Example sentences of "not that that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the Marmeladov who married his present wife — not that that did any good either — because he could not bear to see such suffering . |
| 2 | Not that that prevented Cale from screaming at a potted plant sitting on his piano , or suddenly demolishing a table beside his stool with an axe in mid-performance . |
| 3 | The driver sounds so genuinely distressed , it seems churlish to complain ( not that that would do much good ) . |
| 4 | Not that that would stop the terrorists from acting pretty well as they pleased . |
| 5 | It is not that that he needs , but forgiveness . |
| 6 | But it 's not that that 's keeping him away from tomorrow 's London marathon . |
| 7 | The other is that latent inhibition does indeed result from a loss of stimulus associability but that the mechanism responsible for this loss is not that that underlies habituation . |
| 8 | It could be argued that if these children were not getting their ‘ dangerous ’ ideas from television , they would be getting them from films , comics and magazines , not to mention their parents ( not that that is an argument for unlimited viewing for children ) . |
| 9 | Not that that 's necessarily a good or a bad thing . |
| 10 | As a result , there are a lot of out-of-work would-be finance directors willing to work for much much less than their previous salaries , not that that appears to have had any effect on those in stable positions . |
| 11 | Not that that was specially relevant … |
| 12 | Not that that would bother Constantinos . |
| 13 | Eventually he reached Kirwan and was assured that no South Africans would be involved and that the match has some sanctity as the proceeds were to go to child cancer research — not that that dissuaded some cynics from suggesting that some players may have taken their share . |
| 14 | ‘ Not that that 's much of a road to speak of , ’ the Brigadier went on , But the family has n't lived there since before the war-there were German and then English soldiers billeted here during the second war … ’ |
| 15 | Not that that 's unreasonable in itself but it never seems to have bothered her before since she says herself she did n't normally stay the night , even if they 'd been out late . ’ |
| 16 | Not that that matters . |
| 17 | Not that that is quite the point . |
| 18 | Not that that was much help ; it still looked more likely that John was with a group backed by Syria and Libya . |
| 19 | Not that that promises him much of a life , ’ she added , jutting a doubtful lip , ‘ now he 's getting over his saintliness . |
| 20 | Not that that would bother most people nowadays . |
| 21 | Mrs. Not that that counts any more . |
| 22 | Not that that seemed to apply in Carolan 's case — his background was rich landowning , fox-hunting squires , dull , perhaps , and rigidly class-conscious , but , at any rate in recent generations , apparently quite decent sorts — Colonel Blimps rather than slick financiers or face-grinding industrialists . |
| 23 | Not that that means he 'll turn up himself . |
| 24 | ‘ And when she fell for her thirteenth I said , ‘ Ca n't you get him to leave you alone ’ ( not that that 's what she wanted , knowing her ) , and she said , ‘ Well , what can I do ? |
| 25 | Not that that was unusual ; had n't he always dominated whatever space he was in ? |
| 26 | Oh that 's right , yes , well we 'll come to that , yes er , well a byte is a bit not that that means a lot , er , what 's a bit ? |
| 27 | She simply could n't keep house — not that that mattered so much — but she could n't cope at all with the children . |
| 28 | I understand that the statistics show that UKIAS ranks ahead of other people in its success rate at tribunals — not that that is necessarily a good or bad indication , but it is fact . |
| 29 | Not that that required much , it 's just that not even Springsteen has mastered the tin-opener yet , though he 's working on it . |
| 30 | Not that that matters , naturally . ’ |