Example sentences of "something not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By interposing a large enough series of Ks , we can derive the human eye from something not slightly different from itself but very different from itself . |
| 2 | There were ripples in the air of something bigger , something not altogether pleasant . |
| 3 | In contrast to the earlier stages of the debate , the concern was to make the common curriculum more than the ‘ basics ’ ( something not altogether borne out in their subsequent pronouncements ) . |
| 4 | I was often unable to think of external things as having external existence , and I communed with all that I saw as something not apart from , but inherent in , my own immaterial nature . |
| 5 | Unless Oxendown had certain special facilities , something not easily transferred … |
| 6 | Deutsch and Budwig ( 1983 ) , for example , found that children often used their own names in two-word utterances when they talked about objects currently in their possession , but a pronoun like me or my when they were claiming something not yet in their hands . |
| 7 | As things turned out , time was something not just then at our disposal . |
| 8 | There was something not right about Daniel , his wife thought . |
| 9 | There 's obviously something not right , Doctor . |
| 10 | I greatly fear that there is something not right about the man . ’ |
| 11 | Something not right . |
| 12 | There 's something not right about the way he goes on with her . |
| 13 | There 's obviously something not right , Doctor . |
| 14 | Practically all these early recordings suffer from distortion and overloading of the voice , something not readily apparent on the original 78s and something Decca should surely have been able to correct even , if as I believe , they have n't kept the original masters ( shame on them ! ) |
| 15 | Virtually all the accounts we have suggest that the public schools , in spite of Arnold 's efforts , continued to exist in something not far removed from a Hobbesian state of nature — or rather , just far enough removed to allow for the development of tribal ritual . |
| 16 | To that end Stockman , the director of the OMB and the principal architect of Reagan 's first budget , set about reducing the role of Congress to something not far removed from that of the House of Commons . |
| 17 | If it means something not very valuable , why not water ? |
| 18 | Something not very pleasant . |
| 19 | No it ca n't be for something not very loud and that 's all gone , shit , I 've fucking it ! |
| 20 | I have eaten there once and came away describing it as something not very special . |
| 21 | Therefore ( b ) when you say ‘ this appears white ’ , you are saying something not only about your present experience , but also about all of these other occasions . |
| 22 | At the least , Swegen 's victories are likely to have owed something not only to his doubtless considerable abilities as a commander , but also to an administration capable of utilising resources effectively and controlling the country in his absence . |
| 23 | Something not too demanding and well within my female capabilities , of course . ’ |
| 24 | We seem to have a labour party that treats education as some kind of middle class hobby that thinks of education spending as something spent only on the bourgeoisie , something to do with a university , something not really important for ordinary people . |
| 25 | There was something not quite right about his unblinking stare . |
| 26 | ‘ Something not quite right there , ’ said Bruce . |
| 27 | The men stared silently at each other , then one plucked up courage and said , ‘ There 's something not quite right down there , ’ pointing to the line of fish vans . |
| 28 | And often she 'd touch down on my glove only to find something not quite right and promptly take off again . |
| 29 | On first encounter it can sound pedestrian , but there 's always something not quite right about the melodies they produce , and the more curiosity that provokes , the more you 're sucked in . |
| 30 | And , finally , as destructive conflicts are usually about blatant power or win-lose situations there is something not quite nice about discussing power in research seminars or even in work organizations . |