Example sentences of "certainly [not/n't] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes , though certainly not as a general rule , the family had some influence on what was provided .
2 Districts and units have taken initiatives but often they have not been co-ordinated within a district and certainly not as a national service .
3 The videos focused on individuals and their themes and this did not feed back into departmental meetings and certainly not into a whole-school context .
4 Certainly not for a wasteful spendthrift , who preyed upon a gullible old woman !
5 Certainly not for the religious significance of it , but for the dance itself .
6 He tells me there 's no work for him in Amantani , certainly not for the whole year , and he must go to Puno .
7 ‘ I 'm not opposed to specialisation , but certainly not at the tender age of 16 . ’
8 This may be an exaggerated view of the public 's overall reaction , but it is certainly not of a vocal minority : It is this pursuit of utopia which is at the heart of the reason why anyone concerned with buildings should understand and take into account the impact of planning control .
9 Mrs Beeson was not normally given to strong language ; most certainly not in a loud voice — and most certainly not in an Australian accent !
10 Although certainly not in a musical field .
11 Mrs Beeson was not normally given to strong language ; most certainly not in a loud voice — and most certainly not in an Australian accent !
12 One does not get a sense of a strong need for support from parents to children to be reciprocated — certainly not in the short term , and possibly not in the long term either .
13 There was no answer anywhere , no solace for him anywhere , not in the pronouncements of the other clergy , nor in the speeches of politicians , and certainly not in the daily litany of murder and worse than murder that the newspapers carried .
14 It is unlikely that such vigour was ever witnessed elsewhere , certainly not in the British experience of industrialisation .
15 On land , and in particular in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland , this was certainly not in the well-known form of lime juice , as the Gaels applied their own wisdom for the prevention of the disease .
16 Not always through royal initiative , and certainly not by a deliberate policy , Edward I 's reign witnessed some major developments much to the long-term disadvantage of the English church .
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