Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when referring to personal opinion it is not normally considered good style to do so directly . |
| 2 | Why , he is not even wearing respectable clothes ! " |
| 3 | The new system is designed to hook into most of the popular network operating systems used in small to medium size PC networks.Microsoft is not just targeting existing PC network users but also customers seriously thinking about installing a network . |
| 4 | The aim of animal breeders is not just to produce more animals but to produce better animals . |
| 5 | The duty is not simply to take reasonable care to refrain from the act or neglect , but to take reasonable care not to injure such a person by the act or neglect . |
| 6 | The purpose is not simply to replicate earlier experiments but to provide new evidence which will help to discriminate between alternative theories and provide insights about the ways in which our understanding of choice under uncertainty might be improved . |
| 7 | This is seen as crucial in attracting people away from the current crop of cramped top-of-the-range coupes — essential if the car is not simply to draw existing Bentley customers from the Turbo R. |
| 8 | The point is not simply to abandon this type of teaching but to acknowledge and analyse its limitations in the light of a more complex understanding of the nature of racism and to develop forms of educational engagement more likely to open up racist subjectivities and common sense to alternative discourses . |
| 9 | Today , by its modern clearing system , LCH is not simply clearing other people 's transactions , but is engaged directly and personally in futures and options trading , taking the counterpart to every registered contract — in effect every contract made on the market floor . |
| 10 | The concern at Cosmeston is not simply to present static displays but to attempt to bring the village to life with living history events , with crafts-men working in the buildings and with more animals added to those already living at the village . |
| 11 | An ‘ age-regressed ’ subject is not really reliving actual events ; by checking school records and the like , researchers have found that remembered fact is well-laced with fantasy . |
| 12 | It is not always clear that polygyny is of such reproductive value to females as the views of Orians and his colleagues suggest . |
| 13 | If the policyholder is not gainfully employed weekly benefit will only be paid if the policyholder is necessarily confined to house , hospital or nursing home on the advice of a qualified medical practitioner . |
| 14 | However , as with the English infinitive , the speaker is not merely accepting this happening as a fact but is passing judgement on the appropriateness of its occurrence : the verb regretter here expresses a " critical idea " through which the happening être venu is " viewed " ( Guillaume 1971a : 218 ) . |
| 15 | At the same time , however , Ure warns that the team is not there to handle day-to-day risk management and the general belief is that the more responsibility for that is pushed down to line management , the better . |
| 16 | Yes , we want to try and improve resource allocation in the economy and one way of doing that is not necessarily subsidizing agricultural production , but remove the taxes on agricultural growth . |
| 17 | President Roe Tae Woo is not only facing such demonstrations , but an economy that is under severe pressure . |
| 18 | So now the pressure on the broker is not only to do more business but to do it in exactly their way . ’ |
| 19 | The present study is not only covering new ground in concentrating on a single age-group — teenagers — but is also the first study in the U.K. to extensively interview both parents and children from a sample of divorced and intact families . |
| 20 | But the function of art history today is not only to make such identifications , but also to relate an individual work humanistically to other works of the same school , period and culture , while remaining sensitive to its salient aesthetic qualities . |
| 21 | The problem is not only to apply this principle , but also to respect its limits , in relation to the facts of particular cases in the light of the authorities . |
| 22 | However , the aim of the week is not only to encourage cheesy grins , but also to ensure people have bright , healthy smiles . |
| 23 | Mr. Utley submits on behalf of the board that , on the true construction of section 18(1) , power to make an order for payment of costs by the board is only exercisable in favour of a person who is an unassisted party at the time when the relevant proceedings are finally decided , i.e. who is not then receiving legal aid . |
| 24 | The Islamic movement in Jordan opposes the peace talks with Israel , but it is not actively opposing regional peace negotiations . |
| 25 | But one is forced , upon contemplating Stuart , to conclude that if he is not currently d'un certain âge , he nevertheless might as well be . |
| 26 | And it is not enough to devote four pages to ‘ sexual orientation ’ and then lamely say it deserves more attention . |
| 27 | But utilitarianism is not enough to sustain woman-centred feminism 's more dramatic ambitions . |
| 28 | But this is not enough says International Resource Development , which believes the figure should be more like $10 billion . |
| 29 | It is not enough to show that expenditure elsewhere has had to be curtailed . |
| 30 | And although some personnel may sit on several committees of the various bodies this is not enough to ensure adequate liaison , because there may be a conflict of loyalties . |