Example sentences of "that [be] n't [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is n't enough to account for the difference between £27.25 to hire a Cessna 152 for an hour at Canterbury NZ and £76.85 for a similar machine at Cambridge UK ( just to take one example ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I have the backing of two sponsors , Castrol and Sunday World , but that is n't enough to run a car like my Toyota Celica GT4 on the Circuit of Ireland , ’ says the three-times Dunlop Tarmac champion . |
| 3 | ‘ That was n't simply to show us the way , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The sisxth grade at Little Rissington elementary school are getting their report cards … and if that was n't enough to upset them its the end of an era . |
| 5 | And , in case that was n't enough to show the people where their duty lay , had n't the Church 's ban on Fenianism been reinforced later by a papal decree ? |
| 6 | Yes , you could mock at the idea , but that was n't enough to rid yourself of its insidious appeal , politely , persistently tugging at your soul . |
| 7 | While I 'm paying for your time , we 'll discuss whatever I think necessary , ’ and if that was n't enough to send her temper soaring , ‘ So , for a start , you can begin by telling me why , when I know as fact that two men at least hang their hat up in your home , you 're so intent — the glasses , the schoolmarm hairstyle — on living up to the Miss Frostbite label they 've pinned on you here ? ’ |
| 8 | She was in love with a man who considered her to be lower than the lowest form of human life , yet even that was n't enough to change her feelings for him . |
| 9 | ‘ All dressed ready for your important engagement , I see , ’ he drawled , his eyes going once more over her bedroom attire , and , if that was n't enough to ignite sparks of fury in her , his mocking tone abruptly fell away as his glance went from her and to the hall — in which direction she knew he was aware there was at least one bedroom . |
| 10 | In fact we turned up some gas shares on the way , but er and a bit of cash , but that was n't enough to pay the funeral accounts and she made no provision for paying any of the bills so I sold the gas shares towards paying the funeral account and then got shouted at by the er beneficiary children because I had n't consulted them about selling the gas shares and I said Well , they have to be sold because there 's bills to pay and there is no way of dealing with that . |