Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mere fact of having been cast in the role of daughter , daughter-in-law , son or son-in-law does not automatically endow any of us with the ability to play that part to perfection , particularly when it begins to need more than smiles and pleasantries at family gatherings , and demands qualities of patience , perseverance and insight , and the regular visiting of a lonely and possibly disabled old person . |
| 2 | It is advisable for the precise extent of the centre to be readily identifiable and the tenant should take care to ensure that where there is a right for the landlord to extend or reduce the centre , such extension or reduction does not adversely affect the tenant 's use or occupation of the premises and that there is provision for any specific service charge percentages to be varied accordingly . |
| 3 | Even an ideal concept of income or consumption does not necessarily represent differences in opportunity sets ; and when we allow for the deviation of observable income , or consumption , from the ideal measure , the problems become still more severe . |
| 4 | Merton 's model or theory does not adequately explain all types of criminal behaviour . |
| 5 | It became clear in the operation of the first category that , for example , strong social conscience or interest did not necessarily bring a concomitant skill in criminal advocacy . |
| 6 | Moreover , size itself is an important factor since greater quantities of lava or tephra do not simply produce landforms of a similar form but larger size . |
| 7 | Indeed , in Reg. v. Secretary of State for Transport , Ex parte Factortame Ltd. [ 1990 ] 2 A.C. 85 your Lordships ' House went further than this and had regard to a Law Commission report not only for the purpose of ascertaining the mischief but also for the purpose of drawing an inference as to Parliamentary intention from the fact that Parliament had not expressly implemented one of the Law Commission 's recommendations . |
| 8 | Cadman , whose company is backed by overseas investors and a bank of ‘ international repute ’ , claims that money has not yet figured in the talks and declines to discuss the size of the FTC bid . |
| 9 | Weighing on a weekly basis reduces the likelihood that people will weigh themselves obsessionally every day and reassures the women with bulimia that weight does not necessarily go up when they eat three meals a day . |
| 10 | A recent study concluded with the recognition that research had not yet identified any variant of the existing system that was consistently related to students ' educational outcomes ( Averch et al , 1972 ) . |
| 11 | When we discover that e-mail does not necessarily work like that , we are temporarily at a loss as to what to do about it . |
| 12 | When the views of those who have experience of residential care are taken into account , and when the finding that fostering does not necessarily prove a permanent solution for young people in care is assimilated , then residential care is at least equal in its advantages to foster care . |
| 13 | The continuing popularity of ‘ mother-in-law ’ jokes reinforces a universally recognized truth that marriage does not necessarily release people from the grip of their parents . |
| 14 | I have consistently maintained the position throughout this book that sovereignty has not yet changed hands . |
| 15 | These fabrics result from temperature and pressure increases and from interaction with migrating pore fluids , although alteration does not necessarily require the introduction of additional ions within these fluids . |
| 16 | During the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries tenants throughout the realm had found that custom did not always give them the protection that they believed they had . |
| 17 | This rechunking of the text may be an idiosyncratic adjustment on the part of the German translator , as it appears that German does not generally favour more breaks than English . |
| 18 | In truth that phrase does not quite fit the Jacob/Esau narratives . |
| 19 | Although twilight had not yet come , the lights of the fair were switched on at a quarter past six , and the first strains of music from the roundabout spread the news that Mrs Curdle 's annual fair was now open . |
| 20 | They found that gearing did not significantly increase the overall cost of funds to the firm . |
| 21 | People should have known that performance does not always match up to promise . ’ |
| 22 | The advantages of village life are supposed to be friendliness and better surroundings ( Clout 1972 ) , although reality does not always match perceptions . |
| 23 | It is of some interest in the present study to note that senescence does not significantly decrease the leaf reflectance in the infra-red ; in the blue and red a rise occurs . |
| 24 | But a film like When the Devil Drives ( 1907 ) , in which a train is taken over by the devil and taken at great speed under the sea and into the sky , shows that length did not necessarily constrict imagination , while The Airship Destroyer ( 1909 ) , with its combination of romance and action in the story of an inventor who develops a missile that will destroy an airship , shows a filmmaker drawing material from contemporary anxieties about aerial combat . |
| 25 | Although counting has not yet completed , the party is on course to increase its representation by two . |
| 26 | Just to get really morbid , it is worth pointing out that death does not automatically extinguish debts on bank accounts personal loans and credit cards , hence the offer of insurance which is usually incorporated in the relevant loan/credit card application form . |
| 27 | There is a good deal of rhetoric in this field , and as regards higher education institutions , the increased ( self- ) interest in mature students has been prompted partly by the decline in the 18-year-old age-group by about one-third between 1982 and 1995 ; although for various reasons that decline does not simply translate into a comparable decline in intake ( Fulton 1981 ) . |
| 28 | This is because the Inland Revenue could then argue that Target did not beneficially own the trade at completion of Newco 's acquisition of Target , so as to be able to dispose of it to Newco and fulfil the conditions of s343 . |
| 29 | It is perhaps unfair but definitely wise to say that even direct counterparts on Macintosh and PC do not necessarily transfer all their formats from one system to another . |
| 30 | Youth ( a comparative term in this context ) and experience do not normally go hand in hand . |