Example sentences of "it was [not/n't] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her breath was laboured , the oxy-bottle moulded round her shoulder all but exhausted , but it was n't that that made her back-pedal , twisting her heel on a rock , smothering her shout of pain . |
| 2 | It was n't that this dispute between my dad and me about whether there was a God or not really meant anything any more , but rather the fact of the history of the dispute — the reality of its course , not the substance of the original disagreement — was what prevented me from ending it . |
| 3 | It was n't that these were definite ; I just wanted life to be different , to be somewhere else . |
| 4 | It was not that each child was continually talking but every now and then a child would speak to his neighbour or another would leave his place quietly and walk over to another child to speak with him . |
| 5 | It was not that this could be attributed to a weakening of moral fibre on their part , but rather that they had grown up in a society in which there were few straightforward moral guidelines , and into ‘ a community which is thoroughly confused about morals , and … their behaviour reflects that confusion ’ . |
| 6 | It was not that both sides were preparing for some future war to deter the other side . |