Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] a new [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not enough to have a new idea ; the discoverer has to know the field within which the new idea is to be applied , so that he can evaluate its significance , and test the worth of the new insight . |
| 2 | The mighty Great Eastern not only laid a new cable ; it succeeded in hauling up the earlier one splicing on a centre-piece , and lowering it again to the sea-bed . |
| 3 | One version of the story has Massaccio losing all of his clothes as well , which not only adds a new possibility to the origin of the saying ‘ to lose your shirt ’ , but also a certain piquancy to the vision of the gambler outside the church . |
| 4 | Berlin may be enticing for tourists but this does not directly engender a new art world . |
| 5 | Informal structures and local spaces for education with people ‘ doing it themselves ’ did not always produce a new definition of practical knowledge and/or a radical content . |
| 6 | She did not immediately issue a new notice , an omission which in effect granted the USA the use of Subic Bay indefinitely under a 1947 military agreement , which the Philippine government said remained in force . |
| 7 | New converts , on the other hand , have no such problems because pre-Christian experience is still fresh in their mind and they communicate their faith in an everyday language because they have not yet learned a new jargon . |