Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A " class " for this purpose is not necessarily identified by reference to the category of shares which members hold . |
| 2 | Thus , in social science much research activity is directed at simply describing how things work , how conversations are organised , how slaughtermen do their work , how managers manage , what police-officers do on the beat , and so on ; activities which are not especially motivated by explanation as the point of inquiry . |
| 3 | Earth not only grew by aggregation from a cloud of particles , but by collisions with other cosmic matter . |
| 4 | Howard was not only thanked by Parliament for his humanity and zeal ; he even had copies of the Act printed at his own expense and distributed to all gaol keepers . |
| 5 | In making the choice , the selection conference in the case of the Labour Party , and the constituency executive in the case of the Conservative Party , are not easily moved by pressure from outside and even the leaders of the parties have found it hard to get close friends and political associates nominated . |
| 6 | The interests of birds are patently not best served by proximity to military manoeuvres and firing , however much exclusive use of the quiet times is relished by those who study them . |
| 7 | In the same year the town of Southampton , not infrequently threatened by attack from the sea , appointed Thomas Tredington , said to be ‘ skilled with guns and artillery ’ , to take charge of the municipal armoury . |
| 8 | I do not now intend by beauty of shapes what most people would expect , such as that of living creatures or pictures , but … straight lines and curves and the surfaces of solid forms produced out of these by lathes and rulers and squares … |
| 9 | In NME , which usually covered the band 's activities in extreme detail , Charman was not even mentioned by name in the tiny news item informing readers of the band 's new drummer . |
| 10 | Soils which are water soluble are so often mixed with water insoluble soils that they are not readily dissolved by water on its own . |
| 11 | We can carry protection in the country at an early general election if the position is not seriously compromised by coalition with |
| 12 | These rates were not significantly affected by subdivision of the diet group into those who achieved a high fibre score from mainly non-bran sources ( n=7 ) and those who were compliant in taking bran supplements ( 31.4 ( 18.6 ) % v 49.4 ( 13.9 ) % respectively by LTA at 42 months : NS ) . |
| 13 | Unlike the case in earlier phases of the war , the German people were not systematically prepared by propaganda for the opening of the war against the Soviet Union . |