Example sentences of "not [adv] [prep] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company 's executive managers are responsible for managing the organization that is set up , not necessarily for managing the change work itself . |
| 2 | Has change had the effect not necessarily of reducing the amount of support , or of weakening the sense of obligation , but simply of changing its character ? . |
| 3 | Not necessarily by supporting the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament or some other " peace " organization , since concern is not the same thing as supporting a particular policy for disarmament . |
| 4 | ‘ Well — yes — I remember getting out of the car , but not much about climbing the hill or making the camp . ’ |
| 5 | To him it was essentially a community-based populist movement which , while it was capable of employing a revolutionary rhetoric , was not so of organising a revolution . |
| 6 | There are innumerable guides to public speaking that offer advice not only on preparing the material but how to make your voice resonant , ways to use your eyes in order to hold your audience , microphone techniques , and so on . |
| 7 | Cost analysis is the starting point not only for deciding the subject of the exercise but also of the exercise itself . |
| 8 | Cost analysis is the starting point not only for deciding the subject of the exercise but also of the exercise itself . |
| 9 | This project is concerned to explore these issues in greater depth as a contribution not only to reading the Archive but also to more general understanding of the everyday uses and meanings of literacy . |
| 10 | If a firm is to be successful , it will have to generate sufficient income to cover the cost not only of financing a capital asset but of replacing it when it is worn out . |
| 11 | Until now its speed had been so great that it had grown into a ravening monster , capable not only of swallowing the Residency , but of gulping down the banqueting hall as well . |
| 12 | The outcome of the review was very much in favour , not only of retaining the department , but also of increasing and improving existing services for the benefit of both the Council and the Governing Bodies of Sport . |
| 13 | The consumers of public expenditure have contributed towards the growth of public expenditure not only through expecting the government to spend more on them but also by increasing in number . |
| 14 | There are incentives to engage in verification tests because a scientist obtains credit not only from establishing the truth of a new hypothesis but also from discrediting an existing one ; the latter , as much as the former , contributes to truth . |
| 15 | The Liberal Democrat leader , Mr Paddy Ashdown , asked her to reconsider the ‘ shameful example ’ set by her Government 's actions not only in sending the riot police in at the dead of night but in the blanket of secrecy surrounding the appeals tribunals which decided who were refugees . |
| 16 | Three of these in particular — Rastafarianism , variously defined as a " religion " or as a " movement " ( Gilroy 1987 : 187 ) , reggae , and toasting — can be seen as significant not only in providing a centre of attraction towards Creole-based culture for black ( and some white ) youth at various times , but also in providing access to and models of Jamaican Creole through social networks and relatively high media profiles . |
| 17 | This ability to see beyond the short-term impact to the bigger picture and where the real risks are is vital not only in evaluating the cost of possible outcomes but in then categorising the risks . |
| 18 | And it 's obviously true not only of statements , but also of beliefs , which play an absolutely crucial role , not only in telling the truth , but also in an essential preliminary to telling it : namely , finding it out . |
| 19 | Help will be available from the LEA not only in calculating the spending plan , but in monitoring the way it is working through the year . |
| 20 | In this respect the Development of Total Quality Systems within the Department is seen as essential , not only in pointing the way ahead but also ensuring that all aspects of our work are based on the best possible delivery of service . |
| 21 | It obviously requires a considerable degree of skill , not only in placing the tool into the nest and extracting the termites , but also in terms of selecting or constructing an appropriate tool . |
| 22 | The experience of the GLC between 1981 and 1986 in putting this into practice is of great significance , not only in changing the role of economics and employment objectives within planning but also for its lessons about the nature and potential effectiveness of local economic policies . |
| 23 | Standard English today differs from local dialects not only in permitting the expression of complex relationships in familiar written forms , but also in the astonishing wealth of vocabulary which has accrued to it through its intellectual and imperial history . |
| 24 | The CV method is particularly useful not only in detecting the presence and ratios of both isometric forms ( due to the 0.4V separation ) but also for monitoring the conversion rate of one radical form into the other . |
| 25 | The convention 's first section on the main areas of co-operation was headed by a chapter on environmental issues , in which both sides committed themselves not just to respecting the environment in the planning and execution of aid projects , but also to ensuring that " economic and social development is based on a sustainable balance between economic objectives , management of natural resources and enhancement of human resources ' . |
| 26 | It would seem to follow from our convictions about fairness that legislation on these moral issues should be a matter not just of enforcing the will of the numerical majority , as if its view were unanimous , but of trades and compromises so that each body of opinion is represented , to a degree that matches its numbers , in the final result . |
| 27 | Put simply , it is ( to recover the Platonic imagery for a moment ) a matter not just of seeing the light , but also of living in the light . |
| 28 | Gooch was not always to convincing a figure . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , success is associated only with jumping hurdles , like tests and examinations , and not also with seeing a generality , or capturing it in words and symbols , or explaining it to someone else . |
| 30 | It is not simply about raising the price of a paperback ; many more fundamental problems arise . |