Example sentences of "that it is not [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He said that it is not about additionality , but about the way that the Government are targeting the money .
2 While we are on the subject , may I also point out that it is not on the FRCC guides that have printed so many incorrect ‘ historical facts ’ .
3 The relief only applies to accommodation that is ‘ part of your main home ’ , so if you are thinking of creating a separate flatlet , you will need to take care that this qualifies and that it is not at risk of being assessed as a commercial let .
4 Some species , Rosa moyesii for example , seed themselves with such abandon that it is not at all unusual to find self-sown seedlings growing freely underneath the shrub , and others are enough to tax the patience of a saint — that is all part of the challenge .
5 It is clear that the Soviet economy is at an impasse , but we have tried to suggest that it is not at the abyss .
6 Another related reason may be that it is not at all clear what it is that is transmitted during inter-hemispheric transfer .
7 Even with the property market at its height — I do not need to remind the House that it is not at the height at the moment — British Rail would not be able to cover the £1.4 billion capital cost out of its profit from property development or out of revenue from running the trains .
8 The government also appears to be under the misapprehension that it is not at present possible to arrive at any one BR station and demand a ticket ( full fare , saver or railcard-discounted ) to any other on the network .
9 It is enough to say that , having adopted the character of Oliver Twist , I have been fortunate in meeting with a kindlier and less formidable response than he ; and while anyone who knows the editor 's capabilities must realise that it is not beyond his powers to write a further introduction of the same delight as that preceding Volume II , it would be unreasonable to complain that in his assessment of the situation the needs of prompt publication have been put first .
10 Recondite though her theme may be , she succeeds , by focusing on its scientific aspects , in demonstrating that it is not without relevance to our own times , as becomes immediately apparent when she finds the origin of the movement in an information explosion .
11 Amid such vibrant colour , the daily sorties into the collapsing , crowded streets near the cemetery become a source of such pleasure that it is not without a degree of reluctance that we finally throw our burdens onto a lorry bound for Sorata .
12 At all events we shall not go wrong in assuming that it is not without good reason that he tells us of so impressive a roll call of nationalities on the day of Pentecost ( 2:5–11 ) .
13 You sometimes hear people say that it is not worth eating differently , or getting to the right weight ; they say they prefer a short and happy life to a long and miserable one .
14 Help them to stick up for themselves and see that it is not worth being treated badly just in order to have a best friend .
15 I am told it was never finished , that it never will be finished , that it is not worth finishing .
16 I say encourage because three out of four dissatisfied customers simply go away disgruntled — having concluded that it is not worth complaining .
17 At Procedure Roll a defender may , very occasionally , succeed in persuading a Court that the pursuer 's case is so hopeless that it is not worth allowing evidence to be heard because even if that evidence was heard , it would not make out a case which would entitle the pursuer to succeed .
18 Or will our message be so weak and insipid that it is not worth having .
19 It needs to be emphasised that in marking intonation , only stressed syllables are marked ; this implies that intonation is carried entirely by the stressed syllables of a tone-unit and that the pitch of unstressed syllables is either predictable from that of stressed syllables or is of so little importance that it is not worth marking .
20 Before the ark disappears from the narrative for the time being ( it does not play a major role again until its triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 6 , though it does feature in another battle with the Philistines in 1 Samuel 14 ) , it leaves behind one more reminder that it is not to be trifled with .
21 The argument made in this book is that it is not to all land-users .
22 Third , an animal may be brightly coloured as a warning to its enemies that it is not to be trifled with .
23 The Council declared that the Church of Christ is to be found here , but it no longer says that it is not to be found anywhere else as well .
24 Yet , as they finally declare their love for each other — having been tricked into so doing — Beatrice asks one favour : It seems to me that the fact that this request comes in prose is a sign that it is not to be taken seriously , since it , too , like so much else in the play , is based on false appearances .
25 But despite this general rule Parliament can if it wishes confine a decision on a question of law to a particular inferior court and provide that the decision shall be final so that it is not to be challenged either by appeal or by judicial review .
26 The management of the trustees is really , I venture to think , of the nature of what is described in one of the rules as a private or domestic use , and so described for the purpose of making it clear that it is not to be allowed as a deduction .
27 On the other hand major defects in a second-hand car might well mean that it is not of merchantable quality ( see Crowther v. Shannon paragraph 7–19 below ) .
28 Either way , in later life he looked back on that experience as evidence that dancing could be part of everyday life in a way that it is not for most Europeans .
29 We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will .
30 We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs .
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