Example sentences of "not really the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sympathise with your problem : being advised to wear children 's shoes is not really the answer , is it ? |
| 2 | Frost is not really the problem , it 's the fact that many plants , especially the silver-leaved types , are prone to winter rots . |
| 3 | But he knew that this was not actually so , not really the case . |
| 4 | ‘ It was not really the normal way of getting a manager 's job . |
| 5 | That , though , is not really the point . |
| 6 | Indeed it could be argued that a dynastic conflict involving the interests of the Houses of Orléans , Bourbon , Bonaparte and Hohenzollern was the means chosen to bring down the Empire , even if it was not really the cause . |
| 7 | It was not really the money . |
| 8 | But this is not really the case . |
| 9 | Yet not really the clinging type . |
| 10 | This is not really the case . |
| 11 | ‘ Hearing ’ is not really the right word for this faculty , because we immediately relate it to our own highly specific sense of hearing . |
| 12 | Sniffing is not really the right word because the vapours are inhaled through the nose and mouth ; some users call it ‘ huffing ’ . |
| 13 | It seems that this is the method of connection that causes the most confusion , and the correct way of connecting the secondary windings is not really the obvious one . |
| 14 | Anyway , they have not really the transport for a journey as far as this and in any case , they could not spare the time from work . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ In some ways I 'm not really the guy to be asking about all this , because Quo have such a one-off sound . |
| 16 | Even when you see a stage performance of hypnotism and it seems as though the ‘ unwilling ’ subjects are being made to act against their will , that is not really the case . |
| 17 | But a separate room does mean a lot of running back and forth with this and that , so perhaps it 's not really the best option . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not really the image he gives today — now he 's the ultimate Hollywood heartthrob . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Mint tea is not really the best thing for you , ’ her husband said . |
| 20 | Not really the thing for good intercompany relations . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't really worry about not being a macho kind of guy for my fans because that is not really the kind of person I am . |
| 22 | Because with rave music there 's not really the same live thing , it does n't appear interesting , but if you actually meet the people behind it , you find that they are . ’ |
| 23 | Whether the various communities of native Americans will be very interested in this case is debatable , but that 's not really the point . |
| 24 | Although we often speak of the Empire as if it were a single nation , this is not really the case . |
| 25 | Homosexuality , though , was , not really the target . |
| 26 | It is all too easy to get people who will tell you the nice things , and after all there is not a lot that you can do about that , but those who will stand up without fear or favour and tell you , hopefully tactfully , that things are not really the way that everybody else thinks they are pearls beyond price . |
| 27 | Yet the beneficent mezzo-soprano voice is not really the ideal instrument , and this soprano has a younger , fresher tone . |
| 28 | And they were not really the sort of children who were easily frightened . |
| 29 | Well in when you 're considering the the possible merger of the three health authorities , they have n't positioned any one particular private er , provider unit is , is not really the crucial issue at hand ! |
| 30 | The difference between the two viewpoints is not really the instrumental/expressive one that we found in physics . |