Example sentences of "n't that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't that one writer did something bad and somehow called punishment down upon himself ; it 's that writers in Iran , Saudi , Egypt are being persecuted by the forces of fundamentalism . |
| 2 | There were n't that many rehearsal places around at that time which we could afford . |
| 3 | After all there are n't that many places that can do the sort of development work needed . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel a pressure 'cause there ai n't that many people who 've been able to look , speak or represent the types of styles I have , but I ai n't doing this for everyone , I 'm just doing what I do best and that should be more than enough . ’ |
| 5 | But then again , there are n't that many words rhyming with ‘ Colin ’ are there ? |
| 6 | ‘ There are n't that many words to learn but they are are important ones , ’ said director Gabriel by way of encouragement . |
| 7 | ‘ There are n't that many madmen about , ’ he said . |
| 8 | 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 . |