Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've taken all this into account , erm I 'm not sure all groups have tried to do that , erm but we have tried to please everyone , we do have some particular priorities and we do want to make significant improvements in service where we can and not necessarily looking for cheap publicity by increasing in lots of places as some people are supposed to of done so where one concludes sometime a significant amount of money in but will have a noticeable difference to their essential service . |
| 2 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 3 | This means not only looking for good practice in the present but also looking for indicators for the future . |
| 4 | But they are not only competing amongst each other , they are competing with men as well . |
| 5 | What is different in the Banbury situation erm is that fact that you are not only talking about one school and it 's education because Banbury School draws not only it 's own eleven to sixteen year old children , who have the option to go forward to the sixth form , but of course all the children that come from the Warriner School at Bloxham , all the children that come from Drayton School , and a certain number of the children who might come from the Roman Catholic Secondary School in Banbury , so there are a whole lot more people involved than just the actual children , and that 's what made Banbury a hybrid . |
| 6 | Regan makes no secret of the fact that he is not merely indulging in theoretical philosophy . |
| 7 | I tell you what though , boss , with those sort of resources , we 're not just dealing with some terrorist splinter group . |
| 8 | Leading the commission group , Patricia Hewitt , a former aide to Neil Kinnock , explains they are not just looking at social security , but at barriers to economic opportunity and how to help local people and local groups to overcome those barriers . |
| 9 | He does n't really seem to be very careful about distinguishing intellect from the one and , and so forth , does n't really , he 's not , he 's not really focusing on that difference and so seems to let it lapse in a less than useful way . |
| 10 | When Aragon asserts that he has become " an entirely new man , he is not simply engaging in literary rhetoric , but referring quite explicitly to social and political events which have had a profound effect on his life-style . |
| 11 | They beat us in a pre-season friendly at Ibrox but we are not even thinking about that game . |
| 12 | Yeah , so , so what happens then if they say I 'm not even going to that interview then because I could n't live on it , even with all the other benefits , what happens then ? |
| 13 | He has command , but he is closed to everything which is not exclusively pertaining to military order . |
| 14 | Inflation is not yet rising in either economy , but the trick is to tighten policy before inflation becomes a problem , by watching leading indicators . |
| 15 | Sadly , pregnant girls were not yet flocking to this club , even after a launch day at the civic centre , and radio advertising . |
| 16 | The Baikal-Amur Mainline railway ( BAM — see pp. 33476-77 ) finally entered into commission in November 1989 , although it was not yet working at full capacity and much of the infrastructure around it was still being built . |
| 17 | The old system had been removed , but the new ones were not yet working at full power . |
| 18 | Poverty is only relative , and it must be remembered that Mozart , although frequently ‘ financially embarrassed ’ , was not actually living in real hardship . |
| 19 | It was n't even recording on that tape was on there , why ? |