Example sentences of "is not [verb] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This is not to say that profitable trading strategies have not been devised using this method .
2 This is not to say that general practice has solved all its problems , for an old contradiction remains unresolved .
3 That is not to say that reasonable protection from development should not be given to particular areas , for it is important to retain the character of the land and to ensure that all tastes are catered for : For instance , some people like to climb dangerous rocks in pouring rain .
4 But this is not to say that sexist language is not alive and well in English-speaking communities .
5 While reading commercial bar codes and displaying the relevant information is not a very practical proposition for the home user , that is not to say that do-it-yourself bar codes are totally impractical .
6 Which is not to say that popular humour in the States is particularly nice : in recent years there has been a great demand for in-your-face racist , ethnic and misogynist stuff , as typified on the respectable side by Jackie Mason and on the unholy by Andrew Dice Clay .
7 To say that a question should be answered fully is not to say that irrelevant matter should be introduced into the answer .
8 This is not to say that sexual assault carries no stigma , but the term is vaguer and the stigma arguably less .
9 This is not to say that MARID-type metasomatism is a necessary precursor to all kimberlite genesis — the MARID suite is of restricted occurrence overall — but some form of metasomatism is an inevitable accompaniment .
10 This is not to say that adequate recognition can not be achieved without understanding , but rather an appreciation of the processes involved in understanding may facilitate the design of more efficient recognition algorithms and systems .
11 That is not to say that day-to-day management can be accomplished by committee .
12 All this is not to deny that perfect contestability provides a benchmark , moreover an extremely important one as we shall see shortly .
13 This is not to argue that prior activation of one hemisphere can not introduce a bias towards the opposite ear ( Nachson , 1973 ; Morais and Landercy , 1977 ) but it does suggest that the effect of activation may be to engage the processing mechanisms of a particular hemisphere rather than upset a hemispheric balance of attention .
14 The purpose of bailment and sale is different because , in the case of an ordinary contract of hire , it is not intended that general property in the goods will pass to the bailor/hirer .
15 All this is not to suggest that political advantage has not had and does not have any effect on the conduct of macro policy , but rather that the evidence and theory presented is consistent with its having a small rather than dominating impact .
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