Example sentences of "[vb base] not [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as an mere individual I do not also have a right to inherit his seat in parliament . |
| 2 | By an unemployment reserve , I do not just mean a register but a reserve of people who are being trained and well paid and who feel part of the economy and of our industrial community . |
| 3 | Do not just plan a time plus/minus an allowance for wind . |
| 4 | But I do not even have a vocabulary to describe the distinctive tang of a pear or a peach . |
| 5 | Do not simply give a list of the work you have been doing up to date but show how the experience you have gained in the other job has directly fitted you to do the new one . |
| 6 | It is important to realise that the nodes do not simply represent a typology of texts , but represent a variety of communicative situations around texts . |
| 7 | ( Do not simply find a candidate you like then mould the job specification round his or her particular strengths . ) |
| 8 | If you do not already have a bank account you are advised to open one . |
| 9 | If you do not already have a Midland Current Account , you will need to open one so that your monthly repayments can be set up . |
| 10 | We may have a system of " one person one vote " , but Liberals and Social Democrats point out that we do not yet have a system of " one person one vote one value " since some votes are more equal than others . |
| 11 | ‘ I do not yet have a programme for 1984/5 and we always hope to send staff on courses as they are advertised , so this is n't programmed … ’ |
| 12 | Clauses forbidding assignment of the contract do not however prevent a seller from factoring or otherwise assigning the debts due to him from his buyer as a result of his performance of the contract . |
| 13 | The population data arc rather more problematic , since they are generated from the ‘ centroids ’ of census enumeration districts ( EDs ) ; the boundaries of the census EDs do not conveniently follow a grid , it is assumed they have a similar fuzzy tolerance to the other coverages . |
| 14 | Mr Cattell said : ‘ Job cuts in the textile industry do not normally attract a lot of attention because it largely employs women , but textiles is a very important part of the North-East 's economy and a very important source of employment . ’ |
| 15 | These do not necessarily represent a kind of tyranny imposed by men on women . |
| 16 | Speakers of different age-groups frequently show different patterns of use , which do not necessarily represent a move either ‘ towards ’ or ‘ away from ’ a standard norm . |
| 17 | Changes that do not revert , e.g. , emulsion separation , do not necessarily eliminate a product . |
| 18 | In other cases , however , no biochemical difference between the parental cell and the mutant could be pointed out , suggesting that alterations causing lack of transcription do not necessarily involve a defect in the DNA recognition of a transcriptional factor . |
| 19 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |
| 20 | Unlike the cross-shareholdings seen in America in the era of Pierpont Morgan , the links are not usually between competitors so do not necessarily indicate a cartel . |
| 21 | Even if sociologists do not actually provide a solution themselves , their data are often used in the formulation of policy by others . |
| 22 | By contrast , they and the Social Democrats , who both slumped in last December 's general election , do not together have a majority there now . |
| 23 | The words ‘ I ask you , son , to care for the lands which will come to you with your usual diligence and look after them so that they may come to your sons ’ , although they do not sufficiently express a trust but advice rather than obligation to leave the lands , are none the less regarded as having the force of a trust in favour of the grandsons after the death of their father . |
| 24 | Such operations have the advantage of removing the pollutants entirely from the waste stream ie the compounds do not merely undergo a change of state within the environment — and can exhibit beneficial interactions with microorganisms ( eg the so-called powdered activated carbon ( PACT ) process , in which powdered carbon is added to activated sludge and ‘ biological activated carbon ’ , in which microorganisms extend the life of carbon filters before regeneration is required ) . |
| 25 | The illustrative profit projections do not therefore constitute a forecast . |
| 26 | First , it means that , viewing citizens as customers , they do not usually have a choice of alternative suppliers . |
| 27 | Patients undergoing surgery sometimes find talking to a spiritual counsellor provides psychological comfort , even if they do not usually practise a religion . |
| 28 | These do not usually cause a problem as they leave ferrets as quickly as they leave humans . |
| 29 | Elasticity is important : I do not always prefer a line which stretches the least . |
| 30 | I would like the same amount of performance as from the petrol engine therefore I do not really want a Land Rover Diesel . |