Example sentences of "is [not/n't] [adv] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not just that things could be other than they are — it is that they must be . |
| 2 | Finally , it is not just that women are invisible , but that gender itself is . |
| 3 | It is not just that beetles and mice are pests ( we might have said the same of ladybirds and the pursuit of wildfowl ) , but rather that the relative similarity of the larger mammals to ourselves materially affects our thinking and is reflected in our instinctive responses . |
| 4 | Within Spanish art itself , on the other hand , the line is almost too simple : Goya was intensely aware of Velázquez , Picasso of both , but for Gironella the problem is not just that Picasso could be seen to have inserted himself into the next place in the sequence but that as a Mexican an unequivocal position in any such art-historical lineage is utterly unattainable . |
| 5 | It is not just that politicians speak with forked tongues . |
| 6 | It is not simply that cases of public library censorship appear to be on the increase ( although there is no substantial evidence to confirm this ) , but that the question of determining what is and is not censorship can be so time-consuming . |
| 7 | But it is not simply that women are notable by their absence . |
| 8 | Moreover , that assumption was to some extent reinforced by the official ideology of The Green Book : it is not simply that parties were forbidden and elections arranged in such a way that people had no policy grounds for voting one way or another . |
| 9 | It is not simply that comparisons and choices have to be made ; for computers can sometimes do that . |
| 10 | It is not merely that Mansell is Britain 's leading driver — no other Briton has won a Grand Prix for nine years — but that he is someone fans can identify with . |
| 11 | The point is not merely that decisions about the day to day operation of the business or even long-term strategy have been taken out of the shareholders ' hands — this is the intended , central advantage of the corporate form — but that the shareholders are no longer able to shape the purpose for which the business is run , that is , they are unable to oblige management to maximise profits . |
| 12 | It is not merely that classics are ambiguous ; it is also that ambiguous texts are more available for the debate which elevates literature to classic status . |
| 13 | It is not often that Britain can claim a first in the field of sports science , but this research is breaking new ground . |
| 14 | It is not often that secateurs or the knife is proven to be the carrier of infection ; of course , if you know you are working on infected wood , it is only common sense to disinfect your tools with Lysol or a similar substance before moving on to plants that are clean . |
| 15 | The reason we have a hierarchical organization of work is not only that tasks occur in lower and higher degrees of complexity — which is obvious — but also that there are sharp discontinuities in complexity that separate tasks into a series of steps or categories — which is not so obvious . |
| 16 | It is not only that homeowners need the increase to allow them to move and to restore the equity which they invested ; lenders need an appreciation to restore the security on their fragile loan books . |
| 17 | It might be argued that a tacit assumption of research which examines girls ' 'failure' in science is not only that girls are inadequate-not measuring up to the standard of boys — but also that maths , physics and chemistry are more difficult and more important than English , languages , history and biology . |
| 18 | It is not only that Charlie 's lives , like those of Tiresias , grow confused ; his expression , speaking out of modern London about remote and contemporary affairs , all in ‘ a confused tangle of other voices ’ , like a poetic ventriloquist , points in the direction of |
| 19 | Furthermore , the real difficulty is not only that costs seem to be higher in areas of sparse population , but they are also likely to increase as depopulation occurs . |
| 20 | One of the main reasons why intra industry trade has risen , right , is not only that consumers want to purchase different varieties and different qualities of the same good erm that it , it 's very easy to differentiate the product in manufactured goods right . |
| 21 | It is not enough that hedges are misted in fresh green spray ; are greener today than they were yesterday , and greener yesterday than they were the day before . |
| 22 | It is n't often that unions have taken up issues such as racial or sex discrimination or unfair dismissal , and when workers have come out on strike they have usually been slow and reluctant to make these strikes official . |