Example sentences of "that [is] not an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one doubts the toxic properties of lead above such levels , and that is not an issue in this debate . |
| 2 | That is not an issue for some distant day in 1996 or 1998 . |
| 3 | However , that is not an accusation that I could level at the Leader of the Opposition , as he has not found time to say anything at all about the environment — true or false . |
| 4 | That is not an apology . |
| 5 | People may actually be right but that is not an excuse for smugness , and non-interest in what anybody else thinks except to knock them down and force them to acknowledge the superiority of one 's own views . |
| 6 | That is not an evidence of his blessing . |
| 7 | That is not an answer . |
| 8 | That is not an incentive ; it is a penal rate . |
| 9 | That is not an assumption made by Amis or Golding or Murdoch , and that is the plain sense in which they are not Modernists . |
| 10 | Erm I do n't have any problem with er with giving people financial incentive , I do have a problem with the concept of er giving people a finesty or a commission or something like that if we 're successful in obtaining in obtaining new work , that is not an fashion view , that is not how a professional office of a professional organisation works . |
| 11 | I know there are terrible things out there , but that is n't an excuse for giving up on that which sustains us in this life . |
| 12 | ‘ That is n't an answer , ’ said the Doctor . |
| 13 | ‘ Instead it made me laugh , ’ he said , pushing a bowl of freshly prepared salad into the fridge , ‘ I hope that is n't an omen for the rest of the evening . |
| 14 | And Steve Albini says about Steve Albini : ‘ I really do n't give a shit what people think of me , that 's not an issue . |
| 15 | That 's not an adjective the Villa manager would apply to his namesake in the team . |
| 16 | That 's not an atom the axeman says |
| 17 | we all can get depressed if we 're talking about a mood state , that 's not an illness . |
| 18 | It may be difficult finding the right moment to air an embarrassing subject , but that 's not an excuse for shelving things indefinitely . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope that 's not an accolade . ’ |
| 20 | He added : ‘ That 's not an attack on the government . ’ |
| 21 | Referring to Mr Sze 's statement , he said : ‘ That 's not an ultimatum . |
| 22 | that 's not an emergency , life threatening |
| 23 | ‘ That 's not an answer , ’ she protested . |
| 24 | Er I mean that , that 's not an attempt to dissuade or anyone but it , it you know people are very traditional and if the Garrick has always charged reasonably and suddenly there seems to be rate of inflation and this sort of thing , you know , as Linda said , they might think okay , I 'll pay three quid but I 'm damned if I 'm buying any raffle tickets . |
| 25 | that 's right and there 's also people who have been to the theatre before that 's not an audience who have |
| 26 | That 's not an option , that 's a delusion . |
| 27 | But that 's not an option locals here want to consider . |
| 28 | No oh you think well that 's not an executive phone that 's just er a phone with a couple of buttons on it |
| 29 | Bilton that 's a company in n it , that 's not an agent . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's not an improvement — I prefer your hair as it is in your photograph . ’ |