Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] not [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well mister you ca n't tell whether you 're married or not so the feminist version is ms . |
| 2 | The losses at the Battle of Sagrajas had been great and not even the addition of El Cid 's men could make it anything like as strong as it had been before the coming of Yusuf . |
| 3 | In this chapter , I hope to show that these distinctions are important and not merely a play on words . |
| 4 | These particular residents , the ones that live in the service road , are campaigning for the service road to be closed but not surprisingly the residents who live are n't keen on that er road closure because that would affect their use that route at other times other than the morning peak . |
| 5 | But universality would be surprising because not only the context of emergence but also that of the dissemination and use of knowledge varies over time and from social location to social location . |
| 6 | Parents have to be aware that not absolutely every accident is preventable and if they 're not prepared for their children to run that element of risk then obviously they have the choice of not letting their children go . ’ |
| 7 | The silence of the night brought a feeling of unease ; the normal rustlings of nocturnal creatures were absent and not even the hoot of an owl nor the choughing call of a pheasant disturbed the stillness . |
| 8 | Baths were mandatory and not just a lazy soaking but a good scrubbing with carbolic soap . |
| 9 | What I have advocated is possible and not just a dream , but it would be remiss of me not to consider the nightmare scenario of colliery closures at a time when we are increasing restructuring grants by £1,000 million . |
| 10 | Such a throat demands antibiotics on spec because it is likely but not necessarily a bacterial infection . |
| 11 | The fuse again is correct and not only the fuse but the wiring is in good working order . |
| 12 | It was obvious that not just a few houses , but whole districts including churches , monasteries , and other monuments to past glories would have to be swept aside to allow for the fill appreciation of the splendour of the glorious new order . |