Example sentences of "[not/n't] itself the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This action is not itself the centre of interest , however . |
| 2 | The man of reason is becoming reconciled to admitting that the function of his reason is critical , that it is not itself the initiator of what it judges to be best in him . |
| 3 | In short , the fundamental rule that accords legal validity to Acts of Parliament is not itself the foundation of the legal order , beyond which the lawyer is forbidden to look . |
| 4 | The way of doubt is not itself the path to truth , but in sealing off mistaken approaches it provides an impetus to the search . |
| 5 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 6 | Note by the way that a picture of a graph , like Figure 1 , is not itself the graph . |
| 7 | To see it requires imagination , and yet it is not itself the product of imagination . |