Example sentences of "[is] [adv] say [that] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This is not to say that man can mine coal where it does not occur geologically , or that some settlements do not originate because of the existence of some material which the inhabitants extract ; what it does mean is that people themselves determine what is exploited and how they deal with the extraction .
2 This is not to say that teachers do not have a lot to worry about with the implementation of LMS .
3 This is not to say that acts which we , or the Buid , would interpret as aggressive never occur , but that such acts are viewed as deviations from the ideals of Buid political culture .
4 This is not to say that moving may not be an excellent decision ; simply that , if money is the main criterion , you need to be thoroughly realistic when calculating the gains .
5 This is not to say that society was classless .
6 This is not to say that meat is unimportant to us now .
7 This is not to say that dreams are unimportant .
8 That is not to say that Parliament was subservient .
9 That is not to say that Parliament does not have a significant influence on the pattern of public expenditure , but it is exercised in various indirect ways at the formative stage of determining the pattern of public expenditure , and not through variations in the government 's proposals once they have been laid before the House .
10 This is not to say that commuters have not moved into the rural areas of the North and West , for they clearly have , particularly where open countryside is within easy access of large cities , such as the Peak District for Sheffield and Manchester or the Mendips for Bristol and Bath .
11 This is not to say that radicalism is dead ; far from it .
12 This is not to say that VDUs are necessarily safe .
13 This is not to say that businessmen should be responsible for all the indirect effects of their policies and actions , or that , for example , the individuals in the company responsible for the hoist accident described above should be charged and sentenced for murder .
14 This is not to say that reading happens outside of the domain of politics , but that we ca n't easily conflate the two .
15 This is not to say that differences between the legal and practical definitions should not be an important theme for analysis .
16 This is not to say that removal of the clitoris was a routine operation either in the States or in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century .
17 This is not to say that folk psychology already has adequate theories of perception , language , memory or any other cognitive process .
18 This is not to say that self-referral must be sought with undue enthusiasm , although facilities for it might be extended with benefit to many youngsters .
19 This is not to say that Bills were unknown in Japan , any more than Promissory Notes in the West , but Japanese commerce was heavily dependent on ‘ P Notes ’ as the basis of a complex credit system .
20 This is not to say that tradition was the rule .
21 This is not to say that carbonate deposition began everywhere simultaneously as some heavenly clock chimed in the beginning of the Carboniferous Period .
22 This is not to say that Shadwell does not add some twists of his own .
23 This is not to say that TV was always dominant .
24 This is not to say that functionalists would be in sympathy with Freud 's belief that certain unconscious mental processes are so anxiety-provoking that they must not be allowed to enter awareness .
25 This is not to say that PGCE ( and in-service ) tutors do not attempt to develop ‘ professional ’ rather than ‘ craftsman ’ knowledge and attitudes , it is rather to say that the professional knowledge is built on shaky foundations .
26 This is not to say that history would repeat itself backwards : you would not die and then become old , middle-aged and youthful before finally being absorbed into your mother 's womb .
27 All this is not to say that Basil was incapable of showing normal human impatience or intolerance .
28 This is not to say that spite , malice or dishonesty may not exist ; they clearly can .
29 ( Which is not to say that women are illogical , rather that our notions of logic may be androcentric .
30 This is not to say that women have not played an important and active role in numerous tenant struggles .
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