Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] what [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm still not entirely clear what a microprocessor is . |
| 2 | At the moment I 'm not entirely clear what the difference is between these two forms of words . |
| 3 | In terms of the performance of the economy as a whole it is not entirely clear what the impact of regional disparities is , though it seems plausible that congestion in the south east and the under-utilisation of resources elsewhere represent a net loss to the economy overall . |
| 4 | A political gamble was taken too : that if hostages were released , Americans would not greatly mind what the price or the means had been . |
| 5 | It is not enough to say what a course is about ; physicists and engineers , biologists and doctors , economists and managers may each be concerned with the same phenomena but for different reasons and in different ways . |
| 6 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 7 | Accordingly , your title needs not only to indicate what the essay will be about , but also the point of view it will adopt concerning whatever it is about . |
| 8 | Home-made wills do not always mean what the writer thinks they do . |
| 9 | It was suggested that the extension of the period to three years from one required the attribution of a different meaning because the Theophile construction meant that it did not really matter what the period was ; as long as there was a debt , a bankruptcy petition could be presented . |
| 10 | It does not really matter what the answer is . |
| 11 | Unless , however , such a possibility is considered , the onlooker is not really appreciating what the ritual means to the religious person . |
| 12 | He was reported to have said , ‘ I did not really know what an archdeacon does . ’ |
| 13 | This is possible as it is obvious in Mark 's Gospel especially that the disciples did not really understand what the Messiahship of Jesus meant . |
| 14 | There were other examples : Coleridge , Yeats and Browning were some of those caught out not knowing a hawk from a handsaw , or not even knowing what a handsaw was in the first place . |
| 15 | Many inexperienced pilots do not even consider what the situation is going to be and only think about what is happening at that moment . |
| 16 | Most Americans do not even know what a company car is . ) |
| 17 | After this she began to hear strange sounds and melodies ‘ that she could not well hear what a man said to her at that time , unless he spoke the louder . |
| 18 | This was important because many of the staff did not fully understand what the role entailed . |
| 19 | ‘ I think , my dear , you have not yet learned what a curse it is to be born woman . |
| 20 | But no link is suggested between them , and it is not yet clear what the point of the essay is . |
| 21 | Although Nourse LJ does not categorically state what the law is in this situation , his decision indicates and points towards the view that the defendants may be able to escape the restrictions of the sale agreement where it would be inequitable to allow the plaintiff to rely on the strict wording . |
| 22 | ‘ To keep the whole thing in the right perspective , you have to remember that it does n't necessarily matter what a manager decides , the service that the resident receives is actually given by the care assistant . |
| 23 | Well I ca n't just remember what the word is now . |
| 24 | When we take a tuck or slip stitch card and try knitting it with a changes of colour , we do n't usually know what the result will be . |
| 25 | I do n't always believe what the Book of Remembering says . |
| 26 | But I did think it was a lot , and I tell you why : I ca n't really see what a group of professionals charging fees like that needs cash for . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't really know what an actuary is or does ’ is a fairly typical reaction by many young people , if asked whether they have considered the actuarial profession as a future career . |
| 28 | ‘ Because it is so rare , we do n't really know what the outlook is , so we have to look on the bright side , ’ said Mrs Horby . |
| 29 | There are general sort of comments that they do n't really know what the parish council does and they 're not very sure , erm , sort of it , it was mainly through the children 's card thing , perhaps a little bit of money that their child , you know did n't me meet any recognition but would n't it have been nice to know exactly what the picture had been for , and sort of the nitty- gritty does n't necessarily get filtered through . |
| 30 | Perhaps he did n't even realize what the implication of living in a rectory was . |