Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | such as f er for example a word processor clerk or may not saying , may not necessarily need so much training as |
| 2 | The new discoveries not only provided more detailed evidence for the development of life on earth , but also highlighted the exotic nature of the earth 's earlier inhabitants . |
| 3 | Turning to the volume 's introductory pages , I read some encouraging words that at once led me to hope that I might yet track down a few potential search areas that had not already received too much attention . |
| 4 | They have various strategies to cope with the showy behaviour of boys , such as giving more attention , allotting instant verbal or physical punishment , aligning the curriculum to interest them ; the normal deviant girl does not anyway present too many control problems . |
| 5 | The counsellor 's task is not just to understand only one facet of the counsellee 's life , but to know something about the totality . |
| 6 | Of course taking some responsibility for providing personal care does not always demand quite this level of commitment , but examples of this kind are valuable in specifying just what responsibility towards one 's parents can mean . |
| 7 | Symptoms , however , do not always imply objectively demonstrable reflux , particularly after antireflux surgery . |
| 8 | Between 1958/9 and 1979/80 it rose sharply ( in England from 36.1 per cent to 48.5 per cent ) , but this did not automatically mean more central control , any more than the subsequent fall by 1984/5 to 39.2 per cent meant increased local freedom ( all figures from Travers , 1986 , table app. 7 ) . |
| 9 | Some of the clans , such as the Campbells of Argyll , were staunchly Whig , others were divided amongst themselves , and many were not really committed strongly one way or the other . |
| 10 | Your aim , though , is not simply to lose as much weight as you can in as short a time as possible . |
| 11 | We might not even get as much coverage as Sunderland if they manage to get into the play-offs ( and with the way their luck goes they 'll get a play-off place by finishing tenth ) . |
| 12 | Now I find that in entertaining three people I can not quite devote as much time to the two ladies as I would like to , perhaps you could assist me . " |
| 13 | There are times when people are in need , and that 's fine , but the problem in this parish is not the people in need not being supplied , the problem is that people are , are simply receiving what they wish to receive and not actually making very much contribution . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , he wanted it tonight but I managed to convince him I could n't possibly get that much money together before tomorrow night . ’ |
| 15 | Erm the window cleaner , these are quite fun cos they do n't usually have too much reading on one page . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's the kind of thing that a busy expanding company like Rothmans ca n't always give as much time to as it would like . |
| 17 | All at the end you do is losing your voice and , and if you do n't get your way , then you it up louder and louder and louder and if you do n't get your way you may have to back down then and the aggressive person backing down to sort of a submissive does n't always hold very much credibility . |
| 18 | I did n't really need too much time to think about it , I just instinctively knew . |
| 19 | You ca n't really get much higher turn out than about eighty four percent , eighty five percent in practical terms . |
| 20 | And they would n't actually cause so much damage to the paint work all the way round did n't we ? |
| 21 | Whether you want a functional or decorative scheme , you do n't actually need very much light in the garden . |
| 22 | If I 've got a lot to do I ca n't actually take as much time as I 'd like over it . |