Example sentences of "is not [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not useful to insist that these are the result of potty-training . |
| 2 | While it is not possible to demonstrate that any of the Continental braids are of Anglo-Saxon , even Kentish , manufacture , the very close similarity between some examples on each side of the Channel makes it possible that they are at least from the same source . |
| 3 | In La Route des Flandres , the fluctuations between first and third person mean that it is not possible to contend that the novel 's discourse is organized entirely around the consciousness of the central character Georges , who otherwise seems to be re-creating his experiences in the course of a night in bed with the widow of his commanding officer , some time after the wartime conflict . |
| 4 | It is not possible to arrange that the second derivatives as well as the first derivatives of the coefficients all simultaneously vanish , because there are insufficient free variables . |
| 5 | It would appear that states prefer to act legally where possible and it is not possible to claim that states are unaffected by legal prohibitions on war , but the regularity with which such a large proportion of states are prepared to use force illegally — despite their total commitment to law-abidingness within their territories and the apparent lack of any retributive consequences of such illegalities ( unless defeat in war is unhelpfully labelled as a punishment ) — raise doubts about the parallels between municipal and international law in terms of the parameters of the concept of law . |
| 6 | It is not possible to say that the material as to the second audit must be irrelevant . |
| 7 | It is not possible to say that all agents owe the same duties to their principals : it is always necessary to have regard to the express or implied terms of the contract . |
| 8 | Thus it is not possible to say that drivers attend to information differently for different road types . |
| 9 | The major limitation of the measure is that it is theoretically open-ended — it is not possible to say that there will be no further citations to a particular thesis in the future . |
| 10 | It is not possible to say that these families were typical of all Caribbean families in London . |
| 11 | It is not possible to argue that Part XV of the Taxes Act 1988 deems that interest to belong to the American . |
| 12 | It is not possible to argue that because the income is trading income s739 does not apply to that income ( Latilla v IRC ( 1943 ) 25 TC 107 and IRC v Brackett [ 1986 ] STC 521 ) . |
| 13 | At the limit , it is difficult to see how an emphasis on measured results is consistent with multilateralism ; it is not possible to imagine that the GATT could police hundreds of agreements , each with its own predetermined measure of success . |
| 14 | We can know how things are in front of our noses , maybe , but it is not possible to know that an altruistic act is morally good , nor that God exists , nor that you will have eggs for breakfast tomorrow . |
| 15 | Since Lewis buried the secrets , first from himself and then from others , there is not much hope that those coming after will be able to follow the story of his conversion . |
| 16 | There is not much sign that the King did in fact profit from the sale of offices ; but others certainly could and did . |
| 17 | There is not much doubt that in the past direct mail has been a blunt instrument and often still is . |
| 18 | Despite the lack of comparative data demonstrating it , there is not much doubt that this species has declined markedly in Sussex , as in other parts of Britain . |
| 19 | For example , it is not uncommon to hear that the carer ‘ cracked ’ when a parent is incontinent immediately after leaving the toilet . |
| 20 | With few notable exceptions , legal department tend to be small to medium in size and it is not uncommon to find that solicitors work along . |
| 21 | One is not obliged to believe that Freemantle was a good poet . |
| 22 | The tenant is not obliged to ensure that the landlord is aware of the defects in the premises or to give the landlord an opportunity to remedy the defects before commencing legal proceedings . |
| 23 | It is not encouraging to learn that Saudi Arabia and other states in the region are in the market for additions to their present arsenals of weaponry , seeking in particular equipment used successfully during Desert Storm like the F-15 Eagle fighter , the M1 battle tank and the Rockeye cluster bomb . |
| 24 | As a result of these liabilities , it is not practical to think that AEA as a whole could be privatised . |
| 25 | In view of the differences in the natures of their jobs and in their locations , and in view of the lack of any mention of a connection between the two men , it is not impossible to suppose that they held their offices contemporaneously , that while Molla Yegan held the office of Mufti In conjunction with his other offices in Bursa , perhaps even retaining some official precedence over Fahreddin Acemi , the latter was appointed to an entirely new office , the Mufti of the capital , which was then Edirne . |
| 26 | It is not necessary to presume that the progression defined indicates some inescapable order in the way children learn , or some sequence of difficulty inherent in the material to be learnt . |
| 27 | So far as the wife and new husband are concerned , in contrast to unregistered title it is not necessary to declare that the registered proprietors have the powers of an absolute owner in dealing with the registered land . |
| 28 | It is not necessary to suppose that Wilfrid behaved treacherously to Aethelwealh in associating with Caedwalla ; the warfare between the two was probably outside his control . |
| 29 | It is not necessary to suppose that he acted on his own initiative , although this is implied in the Anonimalle Chronicle ( 11 , pp.158–9 ) : possibly his advisers felt that he might be less at risk than they themselves , and that in the circumstances a policy of temporary conciliation was the best course of action . |
| 30 | It is not necessary to suppose that the design of a body or organ is the best that an engineer could conceive of . |