Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [not/n't] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To point out that complaining often functions as a self-defence is not to say that the complaint is invalid . |
| 2 | Lynsey was n't to know that , and Courtney 's boast added to his aura of respectability . |
| 3 | Part of his plan was not to reveal that his strength had come back , not even to Jess . |
| 4 | Perhaps most important of all , the RHA was not anticipating that there would be any serious opposition to the proposal to rundown the asylums . |
| 5 | Pauline Mitchell , director of housing , said the council was not suggesting that Tracy had been negligent . |
| 6 | Stressing these elements of continuity is not to imply that nothing changed . |
| 7 | His aim is not to show that one way of acquiring knowledge is better than another , but that ‘ learning and human knowledge are weak and uncertain' . |
| 8 | s The point is not to prove that officials are everywhere politically dominant . |
| 9 | To reject the picture is not to suggest that people did not have a very real experience of God . |
| 10 | The crew were not to know that this day would be so different from their previous raid on Berlin . |
| 11 | While FoE is not arguing that children are exposed to radiation levels above legal limits , it is criticizing BNFL for not doing enough to fulfil its legal obligation to reduce the radioactivity of its discharges to the minimum . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman is not suggesting that a system of local government finance would be without a method of equalisation . |
| 13 | All these forms of learning are not learning that such and such is the case , but learning how to do such and such . |
| 14 | The point of this argument is not to maintain that there would be no practical problems , but to demonstrate that there are weighty issues of principle on both sides . |
| 15 | ‘ The role of SSSI is not to say that the rest of the countryside does n't matter , but show up areas which should be preserved at all costs . ’ |
| 16 | To stress the importance of the repressive political environment is not to imply that it is the ‘ natural ’ destiny of labour movements to become moderate and accept the basic ground rules of capitalism . |
| 17 | First of all erm Ryedale District is n't saying that the policy is warranted because North Yorkshire is in any unusual regardless of the quality of the countryside here , but that this is a reasonable reflection of national policy on development in the open countryside . |
| 18 | To say that they have priority is not to say that they have absolute hegemony over all other accounts at all other times , but rather that as a practical technique they are the accounts from which one 's initial hypotheses as to what is happening must be taken . |
| 19 | To say that religious beliefs have infiltrated discussions of scientific method is not to say that they have directly affected scientific practice , for statements about methodology have often been rationalizations , used to justify a research program already in existence . |
| 20 | The Trade and Industry Secretary told the Commons : ‘ The Government is not asserting that the conduct of the department was beyond criticism , given the benefit of hindsight . |
| 21 | This man was not to know that it very nearly was , by Auguste 's reckoning . |
| 22 | The Piper pilot was not informed that four Tornados were in the area . |
| 23 | But to say that my desire for coffee is the cause is not to deny that there are physical structures in my brain that are the cause , or that those structures are present because of my previous experience . |
| 24 | The aim of this report is not to demand that brewers turn the block back to 1620 , 1720 , 1820 or even to 1920 ; pubs have to make money , and have to adapt to some extent to changing needs and expectations . |
| 25 | A pregnant woman whose baby had died in the womb was not told that her baby was dead until after it was born . |
| 26 | ‘ The poor doctor was n't to know that the great piece of bone sticking out was supplied by the local butcher . ’ |
| 27 | To say , however , that every society has a political system is not to assert that every society has a ‘ state ’ , in the sense of possessing a quite distinct and separate political apparatus . |
| 28 | At the same time , the additional possibility is not excluded that some of the crimes may have been chosen for the ‘ allegations ’ because individuals in high places had vested interests in having them pinned on persons other than the real culprits . |
| 29 | The New Statesman was not saying that familial and sexual issues should not be discussed under any circumstances , but that the discussion had gone too far . |
| 30 | If it finds that the plant is not working that could have serious repercussions , beyond the straight forward cost of replacement . |