Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment I 'm not entirely clear what the difference is between these two forms of words . |
| 2 | In terms of the performance of the economy as a whole it is not entirely clear what the impact of regional disparities is , though it seems plausible that congestion in the south east and the under-utilisation of resources elsewhere represent a net loss to the economy overall . |
| 3 | A political gamble was taken too : that if hostages were released , Americans would not greatly mind what the price or the means had been . |
| 4 | Also it would be very wasteful of pump power and , depending where the transfer pipe entered the second filter/filter chamber , would not necessarily give you the oxygenation you wish for . |
| 5 | But a boardroom vote of six to one in favour was not enough to secure him the position . |
| 6 | A detailed planning budget for both capital and operating accounts must now be prepared not only to give you the information you require for your own plans , but also as the main evidence to persuade the Bank Manager to finance your endeavours . |
| 7 | When students are learning to glide , the instructor is not only teaching them the technique of flying a glider , but also how to make decisions and judgements in the air . |
| 8 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 9 | As go-between , the Spirit not only teaches us the truth of God , he opens our eyes to the one in whom that truth became incarnate , and guides us in our lives . |
| 10 | Hence , we not only need to eat and drink , but we also enjoy it ; and friendships not only give us the security of being in a group , but also pleasure . |
| 11 | Helen Crane , an ex-secretary , valued her job because it not only gave her the experience of autonomy , but it publicly valued her exercise of this responsibility : |
| 12 | Accordingly , your title needs not only to indicate what the essay will be about , but also the point of view it will adopt concerning whatever it is about . |
| 13 | However , latest th er Microfit not only gives you the test statistic but gives you erm the significance level , probability value er which erm that test statistic is significantly different from zero right so if we are looking at that serial correlation test statistic of two point zero eight right we would accept the null hypothesis of er no serial correlation , right , or would n't be able to reject it strictly . |
| 14 | Does your wife do that or does somebody else do that , why not just ask me the question who does the gardening |
| 15 | Why not just give me the stuff and I 'll do it . |
| 16 | Home-made wills do not always mean what the writer thinks they do . |
| 17 | During the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries tenants throughout the realm had found that custom did not always give them the protection that they believed they had . |
| 18 | I could not possibly tell him the truth , as that would scare the daylights out of him . |
| 19 | If , however , the examiner can not read the words , he can not possibly give you the credit that should be yours . |
| 20 | In any case , if a writer has managed to put some key point rather well , why not both give him the credit for doing so , and at the same time avoid struggling to reinvent the wheel ? |
| 21 | They 'd not really given themselves the opportunity to consider a song from beginning to end — with them it was just get high and play . |
| 22 | It was suggested that the extension of the period to three years from one required the attribution of a different meaning because the Theophile construction meant that it did not really matter what the period was ; as long as there was a debt , a bankruptcy petition could be presented . |
| 23 | It does not really matter what the answer is . |
| 24 | Unless , however , such a possibility is considered , the onlooker is not really appreciating what the ritual means to the religious person . |
| 25 | This is possible as it is obvious in Mark 's Gospel especially that the disciples did not really understand what the Messiahship of Jesus meant . |
| 26 | I am doing the firm no harm by tipping you off like this because Kovacs recommends you to buy a clock from them that will not simply tell you the time . |
| 27 | Many inexperienced pilots do not even consider what the situation is going to be and only think about what is happening at that moment . |
| 28 | He had sprung out at her from nowhere , not even giving her the time to brace herself against him . |
| 29 | This was important because many of the staff did not fully understand what the role entailed . |
| 30 | She has probably known what the doctor is going to say and may feel she has betrayed the family or patient and her relationship with them by not previously telling them the truth . |