Example sentences of "not [adj] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not self-evident that all clarifications or developments of the laws of war have to take the familiar form of multilateral conventions . |
| 2 | It was not self-evident that any impartiality was due to those who supported or excused attempts to achieve political change by terrorism . |
| 3 | However , it is not clear that such memories are completely accurate and it is unlikely that arousal at the time of encoding is the only important factor in creating such memories . |
| 4 | The situation in the Gouriet case was a politically sensitive one and this may well have justified the court 's refusal in that case to review the Attorney-General 's decision , but it is not clear that such refusal would be justified in every case . |
| 5 | It is thus not clear that these accident estimates are particularly stable assessments of the objective danger at the junction ; they are likely to be strongly determined by risk ratings . |
| 6 | Yet it is not clear that this promise can be translated into any effective weapon systems . |
| 7 | Certainly , examples can be found where the growth of the enterprise has involved the creation of massive technical operating units ( in the car industry and the shipyards for instance ) but it is not clear that this trend will continue , and in some cases technological change is already undermining the competitive advantage of those enterprises operating very large-scale units . |
| 8 | Of course , the effort required is a true social cost ( it reduces the manager 's utility , and the manager is a part of society ) and so it should be an offset on the social benefits , but nevertheless it is not clear that this mechanism described will lead to the socially efficient amount of effort being supplied . |
| 9 | Moreover , it is not clear that this pattern of results is what would be predicted on the assumption that subjects had schemas for situations previously available . |
| 10 | Moreover , it is not clear that either party could agree to a change and still hold itself intact . |
| 11 | Decisions will be made in Brussels on social matters whatever happens and I am not convinced that those decisions would be affected by any new form of regional government . |
| 12 | If we are not convinced that any standard has been offered , or that what is offered can work , then , I would submit , the principle of respect for life demands that we treat all alike . |
| 13 | I am not convinced that this find is a weapon ( it is very difficult to make an accurate judgement from the rough sketch ) . |
| 14 | I am not convinced that this issue should be on the political agenda at all , not at this time , not at any time , in fact I am pretty convinced that this is a Tory agenda , a media agenda , why they do they not want to talk about crooks and spivs that support them , that donate thousands of pounds into their coffers ? |
| 15 | To those for whom law is a simple command , legal by virtue of the source from which it comes , it is not likely that such complexities as these will be popular . |
| 16 | Is it not likely that some people who take cars or ride in taken cars will be convicted of the aggravated offence , and be given harsher penalties , largely as a result of these provisions on proof ? |
| 17 | It is not likely that any organisation participating in these ways will have anti-union attitudes . |
| 18 | Even then it is not obvious that this measure will actually yield the projected area . |
| 19 | I am not sure that many authorities appreciate this . ’ |
| 20 | This is quite a specific issue , and I 'm not sure that this committee on this day is in the best position to discuss it in detail . |
| 21 | If you have any queries , or are not sure that this Plan is exactly what you require , please ring the NatWest Insurance Services ' Helpline on Bristol ( 0272 ) 263723 . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , I am , ’ replied the old gentleman , ‘ but I 'm not sure that this boy actually took the handkerchief . |
| 23 | We ourselves , like the other national institutions and many private galleries , mount many exhibitions with some international components , but I am not sure that this type of exhibition ( primarily arts/humanities orientated ) is what you are interested in . |
| 24 | I am not confident that either book may be said to be well-written ; that question , too , could be thought to arise . |
| 25 | But it was argued by the trade unions that the exceptional circumstances of such pilot schemes permitted these " fantasies " : It is not probable that any attempt will be made in London or Edinburgh to reduce the women 's prices , so long as the movement has the sympathy of the benevolent public , but when left to compete by themselves with establishments conducted on commercial principles , the temptation to resort to this course might prove irresistible . |
| 26 | It is perhaps not coincidental that this period of turmoil was to result in a work described as a ‘ landmark in Mozart 's earlier keyboard works , only paralleled in pathos and intensity by the Fantasy and Sonata in C minor ’ ( K.457 and K.475 ) . |
| 27 | So it is not surprising that each field-worker tries to select an unstudied people , or if that fails , a community whose present circumstances render them acutely interesting for ‘ theoretical reasons ’ . |
| 28 | By far the majority of the packages have been developed for the microcomputer , and with this sort of equipment increasingly available in schools , especially in the UK and the USA , it is not surprising that that medium is becoming popular . |
| 29 | It is not surprising that many professionals involved in education are rather dispirited and disillusioned at this time . |
| 30 | It is not surprising that many citizens ‘ banned and cursed her ’ , nor is it wholly surprising that there were some among them prepared to give her money to go on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St James of Compostella in Spain . |