Example sentences of "it is not [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not surprise that ‘ deep green ’ environmental groups , closer to the first view , find it difficult to communicate their concerns to businesses and governments who feel more at home with the second . |
| 2 | Accordingly , we agree with Morgan that ‘ it is not sentences that have topics , but speakers ’ ( Morgan , 1975 : 434 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ It is not art that needs new roses , ’ said Zeinab , ‘ it is the way men see women . ’ |
| 4 | In the book , author Suzi Leather says it is not ignorance that forces many families to cut their food bills , but the impossibility of paying for all essentials out of ‘ woefully inadequate ’ state benefits . |
| 5 | It provides a check on the arithmetical accuracy of the double entry , but it is not proof that the transactions have been correctly recorded . |
| 6 | It is not countries that go to war , but men . |
| 7 | It is not weight that is lost , but self-esteem . |
| 8 | It is not ecstasy that marks prophecy , but meeting with God , so that God speaks through the prophet . |
| 9 | It is not religion that drives it , or theory ; and the rejection of Marxism now looks , in retrospect , like an inevitable part of its natural growth . |
| 10 | ‘ It is not death that is frightening , but the knowledge of death ’ : she started from this . |
| 11 | ‘ It is not truth that comes out of the Black Comedy 's darkness , but only sight gags . |