Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It could , of course , be objected that geographical comparisons of this sort are not entirely compelling because of important differences between the criminal justice systems , not to mention levels of recorded crime , in the countries concerned . |
| 32 | The foregoing , while not entirely eliminating such cases , would probably reduce them . |
| 33 | But such behaviour is not obviously threatening ( although it is almost certainly disorderly ) , and it may be doubted whether a conviction of the section 4 offence is proper unless the conduct complained of is such that it is likely to lead to further violence . |
| 34 | But Davies says that when Eubank is not obviously strutting and posing , his appearance can be positively deceptive . |
| 35 | cos I 'm not suddenly gon na to say to somebody now |
| 36 | ‘ Mr Major is not suddenly going to say let's have a referendum , ’ said one Scottish Tory source . |
| 37 | Most of these potential customers are buying shrink-wrapped applications and dental practices are not suddenly going to employ a couple of CICS programmers to develop and maintain a bespoke system . |
| 38 | I 'm not suddenly going to start painting bowls of fruit . |
| 39 | It will only be small at the outset for example one might get the opportunity to go in and on or might get the opportunity to go and advise on P R P or something and it 's not suddenly going to result in an invitation er to . |
| 40 | In posing these questions I am not necessarily wanting to provide the answers , and it may be that there are no simple answers to some of these questions . |
| 41 | The other thing that 's important to bear in mind which is in the report is you 're not necessarily comparing exactly like with like , when you compare your provision with what we 're currently buying in the independent sector . |
| 42 | While not necessarily dealing with the most important , nor the most contentious , matters , the criminal justice legislation , by virtue of its comprehensiveness and regularity , suggests more of a systematic approach to keeping in good repair the administration of justice and the working of the penal system than can be substantiated by events . |
| 43 | Well it is possible , it is possible because erm you know we 're not necessarily dealing with anything that 's horrendously difficult this year erm |
| 44 | Friendship has the advantage of choice , friends are chosen by the individual concerned but it is , also , flexible and not necessarily lasting . |
| 45 | Is it possible for some of us and perhaps representative 's of organisations or a group of us and I know I can talk to the board but I 'm not necessarily speaking for anybody else if I natter to you other than myself . |
| 46 | Mr Robinson admitted that the Office of Fair Trading which pledged to investigate the complaints was ‘ not necessarily acting as quickly as I would like it to . ’ |
| 47 | And , while not necessarily eclipsing their own songs , the rash of covers — chosen for maximum heartbreak potential — offer pointers into their mindset . |
| 48 | Other people , who are perhaps close to , or even at the right weight , are still not necessarily eating well . |
| 49 | However , recent research indicates that the slim person is not necessarily eating in a way to promote maximum health . |
| 50 | If they want their own snappy one they would , you 're quite right , it 's not necessarily handing them the bad one on a plate just in case they might use it . |
| 51 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 52 | We 've taken all this into account , erm I 'm not sure all groups have tried to do that , erm but we have tried to please everyone , we do have some particular priorities and we do want to make significant improvements in service where we can and not necessarily looking for cheap publicity by increasing in lots of places as some people are supposed to of done so where one concludes sometime a significant amount of money in but will have a noticeable difference to their essential service . |
| 53 | Wilson-Barnett differentiates between teaching ( involving a change in behaviour ) and information-giving ( a process , and having less concern with how it is received … and not necessarily involving interaction or assessment of individual need ) . |
| 54 | These pupils were not necessarily involving their parents in a conspiracy to allow them to avoid school for its own sake ; they were more likely to agree with their parents in putting home values before school values as the following quotations from two headteachers illustrate : |
| 55 | In order that you may continue with other work ( not necessarily involving LIFESPAN ) , mail messages are accumulated within LIFESPAN until it is convenient for them to be inspected or printed . |
| 56 | 1.3 Conclusion One can conclude that : ( 1 ) The following classes of case are usually subject to the doctrine : ( a ) employment contracts regarding the period after the contract has ended ; ( b ) contracts analogous to ( a ) such as some agency agreements and partnership agreements ; ( c ) business sales contracts which preclude the vendor from competing with his former business ; ( d ) solus agreements ; and ( e ) any situation , not necessarily involving a contract , in which it appears a party has acted unreasonably , unfairly or oppressively so as to restrict another party , usually the plaintiff in the action , in the exercise of his trade , profession or employment . |
| 57 | Do n't forget that we are not necessarily recommending any of the therapies mentioned but we would like to hear how you get on if you try any of them . |
| 58 | I 'm not necessarily advocating playing Sterland , but saying all he could do was tackle and shoot is being unfair . |
| 59 | While not necessarily accepting the fatalism of this argument , it would be wrong to assume that the balance of power between the sexes can be changed simply by persuading more girls to take ‘ boys ’ subjects ' : the issue is clearly too complex to justify simplistic remedies . |
| 60 | You wan na be careful there because I 'm not tak I 'm not necessarily taking those . |