Example sentences of "not [conj] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The survey tells us that the chances of being burgled are less than the risk of domestic fire and that the chances of robbery are smaller than those of being admitted to a psychiatric hospital — not that such statistics will be a lot of consolation to those who are burgled or robbed . |
| 2 | The objection is not that such matters are raised but to the poisonous or venomous manner in which it is done . |
| 3 | It is not that such agendas are unresponsive to data but they are not responsive by way of direct testing . |
| 4 | Not that such claims were decisive . |
| 5 | It is not that such people are necessarily ‘ inadequate ’ , but that they feel themselves to be inadequate . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Software selection and use in this school has been guided by the policy stated above and it was not until such policy decisions were taken that appropriate software could be chosen . |
| 8 | This is not because such explanations are ‘ wrong ’ , but because they are incomplete or inadequate . |
| 9 | The issue is not whether such factors will in some way be represented , because they are bound to be , but whether they are in pedagogic focus . |
| 10 | The interesting question is not whether such functions exist , for they are clearly implied in the phenomena we call behaviour . |