Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hypothesis is largely but not wholly borne out by the empirical evidence . |
| 2 | Conservative legislation in 1986 has extended the scope for contracting out , allowing schemes which do not necessarily compete favourably with the state scheme and also reducing the benefits available under SERPS . |
| 3 | However , the exhibition does not necessarily refer back to the previous event , and there is hardly ever a sense of continuing from where the previous exhibition left off . |
| 4 | A Rumbelows spokesman said the £10,000 jackpot would not necessarily go straight into the champion 's bank balance . |
| 5 | Obsessionals are very good at dividing up their minds as it were , but they 're not necessarily divided up in the sense of conscious and unconscious . |
| 6 | In the first category we work to prevent effects which might otherwise take place , not necessarily working directly with the child . |
| 7 | The world No. 1 gave the tie her best , however , but even that was not enough to make up for the shortcomings of her second in command , Claudia Kohde- Kilsch . |
| 8 | Although people were allowed to eat other foods freely , in fact when they were deprived of their refined carbohydrates they tended not to increase their intake of these alternative foods very much — not enough to make up for the calories they were saving . |
| 9 | But that one painted notice is not enough to make up for the shabby doors , scruffy brickwork , and grimy frosted glass . |
| 10 | It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply . |
| 11 | It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply or at the project 's on/off switch . |
| 12 | Consumers liked being able to lift a bottle to their lips , and were not so hung up about the problems of disposing of bottles . |
| 13 | As the above data suggest , residential services in Nottinghamshire not only expanded considerably over the period of the study but much of the new development took place in non-traditional residential services of the kind that CMHTs had been charged with promoting . |
| 14 | They are drawn in a pictorial style which not only does away with the need to use abstract symbols , but seems to bring each incident to life in a most convincing way , especially when studied alongside the text ( see two examples form the book accompanying this article ) . |
| 15 | This was also the most expensive mode of travel ; the fare of £1.90 not only compares badly with the 90p bus fare , but was augmented by the £3 cycle carriage charge , the total coming to about the cost of travelling in by taxi ! |
| 16 | Concluding this section , it can be said that manual workers not only suffer more from the costs and deprivations of the workplace than non-manual workers but they also receive lower compensation and rewards in terms of pay , fringe benefits and , in some instances , even of social security benefits . |
| 17 | This assertion that the modus should be enforced directly not only fits badly in the context , but also seems to contradict a text of Julian discussed earlier , in which he proposed using the traditional cautio method to secure performance . |
| 18 | A lifestyle involving hard work , charity , abstinence from drink , strict morality , and thrift was deemed absolutely essential , as it was not only insisted on in the Bible , but was also seen as a sign of an individual 's elect status . |
| 19 | Notice that this paragraph is not only held together by the sort of unity , or development of ideas , that we described in the Great Gatsby example above . |
| 20 | ‘ The Professor 's garden , however , was not only protected originally on the College side by the Fleet Ditch , but by a Thorn-planted Hedge , which extended onwards to the Bridge in Fig Lane [ Crowndale Road ] thus also enclosing the ‘ Green ’ at the back of the Elephant & Castle Inn . |
| 21 | He was particularly careful of any involvement with the Mamur Zapt , which was why Owen not only reported formally to the Khedive but was nominally subordinate to Garvin . |
| 22 | Both romantic lyricism and boogification not only date back to the beginnings of Elvis 's career but also continue to be used throughout its development . |
| 23 | Either that , or he could waylay one of the match officials and help run the line where he could not only point out to the referee the error of his ways but also use a brightly-coloured flag to do so . |
| 24 | It not only reveals much about the speaker : it also influences him . |
| 25 | Such ensembles were not merely gathered together for the occasional ballet ; there were , in fact , three standing oboe bands at court , or , more accurately , three ensembles whose members played the oboe much of the time . |
| 26 | All students should be encouraged to take an active part and not merely listen passively to the tutor and one or two loquacious individuals . |
| 27 | While at the same time as not merely coming out of the closet about his sexuality — in fact , by hardly admitting there was a closet there at all — he was also locking so many of his innermost thoughts away . |
| 28 | The theory seems to be ( 1 ) that some act — noticing a resemblance — must precede uttering the word ‘ white ’ for the person who utters the word genuinely to be describing the object , and not merely coming out with the words , ‘ It 's white ’ as might a parrot , no matter what it was shown ; and ( 2 ) that the resemblance the theory requires one to have noticed , which is supposed to justify one 's calling it white as opposed , say , to blue , is what one is referring to when one calls the object ‘ white ’ . |
| 29 | The lorry had not long come out of the tunnel when Tony suddenly clicked his tongue and applied the footbrake . |
| 30 | " They 're not exactly queuing up at the door , though , are they ? " |