Example sentences of "not [adj] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not sorry that it failed and that , accordingly , Chapter 9 breaks into dialogue . |
| 2 | This theme , the ties between city and colony , and the ways they were reinforced , weakened or broken in the great war , is important to Thucydides , and it is not accidental that it occurs thus early . |
| 3 | The linguistic explanation of legare as a general term helps , then , to explain some serious awkwardnesses , but it is not clear that it disposes of all entirely . |
| 4 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 5 | Health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced that it has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers . |
| 6 | Research has shown that we are normally not conscious that it takes place , but that we are uncomfortable if it is missing when we would expect it or present on inappropriate occasions — for example in a greeting from a complete stranger . |
| 7 | I 'm not sure that it does n't still go on actually . |
| 8 | She remembered the needle going into flesh , but she was not sure that it had been her own . |
| 9 | It 's er it is n't it is n't everyday language , and I 'm not sure that it helps us express what we really want to say . |
| 10 | Well , they , they may be quality builders , Mr Chairman , but I 'm not sure that it happen , has any relevance to this discussion , we 're talking about a planning application . |
| 11 | Oxford and Cambridge are pretty close with their figures , so I do n't know the answer , and I 'm not sure that it matters . |
| 12 | Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method . |
| 13 | Given the adversarial procedures of the Court it is not surprising that it defined a dispute in bilateral terms . |
| 14 | It obviously was n't accidental that it worked out that way . |