Example sentences of "is [not/n't] [verb] that [det] " in BNC.

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31 It is not to deny that some culturally elaborated behaviour can usefully be explained from a biological perspective .
32 This is not to deny that some young mothers do have short-term relationships and one-night stands , but the ones that get " caught " are more often those who are in love and in a steady relationship .
33 This is not to argue that these practices should not be abhorred and punished by society but it is to say that the underlying tendency may be addictive in nature and may therefore require the specific treatment appropriate for any addictive disease .
34 It is not intended that this plan should be ‘ cast in concrete ’ but , rather , that it should be flexible so that the school looks ahead but remains responsive to future changes in circumstances .
35 This is not to suggest that such observation is itself a straightforward method of investigation .
36 This is not to suggest that such effects can be achieved only by poets .
37 This is not to suggest that each of the sample antiracist statements does not have something pertinent to say about the particular instance of racism which it privileges as paradigmatic .
38 This is not to suggest that all , or indeed any , should be discarded ; if England have to go for maturity and hope for the best , so be it .
39 This is not to suggest that all the anti-Hanoverian crowds were encouraged from above ; as Nicholas Rogers has shown , patrician involvement seems to have become less common after the early stages of unrest , and increasingly the riots in most areas appear to have been led from below by more lowly types .
40 This is not to suggest that those outside this range never work , but rather that in advanced countries gainful employment is considered to be mainly the responsibility of those in this particular age band of 50 years .
41 This is not to suggest that most people will not respond to the reward of money .
42 The Attorney General of the day ( one Shawcross ) , informed an inquiring MP that ‘ it is not contemplated that any legislation will be necessary to give effect to the terms of this Convention ’ because ‘ I think we are entitled to say that the law of this country has always been in advance of the laws of most other countries in regard to human rights ’ .
43 ( This is not to imply that any of the individuals involved were not qualified for the positions they held ) .
44 This is not to imply that this form of historical revisionism is ideologically neutral or objective .
45 It is not anticipated that such a limit would be reached .
46 While it is not anticipated that this should cause any difficulties , if you are unsure about anything which appears on the new payslips , please contact the staff in wages and salaries who will be happy to help you .
47 It is not envisaged that any material changes will be made to the sale and purchase agreement .
48 The nature of the breakage is largely controlled by the structural properties of the bones concerned , and it is not considered that this experiment has provided any new information on breakage ( see , for instance , Korth 1979 ) .
49 For a precedent , see Appendix E. It is not thought that this procedure has been invoked with any degree of frequency .
50 ( d ) First registration of title Unless any money is paid , such that there is a conveyance on sale of the whole of the property , it is not thought that any of the transactions in this chapter will involve a compulsory application for first registration of title ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s123 ) .
51 Whilst welcoming the recommendation that the defence has an enforceable right of access to forensic material held by the prosecution , the Law Society is concerned and surprised that it is not proposed that this will extend to unused material generally .
52 It is not suggested that each offence should be ranked according to the seriousness of its after-effects on the particular victim — although there is an argument for assuming that young victims will be particularly damaged by unwanted sexual experiences , and therefore for regarding such offences as more serious .
53 Whilst it is not suggested that such behaviour is common , the temptation to copy , or at least to fail to acknowledge the other thesis as a source , is made stronger by the knowledge that such unscrupulous acts are very difficult to detect , because the original works , if unpublished , may only be known to the researchers and to their supervisors .
54 While it is not suggested that this roll of honour is exhaustive , a list would , even on a world-wide basis , be strikingly short .
55 Ratio and proportion are difficult concepts and therefore a limited number of questions was used , but it is not suggested that these represent the only possible ones for lower attainers .
56 It is not suggested that any but a small proportion of private homes are like this , but where such conditions do occur , it indicates that the vetting , registration and monitoring procedures are failing .
57 Moore is not denying that such elucidation is sometimes needed and possible , but bringing home to us that this is never what is going on when all things with a certain complex property are said to be good .
58 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 .
59 He is not persuaded that this would be the effect .
60 This is not to assume that these interests are homogeneous and without serious contradictions ( Chambliss 1981 ) .
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