Example sentences of "[be] not [adj] that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organisations are reassessing their priorities , says Price Waterhouse consultant Nick Cherrie , and , if they are not convinced that a project can offer a quantifiable and speedy payback , they are likely to shelve it . |
| 2 | According to Slater , the semiconductor suppliers just are n't confident that a market exists for Alpha . |
| 3 | For if the general shape , the location , and the motion of objects can be computed in a low-level , autonomous fashion , then it is not impossible that a kingfisher may possess comparable perceptual mechanisms capable of computing the depth of a fish in water . |
| 4 | ‘ I find myself in complete agreement with Professor Knight and would go further in saying that it is not credible that a karate chop to the base of the nose could cause a fracture of the anterior cranial fossa without considerable damage to the nasal structure . ’ |
| 5 | It is not surprising that a history of milk intolerance was seldom obtained in patients with lactose malabsorption , although dietary intake of diary products was reduced . |
| 6 | It is not surprising that a PC which can help to design a ship , a skyscraper or an electronic circuit has to be one of the most powerful available . |
| 7 | Indeed , it is not surprising that a member of this particular grammatical category should have been brought into play here . |
| 8 | AFTER so much disappointment , it is not surprising that a crumb of comfort has driven gold bugs half-crazy with glee . |
| 9 | It is not inconceivable that a government would wish to render all strikes criminal . |
| 10 | It is not certain that a majority of the parliament will follow him when a free vote is held on the question of where Germany 's government should be . |
| 11 | It is not certain that a schema which is valid for the classification of physical entities will be capable of application to epistemological studies . |
| 12 | Perhaps it 's not surprising that a cooker which has revolutionised gas cooking technology should dare to break with styling convention too . |
| 13 | According to , corporate finance partner , it was not surprising that a quarter of all respondents said the recession had affected their consideration of an MBO . |
| 14 | He said he was not satisfied that a case had been made that a nuisance was being caused . |
| 15 | He said he was not satisfied that a case had been made that a nuisance was being caused . |
| 16 | It was not likely that a man who had come to Germany only a few weeks before would be given carte blanche to say what he liked . |
| 17 | This decision would have had the effect of making a software designer 's choice of storage medium crucial to the question of patentability but it was , fortunately , quickly overruled in the Court of Appeal where Lord Justice Nicholls said : It would equally be nonsense if a floppy disc [ sic ] containing a computer program was not patentable that a ROM characterised only by the instructions in that program should be patentable |
| 18 | He was n't sure that a god of any kind would make asides to the audience , let along speak in Middle English and quote Wordsworth . |
| 19 | It was n't fair that a king should give up his throne for her , and not for the weaver 's daughter . |