Example sentences of "not [conj] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It is a fact that record results were produced last year , but not that this year will be even better . |
2 | Of course , the rival may fight back , but the point is not that this type of calculation ensures a successful barrier to entry , but that it provides a way of assessing what it will cost the rival to surmount the barrier to attain cost leadership . |
3 | Not that this defence is likely to have an easy afternoon . |
4 | Not that this war will bring a ‘ new world order ’ even in the Middle East . |
5 | A Schools Council report ( 1970 ) has emphasized that the problem is not that this sort of pupil leaves school at the earliest opportunity but that as far as school learning goes they ‘ leave ’ at the age of about 12 . |
6 | Not that this match could be close or anything ; |
7 | Not that this production is in any way unbalanced . |
8 | Not that this miracle was the end of the tale . |
9 | Putting a layer of polystyrene , either in tile or roll form , onto the ceiling of a room under a flat roof can help , but remember , not if this room is a kitchen . |
10 | Not until this matter is settled . ’ |
11 | The last council yes and why not and this council and we have n't heard the end of it yet , well I 'll be coming to that bit do n't rush , do n't rush me We did ask the Secretary of State not to impose V A T on fuel and light because of the hardship it would impose on the people and in particular elderly pensioners , sick and invalids . |
12 | Its tough decisions concern not whether this method of conservation is good or not ( and there are those who say that the efforts should be directed towards protecting the animals where they belong ) , but how to go about doing it . |
13 | It was n't that this dispute between my dad and me about whether there was a God or not really meant anything any more , but rather the fact of the history of the dispute — the reality of its course , not the substance of the original disagreement — was what prevented me from ending it . |
14 | But this guy I have n't cos this guy can get me a great deal of information |