Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not entirely fanciful to see in de Gaulle — trained as an officer and renowned as ‘ le general ’ — and Mitterrand — a lawyer by training and sometime political director of Le Courrier de la Nièvre 's — the champions of two opposing views in the traditional statist versus liberal debate on the role of the media . |
| 2 | Wedding guests and others on the way to whatever feast are not so ready to listen to distress in the present tense . |
| 3 | Hamer , by contrast , was not only unable to flourish inside Ealing , where his projects were now considered too risqué , but unable to thrive outside . |
| 4 | A company is not generally liable to tax on distributions , which includes dividends , so prima facie a distribution will not go to reduce Newco 's group relievable losses ( see s208 Taxes Act ) unless it makes an election under s242 . |
| 5 | But it has also illustrated that our future world is not just difficult to predict in practice ; it is also theoretically impossible . |
| 6 | In those days , marriage was mainly a matter of economy and family ; it was not normally possible to marry for love , and indeed the Courts ruled that love and marriage were incompatible . |
| 7 | Tail slightly forked , but fork not always easy to see in flight . |
| 8 | The distinction is not always easy to keep in mind : Lord Denning , Britain 's most experienced judge in defamation cases , published a book in which he criticised a jury in Bristol for acquitting defendants who had been charged with rioting . |
| 9 | These two cases , although subjected to criticism , seem to strengthen copyright protection notwithstanding that the " look and feel " test is not always easy to apply in practice . |
| 10 | This simple distinction is not always easy to apply in practice because hardware equipment often incorporates software and the contractual position of " off-the-shelf " software is far from clear . |
| 11 | There are enormous pressures on the time of the Administration and Commons and it is not always possible to give to Bills the leisured consideration desirable for good drafting and effective debate . |
| 12 | It is not always possible to determine at time of intimation whether a carpet will clean satisfactorily or whether it requires to be replaced . |
| 13 | It is not always sufficient to rely on challenge tests only . |
| 14 | My parents moan at me because I am not always willing to go to work . |
| 15 | But the profit-sharing would have to be ‘ informal ’ as nurses are not legally able to enter into practice partnerships . |
| 16 | Though not yet illegal to discriminate on health grounds , there can be no doubt that it is immoral and unethical to do so . ’ |
| 17 | Accordingly , payments made in consideration or in consequence of , or otherwise in connection with , the termination of the holding of an employee 's office or employment , or any change in its functions , may be eligible for relief from income tax up to the first £30,000 , provided such payments are not otherwise chargeable to tax under Schedule E ( see ss148 and 188 TA 1988 ) . |
| 18 | At eight hours after injection , postprandial gall bladder contraction ( ml ) was not significantly different compared with contraction without treatment or with contraction after two weeks of CSOI . |
| 19 | Suddenly , Constance realised that she actually was very tired — but not too tired to notice with pleasure the warm wood panelling , the Turkey-red stair carpet and the clean smell of polish which all added up to an atmosphere of richness and opulence quite foreign to her mother 's sparse house in Northumberland . |
| 20 | It 's not too late to apply for details of this and other screenings , so if you would like to be considered for a place at the Academy , then please write |
| 21 | I hope it is not too fanciful to think in terms of the old universities , the civic universities , the former colleges of advanced technology , and the polytechnics grouped like the colours in a spectrum each with its distinctive character but with no barriers . |
| 22 | However , the Secretary of State is not very keen to call in applications and there has to be some substantial justification , e.g. a public outcry . |
| 23 | We seem to have two kinds of ‘ existenceworthiness ’ : the dewdrop kind , which can be summed up as ‘ likely to come into existence but not very durable ’ ; and the rock kind , which can be summed up as ‘ not very likely to come into existence but likely to last for a long time once there ’ . |
| 24 | I was n't too shy to leap into bed with them , but I was too shy to tell them what I needed . ’ |
| 25 | And how about yourself , you obviously were n't that happy playing at left back for Oxford United , and you 've slotted into the central defence , playing a lot happier and of course , driving forward when you can for these goals ? |