began his visionary epic ‘ Kubla Khan ’ .
30 It is not sufficiently appreciated that the American private medical system is buttressed by government spending on a very substantial scale in precisely those areas where private medical insurance has gaps : Medicare ( for the elderly ) , Medicaid ( for the poor ) , veterans ' benefits ( often chronic health problems ) and maternity and child welfare .
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