Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 2 | The trouble was that it did not necessarily sell well so that in some cases , such as that of the Burgundian lord , Guillaume de Châteauvillain , both he and his family , who acted as guarantors for the payment of 20,000 saluts which he had agreed to pay when captured by the French in 1430 , faced financial ruin . |
| 3 | If you freeze your Brazils ( 24 hours is ample ) they not only crack more easily but separate delightfully . |
| 4 | This was in itself , however , of little significance in an atmosphere impregnated with tension , and anxiety that the western offensive could not conceivably go as smoothly as the Polish and Scandinavian campaigns . |
| 5 | For this reason , their message is not always expressed as clearly as it could be . |
| 6 | The aims and objectives of all experiments were not always formulated as clearly as possible and there was sometimes a tendency for instrumentation to be set up in the hope that a specific problem would arise once measurements were obtained . |
| 7 | However , the gold standard did not always work as smoothly or effectively as this description indicates since many countries were unwilling to follow the simple rules of the game . |
| 8 | There will always be homes , local authority as well as private sector , which do not always behave as well as they should within the rules . |
| 9 | ‘ Saville 's can not possibly do anywhere near as good a job in bringing that site back into use as the local authorities could if they acquired the site themselves . ’ |
| 10 | Their commitment , however , does not really extend as far as promotion of Equal Opportunities ; men-only nights greatly outnumber women-only nights in most venues ; most lack disabled access ; there is no policy of supporting anti-racist initiatives in either employment practices or customer relations . |
| 11 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
| 12 | She did not even go as far as her room — the sound of the door being unlocked , opening and closing again should surely not carry down to the hall . |
| 13 | I could not even see as far as the mouth of the burn . |
| 14 | Vologsky talked openly , not even realizing any more that he was breaking security by such talk . |
| 15 | PEOPLE OVER 50 who have not previously had any further or higher education should be entitled to spend a year at college , with their fees and maintenance paid by the state , a new pamphlet argues . |
| 16 | The highest rating was £100 a year , the next 100 marks , which was equated with ‘ other ’ landowners of £100 , the implication perhaps being that the latter had not yet got as far as quartering their arms . |
| 17 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 18 | The best laid plans do n't always run as smoothly as they should , so we have tried to identify areas where you might encounter problems . |
| 19 | February the twenty eighth , end of February , yeah , my Lord so of course erm staying the counterclaim as a set off would n't really progress much further because after eighty five , I mean that 's simply a subsidiary way in which the defence arises , article eighty five arises primarily because we say underlying the arrangements are void and you 're enforcing something , which is void and you ca n't do it , that 's not a set off claim , but your Lordship I mean , my Lord that 's why that does n't really get them any further , my Lord they 've always had outstanding , which they 've never pursued er for order fourteen so they can always ti try as they said they will for the other erm , erm preemptive attacks upon us |
| 20 | Fortunately the coughing did n't really matter so far as Tinkerbell was concerned … the light is supposed to flash erratically … but the noise was rather off-putting . |
| 21 | I could n't even walk as fast as the kids , and standing for more than five minutes was impossible . |
| 22 | They did n't even get as far as the bedroom , one of the soft rugs strewn over the carpeting in her lounge serving as their bed of reunion , Maria still partly and Luke almost fully clothed as they subsided on to its subtly glowing colours . |
| 23 | I ca n't cook or clean because you all do that , I do n't even sew very well because you do it better , I ca n't play or draw , not really — ’ |
| 24 | Erm you did n't actually get as far as ANNA I do n't think did you ? |