Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case , the child must not only find a way of getting the adult to notice the object , but she must do this in such a way that the adult is aware of what she is doing and why she is doing it . |
| 2 | There is no reason why an understanding of the term ‘ god ’ should not ultimately embrace a meaning to satisfy that requirement for approval . |
| 3 | ‘ McAllister ? ’ he said , looking up , surprised , to impress on her that maid servants , even American ones , were not supposed to quiz the Master when he was at work — should not even originate a conversation with him . |
| 4 | There is no reason why a professor of history , say , should not also manage a family business if he has the time and energy . |
| 5 | So Commander Blake we should not just offer a stick saying that we we are n't going to help you until we start dismantling your military programme , we should offer carrots too , do you agree ? |
| 6 | Er and so think er not we should not just have a policy for the we should put some money towards it as well . |
| 7 | When all is said and done , there may be no way to avoid the momentary grip of fear descending on you when unusual things start to happen on your computer , but I hope to have shown that this should not necessarily start a panic . |
| 8 | It was suggested in the workshop that this does not or should not necessarily mean a cutback in the budget . |
| 9 | They may not even have a friend . |
| 10 | You ca n't have an overdraft and you may not even have a bank account . |
| 11 | Some of those universities who do demand a dissertation may not deposit copies with the British Library , and may not even have a copy available for inter-library loan . |
| 12 | The problem can only be solved with patience , and with the realisation that , much as one is posed with the right pressure on the cable release , one may not actually get a shot because of the steady stream of people making their way ( quite properly ) to a performance in the hall itself . |
| 13 | People can not be photographed well at a quarter of a second … = The problem can only be solved with patience , and with the realisation that , much as one is poised with the right pressure on the cable release , one may not actually get a shot because of the steady stream of people making their way ( quite properly ) to a performance in the hall itself . |
| 14 | They point out that services need to be aware of carers ' histories and their responses to stress , and that retirement may not necessarily increase a person 's ability or willingness to become an informal carer . |
| 15 | If , therefore , an old person at this stage moves a distance into the son or daughter 's home , they may not only lose a lifetime of familiar associations but they must struggle with complex adjustments within the family . |
| 16 | It is noteworthy that old people may not always have a sense of choice about whether or not to go into residential care . |
| 17 | Promotion might not necessarily represent a change in class position for all white-collar workers . |
| 18 | By doing so you 'll not only find a copy of the best C64 games mag in the known universe on your doormat every month , you 'll also be able to avoid all those nasty lager-swilling thugs on the way to the shops . |
| 19 | What they wanted to provide very rarely brought expenditure close to this ceiling , so they had little problem in deciding whether the project could or could not cost-effectively support a client ( see Chapter Six for further details of the cost of care ) . |
| 20 | They could not easily accept a return to old party cries or the need to oppose men who had become close friends . |
| 21 | Mistrust of a solicitor had to be based on tangible fact , and could not simply reflect a suspicion of the profession in general . |
| 22 | Tennyson ; now there , I thought , was one of the really honourable exceptions to the rule , never failing , never fading even in old age , while I , at twenty-seven , could not even finish a lyric that had seemed , only a short while ago , to be moving inevitably towards the final tonic chord . |
| 23 | By 1992 , the League could not even attract a sponsor , and it seems that , sooner or later , British Sky Broadcasting will also forfeit its input . |
| 24 | Forty-five per cent of this group said that they could not even make a guess at the likely interest rate . |
| 25 | She could not help reflecting , as she pushed a magazine into the first letter box , that a world in which Daimler drivers could pay four hundred thousand pounds for a country house while she could not even muster a couple of hundred for Luke 's modest share of an old transit van had a certain imbalance to it . |
| 26 | Cellars sprouting fungus from every dripping crevice , where those who could not even afford a place on an upstairs mattress paid a penny to sleep standing up like horses , leaning against a rope which would be simply untied the next morning when the landlord considered they had slept long enough . |
| 27 | Salvidge proposed to delete these insulting words but could not even find a seconder ; nine MPs were present , including Younger , Sanders and Neville Chamberlain , all of whom must have approved of the resolution or seen the futility of attempting to amend it . |
| 28 | I could not even say a prayer . |
| 29 | You could not really beat a Human 's skin . |
| 30 | He could not legally remain a Fellow of his Cambridge College for longer than seven years without taking Orders . |