Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sector of the market has not expanded as rapidly as expected . |
| 2 | Roger did not do as well as hoped in his ‘ A ’ levels , but will probably go to Birmingham to do a BSc in Computer Engineering . |
| 3 | When Le Roux bought Norton Motors in 1987 with shareholder and bank money , he knew there was a risk the profit might not flow as quickly as hoped . |
| 4 | High average wind speeds tend to stunt the upward growth of plants and encourage the lateral growth of dwarf forms , e.g. of Calluna vulgaris or Juniperus communis , though prostrate forms of the former are not encountered as frequently as expected on exposed mountain plateaux . |
| 5 | Over-optimism at the Treasury Through the summer , the signs of a slowdown in domestic demand had come reasonably on cue : the inflation figures duly peaked , retail sales tailed off , even labour costs did not accelerate as fast as feared . |
| 6 | The location of the flight , up the steep hillside , had indeed been suggested by James Barnes in 1902 , but the idea was not taken very seriously and forgotten altogether as the Telford plan developed . |