Example sentences of "not [adj] that [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is so , is it not strange that already 2% of physicians carrying out LAWER did not consult anyone ? |
| 2 | As theologians have noticed , it is not clear that even God could become somebody other than himself . |
| 3 | The process was not unlike that whereby , today , a large corporation might swallow up its smaller competitors . |
| 4 | I am not convinced that even in theory this is an accurate reflection of section 2 , for I think it possible that in many cases the investigation will have concluded at an earlier stage . |
| 5 | We are not convinced that just because large quantities of potential secondary materials are present in the North Wales region , they can be used to meet unsustainable demand at an acceptable environmental cost . |
| 6 | We are not convinced that just because large quantities of potential secondary materials are present in the North Wales region , they can be used to meet unsustainable demand at an acceptable environmental cost . |
| 7 | I 'm not sure that even Robbo was a leader of men at that age when he was still with West Bromwich . |
| 8 | However , I am not sure that even in this case an exception must automatically be made . |
| 9 | However , I am not sure that even any relaxation of more flexible age and medical standards could quite accommodate the hon. Gentleman in his present seniority . |
| 10 | There 's also a general view in the community that community care itself is not necessarily really working very well , there 's some fears about it , some uncertainties and a member did mention , it may have been Jim you know or somebody mentioned about the seven hours domiciliary , from my experience as a councillor I am not sure that simply because that figure exists that that means that that is satisfying the need of those people and in any case the sort of people who need to go into residential care , who can no longer be maintained in their home , with whatever help we give them or with whatever help their family have to give them they 're not necessarily the sort of people who we 're talking about need to go in a home . |
| 11 | Personally I 'm not sure that highly detailed reality is what the theatre is truly about . |
| 12 | And I 'm not sure that personally I 'm put my hands up and say that I 'd understand all the issues but I understand some of the basic principles and I 'm beginning to understand er some of the complexities of a a planning issue like this . |
| 13 | Is he not ashamed that so many children have been thrown on to the streets of Scotland while he has been Prime Minister ? |
| 14 | Is it not outrageous that so much British taxpayers ' money should have been spent trying to suppress a book which in part told us about the treacherous activities of the security services in trying to undermine the democratically elected Government of Harold Wilson ? |
| 15 | Currently , the prediction of a poor response will not change clinical practice because agents are not available that conveniently increase calcium excretion . |
| 16 | Is it not wonderful that so many Dublin stockbrokers , estate agents , solicitors and others close to Michael Smurfit worked so hard over 17 months so that they could hand over a profit of millions to a fella called Pat Doherty in London . |
| 17 | In view of the slowness with which changes of mental outlook came about in those days , it is not surprising that even after the introduction of the mechanical clock in the fourteenth century most people , including many of the more sophisticated , were far less concerned in their daily life with the passage of time than we are . |
| 18 | It was not surprising that even within the upper reaches of the Party discontent began to come into the open , or at least to be expressed clearly behind closed doors at meetings of the Central Committee or Council of Ministers . |
| 19 | Given this , it is probably not surprising that even where qualifications were stipulated , the requirement was not rigidly enforced . |
| 20 | Given the traditional English attachment to the extravagant version of the judicial independence doctrine , it is perhaps not surprising that even these modest calls for reform should have fallen on deaf ears . |
| 21 | Since watches were for long the toys of the rich , it is not surprising that often when ordinary folk encountered one they were extremely puzzled and were even inclined to look upon it as something evil and dangerous . |
| 22 | Opera is the communal act of listening to this silent voice from inside : it is not surprising that so many people are hungry for the experience it awakens . |
| 23 | In light of the large numbers who had chosen a similar response to the question , ‘ Why do you have the farm ? ’ it was not surprising that so many gave job satisfaction as one of the personal benefits of training . |
| 24 | If this is so , it is not surprising that so many complaints continue to be made by patients and relatives about poor communication . |
| 25 | It 's not surprising that so many ministers and MPs head there — it 's only a five-minute walk from the Houses of Parliament . |
| 26 | Given the confusion over the definition of a partial shift , it is not surprising that so many consultants and juniors oppose them . |
| 27 | It is not surprising that so many North Americans feel they were born to shop . |
| 28 | With a budget like that , it 's not surprising that so little ever gets done ‘ on the ground ’ ) . |
| 29 | Considering all this , then , it is not surprising that so many of today 's adolescents seem to experience great difficulty in maturing : |
| 30 | With such diverse origins it is not surprising that occasionally some unsuspected gene from a complicated ancestral past asserts itself and a deviation pops up . |