Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was already working as Derek 's apprentice carpet-fitter in my spare time — when I had any — but the wage I was getting was going not only on the birds ' upkeep but also on mine . |
| 2 | The company is responsible not only for the meters ' manufacture , but also their installation and commissioning — and the decommissioning of the old Spectra-Tek equipment . |
| 3 | He enhances our sense not only of the poets ' universe — me cosmology of Dante and Milton , for example — but also of the symbolism used by painters and architects . |
| 4 | Since aid is becoming more , not less , important in Africa there is a crying need for a more outspoken analysis of the problem , not only from the recipients ' point of view , but by the recipients themselves . |
| 5 | This pattern is made not only by the dancers ' feet as they move over the surface but also by the dancers ' bodies as they move through space . |
| 6 | The pervasive influence of a combative religious morality was evident not only in the repealers ' language but in the common culture which bound many of them together . |
| 7 | The quality of inspection varied enormously and was dependent not just on the inspectors ' powers of observation but also on their view of how young refugees should be treated . |
| 8 | The story exhibits just the type of learning and experimentation that one would expect from incrementalism , except that , in the Honda case , the experiments were being conducted for real , not just in the executives ' minds prior to decision , and the process did not seem all that logical . |
| 9 | Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places and over-reliance on foreign staff is not always in the patients ' best interests in an area where personal communication is so important . |
| 10 | It was at the southern end of ‘ the terraces ’ one of the older residential areas of the town , and not far from the Burgers ' . |
| 11 | The last straw for Hysen came against Middlesbrough on Saturday when Limpar , who lost his place to 20-year-old Mark Flatts , was not even on the substitutes ' bench . |
| 12 | Not even on the candidates ' list , Coun Wilson was asked to put himself forward while having a coffee on the Welsh stand during last year 's Party conference . |
| 13 | ( And never do this in court , not even in a magistrates ' court ! ) |