Example sentences of "not [verb] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may too readily have mocked the Tory ladies in their funny hats advocating primitive retribution , for what the socialist movement has not registered is that these ladies articulate a collective fear which women share . |
| 2 | What is often not realised is that many deserted settlements have interesting and largely unappreciated post-medieval remains as well , such as mansion sites . |
| 3 | Perhaps what was not realised was that this was a preview recording , not the finalised production recording which would be on sale to the general public . |
| 4 | The second reason why the CAP can not survive is that all practical considerations are subordinated to political expediency . |
| 5 | What she did not know was that Moran , with his good looks and military fame , had once been king of these barn dances and now that he had neither youth nor fame would not take a lesser place . |
| 6 | What she could not know was that by refusing to deal with the Protestant threat until the crown matrimonial had been obtained , she would throw away the strongest card in her anti-Protestant hand before having a chance to play it . |
| 7 | What they did not know was that their legendary luck was about to run out . |
| 8 | What they did not know was that in ten years time , that beautiful picture was to be blighted by Britain 's first commercial nuclear power station . |
| 9 | What startled spectator did not know was that a chiropractor on the Olympic Staff had given him a spinal adjustment immediately after the accident . |
| 10 | What they did not know was that the examination of the diamonds had finished before midnight to the complete satisfaction of Zack and his accomplices . |
| 11 | What Arrhenius did not know was that there is a large amount of X-radiation washing about in space , and to this his hypothetical spores would certainly have been vulnerable . |
| 12 | What the ‘ teacher ’ volunteer did not know was that the whole experiment was a set-up and that the ‘ learner ’ was in fact a co-worker of Milgram 's . |
| 13 | What she did not know was that Freddie had two children by his other woman . |
| 14 | What he did not know was that the Government , by the next day , would be anxious to retreat from the formula , and that the miners ' executive , having dispersed itself from London , would give them all day in which to do so . |
| 15 | What that smarmy jock did not know was that a cousin of Proby , who is in insurance , had insured the grandstand disguised as a car — third party fire and theft . |
| 16 | What Mickey did not know was that Mrs Moon was so concerned about the loss of her pension book that she had offered £1,000,000 to anyone who found it ! |
| 17 | What I did not know was that Vivien Eliot was in the audience . |
| 18 | What she did not know was that it was not so much that the work was difficult , but that there was so very much of it , and all tiring . |
| 19 | And what she did not know was that she had even more lessons to learn — and that some of them might not be pleasant . |
| 20 | The Unionist MP Ken Maginnis , a former UDR member , said : ‘ What I hope is not happening is that people who — as I would have had in my time — had montages for lawful and necessary purposes will be made scapegoats . ’ |
| 21 | The reason that sales have not boomed is that many customers have been disappointed at what robots do for them . |
| 22 | ‘ What your map may not show is that the only way down to Thira anchorage is by mule-track down a precipitous cliff . |
| 23 | What the child does not understand is that unfortunately the GIANTS have to do this . |
| 24 | This Edouard knew : what he could not understand was that in the years since the end of the war Jean-Paul had made no attempt to restore the house . |
| 25 | The second reason why a simplistic relationship between agricultural technology and relations of production can not occur is that there are frequently many important local variations in technology which can only be uncovered by detailed analysis of settlement histories and cultural development . |
| 26 | What Ferguson had found and what the left just could not see was that when Hollywood really tried they produced a thing that ought not be pedantically analysed for ‘ the thing exists by itself for its moments on the screen , unquestionable ’ . |
| 27 | What he may not realize is that often when he puts money in , the bank effectively takes money out . |
| 28 | What they did not realize was that the express train had a restaurant car and the slow train did not . |
| 29 | What he did not realize was that the same combination of forces could be used against the monarchy . |
| 30 | The second reason why playing the numbers game with female and male psychologists does not work is that it involves equating women with feminists . |