Example sentences of "is [not/n't] that [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem with states of this kind is not that they exclude all organised groups , as the doctrine of Napoleonic administration says they should , but that they exclude unequally and grant access and favours to certain privileged groups . |
| 2 | What is ethologically implausible about Ullman 's hypotheses is not that they involve some ( unconscious ) knowledge about material objects and normal viewing conditions , but rather that they assume the perception of rigid objects to be basic , while perception of non-rigid movement is taken to be a more complex special case . |
| 3 | My veterinary colleagues tell me one of the main dangers with such large dogs is not that they injure themselves ( through overexercising before their skeletons can carry their weight ) but that their diets are over-supplemented , particularly with excessive calcium , which damages bone growth and hinders development . |
| 4 | The point about studies on non-human animals is not that they replace studies on humans but that they provide us with pointers to what we should study in people and how we should study it . |
| 5 | The reason that people do not generally look into alternative credit terms in any detail certainly is not that they feel pushed willy-nilly into one particular type of credit . |
| 6 | However , our real weakness is not that we lack the potential , but that we lack the will to act . |
| 7 | the problem with Jesus ' disciples and the point here is that it 's our problem as well , is not that we lack a big faith . |
| 8 | Its importance , however , is not that we know when doubt becomes unbelief ( for only God knows this and human attempts to say so can be cruel ) , but that we should be clear about where doubt leads to as it grows into unbelief . |
| 9 | In fact what young children demand of us is not that we dilute the work , but that we make it more exciting , more tightly focused . |
| 10 | Our problem is not that we have the wrong answers to particular doubts but that we do not have the right attitude to doubt in general . |
| 11 | The reason for setting out these reservations at such length is not that we have any doubts about the value to consumers of credit cost information . |
| 12 | Presumably some patrol ship on the high seas might log messages in this way , but it is clear that , as humans , our experience of utterances is not that we have recorded in memory a list of utterances to which are attached standard tags specifying time and place in these terms . |
| 13 | ‘ It is not that we do n't like banks , just , well , I 've never even had a personal overdraft . ’ |
| 14 | When Sly Stallone ( wearing , these days , more eye-liner than Sophia Loren ) is up there , playing it for laughs on the set , the worst thing is not that you do n't laugh , but that you feel anxious for him . |
| 15 | It is not that you have to be ‘ good ’ , just stop believing you are ‘ bad ’ . |
| 16 | When you have finished the novel it is not that you have really finished it , but that you have decided to do no more work on it . |
| 17 | I have been accused of favouring Transworld in the past , so I feel I must defend myself and say that it is not that I love Transworld so much as that I admire success . |
| 18 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 19 | ‘ It is not that I do n't long for my former mate , But because of you I wo n't reach my flock . ’ |
| 20 | It is not that I have no reason to submit to the moral law and can do as I please ; I am left with no reason even to do as I please . |
| 21 | ‘ It is not that I have n't got time for girls . |
| 22 | It is not that I have forgotten what other people are like . |
| 23 | And it is n't that we do n't understand ; |
| 24 | It is n't that we have n't any standards left in my time ; it 's just that they 're different , do n't you see that ? |
| 25 | ‘ If I do n't talk to you about your father , Alex , it is n't that I 've forgotten him , but Mr Morgan would n't like it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You see , the problem is n't that I do n't want to pay you your salary . |
| 27 | It is n't that you get any bigger to fit the world , the world gets smaller to fit you . |
| 28 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |