Example sentences of "is not [that] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is not that such agendas are unresponsive to data but they are not responsive by way of direct testing .
2 The objection is not that such matters are raised but to the poisonous or venomous manner in which it is done .
3 As explained above , the proposal of the FRED is not that such expenses be treated as an asset , but rather that they be taken into account in measuring a liability .
4 The argument here is not that all children should have access to all aspects of the curriculum .
5 The real grist of Watchdog 's story is not that all fishtanks are dangerous but that there are tanks on the market made from glass that is far too thin .
6 His worry is not that these errors undermine any of their actual results : ‘ that the principles laid down by mathematicians are true , and their way of deduction from those principles clear and incontestable , we do not deny . ’
7 When , in Britain , it is suggested that the policies of the Conservative Government towards local authorities since 1979 raise constitutional questions , what is meant is not that these policies are in any sense illegal , but rather … that they breach hitherto accepted understandings , albeit tacit , as to how relationships between central government and local authorities should be ordered .
8 It is not that these things are in themselves opposed to religion , but the possessiveness and distractedness which they tend to promote are .
9 It is not that these writers were necessarily against the idea of a science of society , but they did argue that the idea and practice of social science is not as straightforward as positivism would have us believe .
10 It is not that these initiatives do not contain good educational practice which is being criticised here ( for they do ) , but rather the way in which they are seen by some as panaceas which can succeed without full professional involvement .
11 It is not that these judgements should not be made , but that where subjective judgements are made by the teacher she should be aware that this is so and be prepared , not only to give reasons for her judgements , but also to be sufficiently flexible to change them in the light of particular circumstances .
12 It is not that these issues are being dismissed in terms of their general abstract importance as a way of getting to grips with capitalism as a system .
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