Example sentences of "[not/n't] actually [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A simple solution is to use small angle brackets which support the tile but are not actually fixed to it . |
| 2 | Labour Party say they want to tackle crime in and we have , and I hope we will debate later on this agenda , the situation where a Labour Chairman of the Police Complaints Committee turns up a public meeting urging er law- breaking and support for people who are not actually gone to trial an a the circumstances of the events really does not concern us but it 's the fact that leaflets are now circularising this city , printed by our old friends , the resource centre , urging people to join the Defence Committee , which is supported by the University Labour Party , is supported by the West Labour Party and is supported by the Police Complaints Committee no less . |
| 3 | No but no , not , not actually gone to Weston . |
| 4 | Well I I 'm I think that er I 'm less worried about dating it cos I think it actually quite important to date it , like the war memorial ground and actually fairly closely although it 's not actually dated to the end of the war , I mean it was nineteen fifty two when it was established . |
| 5 | If the County Court issues a certificate authorizing the alterations , the tenant may claim compensation for the improvements made when the tenancy ends , although the landlord had not actually consented to the alterations . |
| 6 | At this stage the channel cables were not actually connected to the peripherals so that testing of the processor and channels could be carried out without affecting the existing systems . |
| 7 | Since node D is not actually connected to earth , capacitances C A and C C simply act in parallel with the supply and also do not affect the balance of the main bridge comprising arms Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 and Z 4 . |
| 8 | This would amount to a revocable settlement and thus the income will be taxed upon the settlor ( even if it is not actually paid to him or his spouse or children ) under the provisions of TA 1988 , ss663 and 664 . |
| 9 | We sense that beneath the linguistic competence which he displays in the play 's early scenes , he is not actually committed to anything beyond language itself , apart from football . |
| 10 | The likes of us we 've got a man behind us , but the likes of them I feel sorry for , they can not actually afford to be sick and that 's it . |
| 11 | Cases of the latter type , where the adjective is used only to aid identification and does not actually apply to the entity of the phrase , closely resemble the great bulk of noun + noun phrases in their structural value , examples such as : ( 11 ) army manoeuvres the piano factory a sea monster an angle bracket However , even among noun + noun phrases , certain specimens occur which are clearly analogous to the former type ; as in : ( 12 ) a doctor journalist ( or doctor-journalist ) Chancellor Kohl a bed-settee These would permit an affirmative answer to our diagnostic test , although normally it is necessary to allow a little leeway in the shape of an added determiner to allow for this requirement of English : ( 13 ) Maurice is a journalist and he is also a doctor 2.3 It would be useful to have names for the two types of adjectival use , and there are fortunately two terms available which fall in the right semantic area and which have not been pre-empted for any other widely accepted technical linguistic purpose . |
| 12 | Our isolates of E coli were from the rectal mucosa and were presumably closely associated with , if not actually attached to , the epithelium ; loosely adherent bacteria were removed from the tissue by the vigorous washing procedure . |
| 13 | It is not actually brought to the United Kingdom and if it is brought then it is brought by the lender and , following Carter v Sharon 20 TC 229 , that will not have been a remittance by the relevant taxpayer . |
| 14 | MPs had complained that it was too easy for them to get benefits , and that many were not actually entitled to the money . |
| 15 | MPs had complained that it was too easy for them to get benefits , and that many were not actually entitled to the money . |
| 16 | One of Foucault 's most significant insights is that the controller at the centre of the panopticon does not actually need to be in the lantern for pacification of the surrounding inmates to take place . |
| 17 | I 'm not actually talking to a teenager though I can be talking to anyone . |
| 18 | He says that it is recorded in the that on the death of Molla Fenari , Molla Yegan was authorized to give fetvas in the time of Murad II ; but that since he did not actually rise to the office of Mufti — the actual words used are " the rank of the glorious office of fetva " , fetva being used here , a — often , to indicate the Muftilik-he will not be singled out and accorded special mention . |
| 19 | This 4-tuple I' of coordinates in the TV images may not actually correspond to any real point in the 3-dimensional space of possible positions for the torch , but that does not matter . |
| 20 | The Hyades , extending from the bright orange star Aldebaran in Taurus ( the Bull ) cover a much wider area than the Pleiades , and are also somewhat overpowered by Aldebaran , which does not actually belong to the cluster at all , but merely happens to lie about midway between the Hyades and ourselves . |
| 21 | Er what the gov the British government would like to see is a resolution of these matters er our precise position er and attitude and er erm the assistance we can give in reaching conclusions is much more a matter er for ministers of the foreign office rather than myself so the honourable gentleman er invites me to tread in areas that do n't belong to me and do not actually belong to these orders that are before us , no they 're not , they 're not really relevant to whether we approve or not the orders that are before us , er I 'll give way in a moment but the honourable gentleman er for I believe wanted to intervene . |
| 22 | ‘ I had n't actually planned to , ’ Lindsey shot her a wry look , ‘ but yes . |
| 23 | But erm the forty six is an artificial figure , it represents neither the capacity of the city nor the calculated needs , so I would not wish to er have this figure of forty six in our York plan because it does n't actually relate to either . |
| 24 | Yes , she is , she 's very nice but you do n't actually want to , if you 're on the , the touchline you do n't want to stand next to her . |
| 25 | Because very often on courses we find that people have been sort of nominated to go on courses , and quite honestly they do n't actually want to be there and they 're looking at their watch and as soon as they can get away that , that 's better . |
| 26 | who do n't actually go to school . |
| 27 | Poor she did n't actually go to the museum at all . |
| 28 | So he did n't actually speak to her — that 's what she told me anyway . ’ |
| 29 | He was anxious about making absolutely sure that another person was present in The Randolph at the lunch session with the American tourists ; and he learned quite unequivocally that this person was there , although he did n't actually speak to him . |
| 30 | We did n't actually speak to him but we did get an ‘ all right boys ? ’ as he went past . ’ |