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 | Regan makes no secret of the fact that he is not merely indulging in theoretical philosophy . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He has command , but he is closed to everything which is not exclusively pertaining to military order . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The old system had been removed , but the new ones were not yet working at full power . |
| 10 | Poverty is only relative , and it must be remembered that Mozart , although frequently ‘ financially embarrassed ’ , was not actually living in real hardship . |