Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the towns a rich and influential group of merchants , retailers , professional men and the like led their chapels in all the important decisions such as whether or not to move to a Unitarian position . |
| 2 | Some companies insist that journalists or other borrowers should sign a form to say that they will be responsible for any photographs borrowed and that they will pay for it in the event that a photograph is lost or not returned before a certain date . |
| 3 | Although not located on a structural culmination , the well had a small show of methane at the top of the Lower Permian Sandstone beneath the Magnesian Limestone and Zechstein salt . |
| 4 | Now , in contrast , a teacher is more often than not faced with a complete ignorance of Christianity . |
| 5 | But it is a common and easily observed fact that measures of aggregate output in any economy tend to be positively serially correlated ; that is , a higher than average value for aggregate output in any period is more often than not followed by a higher than average value next period and , similarly , a low value in any period is more likely to be followed by another low one than by a high one . |
| 6 | When she did breathe ‘ cancer ’ , in her muffled contralto , the implications were of something exceedingly unfortunate with a strong hint of divine retribution , more often than not accompanied by a sharp , righteous , ‘ be sure your sins will find you out . ’ |
| 7 | Also , the needles on the needlebed ( plus their latches ) must be in good condition with the sinker posts in an upright position and not bent at a drunken angle ! |
| 8 | He should believe in her character , and not object to a past action she could not avoid . |
| 9 | The design and development of many of these products was undertaken by large groups of workers and not limited to a small technocratic elite . |
| 10 | Examples in Northern Tyneside include ship-building and -repair as part of the maritime industrial structure , and those local plants which are independent and not tied to a particular customer . |
| 11 | My old man had this thing about all of us [ a family of ten ] growing up in this society and not getting into a black thing . |
| 12 | The local labour movement was split between those who wanted to intervene politically to support members of the skilled manual working class and those who wanted to act on financial grounds and not intervene in a declining enterprise . |
| 13 | Second , most people who are in work are keeping their heads down and not looking for a new job , so there is less competition from those in work . |
| 14 | However , talk within the argument and not addressed to a specified individual may be in Creole or in British English , with a single turn often containing elements of both . |
| 15 | The golden rule is to begin gently and not to plunge into a sudden regime of vigorous exercise . |
| 16 | If you are married and not entitled to a basic pension on your own contributions , you can still claim the graduated pension , even if your husband has not yet retired . |
| 17 | If you 're simply replacing the old cistern — and not putting in a new system alongside the old you will be without water for some considerable time while the job is done . |
| 18 | The difference of about two years is significant since , as I understand it , an application lapses if not implemented within a certain time . |
| 19 | The enormous success of the Matisse show currently at the Museum of Modern Art , New York , has coincided if not resulted in a large number of works appearing this season . |
| 20 | It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again . |
| 21 | While not intended as a dogmatic definition , it was in fact little less . |
| 22 | As well as not functioning in a submersed situation , dying cells , releasing adverse substances will pollute the water . |
| 23 | Even when not launched for a revolutionary purpose , war according to Marx has a revolutionary effect . |