Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] true " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of this is undoubtedly true but perhaps not true enough to justify the industries springing up all over the country offering simplistic solutions like food supplements and gymnasia . |
| 2 | In reading Wordsworth 's poems aloud , a Northern speaker will have no difficulty in rhyming ‘ notes ’ with ‘ thoughts ’ , or ‘ chatters ’ with ‘ waters ’ , though these are obviously not true rhymes to a Southern ear . |
| 3 | It 's just not true . |
| 4 | This is just not true . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's quite true he 's my boyfriend and our relationship is very special , ’ while he countered : ‘ It 's just not true that we 're going out together , or that she 's my girlfriend . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It nearly compartmentalises us , but it is just not true . ’ |
| 7 | It 's just not true , and I think people ought to be warned . ’ |
| 8 | Some people say we farm people get used to animals being hurt or killed , but that 's just not true . |
| 9 | I think their nonchalance about not caring or not giving a damn about record sales is just not true . |
| 10 | All these bands who sing about women — that 's just not true to life , is it ? ’ |
| 11 | I am sure that I speak for all district society presidents when I say that this is just not true . |
| 12 | The story is just not true , ’ said BA spokesman Derek Ross . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's just not true , ’ she protested , ‘ his innocence did n't prevent him from being wrongly accused in the first place , did it ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The notion that without a monopoly the country will be without universal service , for example , is just not true , if you look at the US , Sweden [ and ] the UK ’ he pointed out . |
| 15 | So it 's just not true that we know less about what 's going on than we know about our own beliefs about what 's going on . |
| 16 | That 's just not true . |
| 17 | And that old theory that animals ca n't see colours is just not true because any vehicle which is black or red in colour appears to get more attention that any other . |
| 18 | It 's ridiculous to suggest that this or any other police force ignores bomb warnings.The IRA 's claim that a warning was given in this case is just not true . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's just not true . |
| 20 | ‘ Some climbers and walkers used to feel there was something shameful about retreating but that 's just not true — it is often the sensible thing to do . ’ |
| 21 | I think you know and I know that this is just not true ! |
| 22 | Now , that 's just not true . |
| 23 | Accordingly , particulars were interpreted as complexes of qualities and regarded as being essentially of the same logical type as single qualities ; with the implication that any significant statement about either is necessarily significant , although , it is conceded , " probably not true " , 8 about the other . |
| 24 | Although this is probably not true of the populations of the Gulf states , who have long felt directly threatened by Iraq , it is certainly true of Syria and Egypt . |
| 25 | This is also not true in detail either . |
| 26 | Further , ‘ Apple is also disturbed by the implications in press coverage that Quorum has a relationship to Apple ; this is also not true . ’ |
| 27 | This , however , is clearly not true . |
| 28 | The assumption that the universe looks the same in every direction is clearly not true in reality . |
| 29 | As we have seen , the " ants " that anteaters eat are often not true ants at all , but termites . |
| 30 | You sill hear a lot of foolish tales about contraception which are simply not true . |