Example sentences of "it is not [adj] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not necessary that the prisoner should be further protected by compelling the Secretary of State to give the reasons for his decision . |
| 2 | It is not necessary that the plaintiff 's fault be a cause of the accident itself . |
| 3 | His principle is to maintain the gardens and grounds as they are for all the residents , so that from outside it is not apparent that the building has been divided up . |
| 4 | It is not apparent that the authors could answer that question . |
| 5 | While the parties to an agreement creating a new State may have intended that rights and obligations contained in the treaty would bind the new State , it is not apparent that the new State has consented to them . |
| 6 | Sources within TRT said it was considering whether apply for a licence of its own , but it is not certain that the company will actually need one : it may be able to operate under the Worldcom licence — assuming that IDB 's acquisition goes through , TRT and Worldcom will share the same parent . |
| 7 | First , while tighter control over operating units and the exclusion of sub-goals may be achieved , it is not self-evident that the M-form organisation will affect pursuit of divergent objectives at the level of top-management , though Williamson does suggest that formalised goal and capital allocation procedures educe ‘ a profit preference at the top as well ’ . |
| 8 | For it is not self-evident that the idea of legal rights is attractive . |
| 9 | It is not surprising that the Czech novelist Josef Skvorecky should be keen on My First Loves . |
| 10 | It is not surprising that the Royal Fine Art Commission should have considered the design inappropriate . |
| 11 | It is not surprising that the references to the past it contains are very brief . |
| 12 | In such circumstances it is not surprising that the State is actually worshipped either in the person of a ruler or in a god which it incarnates . |
| 13 | Because the established church played a major role in the provision of education before the passing of the Elementary Education Act of 1870 , it is not surprising that the lofty , brick-built church of St Peter shares its site with a school . |
| 14 | It is not surprising that the total reversal of the ideology of the past is having its effect on Soviet pupils . |
| 15 | It is not surprising that the value of exports grew by a mere 3% in 1990 . |
| 16 | It is not surprising that the course in Baptist and Congregational colleges ran to six years : there was a lot of ground to cover . |
| 17 | As part of the decision-making involved the assumption of responsibility by the Board for the Bedfordshire scheme , it is not surprising that the two WEA members of the Board and Frank Salter , the District Treasurer , who was a University nominated member , cast their votes in favour of the rural areas scheme . |
| 18 | Given this array of serious offences committed by the AEC sample it is not surprising that the average number of previous convictions was seven , with only 10 per cent having no previous convictions compared with 28 per cent who had ten or more . |
| 19 | Given their social background , it is not surprising that the bourgeoisie , in most Latin American countries , has close links with landowners . |
| 20 | Given the relationship between advancing years and increasing levels of disability , it is not surprising that the very old consumer large amounts of health care . |
| 21 | When the problems associated with the microscopic diagnosis , particularly in women , are coupled with the difficulties in the ‘ horticultural ’ aspects of the gonococcus , and these are both combined with the reluctance of specialists in certain countries to examine material from potentially infected patients , it is not surprising that the reported rates for gonorrhoea from some areas are absurdly low . |
| 22 | Add to this the rapid growth in the numbers of expeditions , climbers and trekkers which has occurred in recent years and it is not surprising that the problem has reached massive proportions despite the availability of new access sites from Tibet which was opened to climbers in 1980 . |
| 23 | After noting how local parties differ on major issues of expenditure , financial control , privatization , transport subsidies , rents and council house sales , they conclude that ‘ It is not surprising that the local electorate vote in response to local circumstances ’ ( Jones and Stewart , 1983 , p. 17 ) . |
| 24 | It is not surprising that the initial four expressions retained their popularity . |
| 25 | Perhaps then it is not surprising that the procedural differences between the law of trusts and the civil law emerge as so significant . |
| 26 | In view of how often overdoses result from relationship problems it is not surprising that the most effective treatment of self-poisoners often occurs in conjoint therapy with the partner or in family therapy . |
| 27 | It is not surprising that the Science and Engineering Research Council 's review committee found evidence for a low level of activity when they chose to compare such a small part of physics with the whole of chemistry or biology . |
| 28 | This feature is present in the standard unified model , so it is not surprising that the experimental data are satisfied . |
| 29 | If natural rock is such an influence and repository of psychic memory , it is not surprising that the sites where it outcrops to the surface should be considered so special . |
| 30 | With so limited a territory left for privacy , perhaps it is not surprising that the Swedes have led the way in data protection . |