Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [not/n't] [adj] that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one , and utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers , and may be changed according to the diversities of countries , times , and men 's manners , so that nothing be ordained against God 's Word . |
| 2 | ( 5 ) It is not necessary that shareholders use the form of proxy despatched to them ; any proxy in proper form may be used . |
| 3 | Even if things go fairly badly it is not certain that voters would turn to Labour as economic saviour . |
| 4 | In the centuries where children were treated like Oliver Twist and worse ; where children were beaten , half-starved , and put to work for sixteen hours a day and more ; it is not surprising that horses were treated no better . |
| 5 | Accepting that the two maps are drawn from entirely different methods and to some extent a different data base of wells it is not surprising that differences in detail are recognised . |
| 6 | It is not surprising that phrases do not stick in the mind . |
| 7 | Exposed to elderly people who are in a state of acute or chronic physical illness , mental incapacity and increasing dependence , it is not surprising that nurses believe all elderly people experience the same decline . ’ |
| 8 | So it is not surprising that efforts have been made to apply New Critical methods to prose fiction . |
| 9 | In an era of sponsorship , personal endorsement and a volatile transfer market , it is not surprising that footballers — some of whom are incapable of managing their own toilet-bag — should turn to specialist agents . |
| 10 | In these circumstances it is not surprising that businessmen are hesitant to commit resources to forge new relationships in Eastern Europe . |
| 11 | Since so much had been done peacefully through economic change , population increases , emigration and Parliamentary legislation , it is not surprising that ministers , like others , naturally assumed that progress through the same channels would continue ad infinitum . |
| 12 | Given movie trends , it is not surprising that women tend to win their Oscars in their late twenties , men in their early forties . |
| 13 | In some cases , there might be reasonable grounds for the objection ; for instance , German — in has traditionally been used to denote the wife of the man with the title , and it is not surprising that women who hold positions in their own right prefer to make that clear . |
| 14 | In these circumstances , it is not surprising that women turn to their close relatives . |
| 15 | Given the doubts and uncertainties surrounding this area of law , it is not surprising that doctors may feel insecure in adopting a course of conduct which they otherwise may feel to be the most desirable . |
| 16 | Pension schemes are already notoriously complicated , so it is not surprising that lawyers have turned to the actuarial profession to establish valuations of the pension benefits in divorce cases . |
| 17 | Thus it is not surprising that responses to the questionnaire were varied in quality and range of answers . |
| 18 | Because there is always uncertainty about the direction of future change , it is not surprising that competitors with different resources and different perspectives take different gambles about what the best position will be in the next round of competition . |
| 19 | It is not surprising that rationalizations are often made about why delegation is impossible when the true reason lies mainly within oneself . |
| 20 | It is not surprising that demands for their sculpture in Rome and elsewhere increased . |
| 21 | It is not surprising that airlines do n't train their pilots on real aircraft , otherwise they might quickly run out of both pilots and aircraft ( as well as instructors ) . |
| 22 | Given that HEBS has only recently moved from a topics-based approach , it is not surprising that schools still see the role of the health board in terms of help with specific topics and current health problems . |
| 23 | When it is considered that in the ‘ real world ’ mathematics does not come in the small , fragmented packages that so frequently exist on our syllabuses ( e.g. ‘ Fractions ’ and ‘ Decimals ’ , ‘ Addition ’ and ‘ Multiplication ’ , ‘ Perimeter ’ and ‘ Area ’ ) , it is not surprising that pupils are unable to get a useful overview , or see relationships . |
| 24 | It is not surprising that historians have frequently sought to link the growth of the economy directly to it . |
| 25 | Given the nature of these failures , and their reasonably clear association with audited accounting information , it is not surprising that auditors become legally implicated . |
| 26 | These are extreme cases , but there are many lesser cases that we hear of more frequently , so it is not surprising that house-buyers are asking : |
| 27 | It is not surprising that practitioners and lecturers who have followed Brian Way 's philosophy for all their professional lives feel very threatened . |
| 28 | Murimuth recorded that Edward returned south with grief and without honour , and it is not surprising that rumours of treachery were rife . |
| 29 | So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process . |
| 30 | Given the inclusion of so many considerations , it is not surprising that standards may be amended from time to time : for example , standards may be made more stringent if new scientific research reveals a lower threshold of effect than was previously believed to exist . |