Example sentences of "n't [adv] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was n't only to toil in the cotton fields that negros were stolen from Africa .
2 However , few true expert systems exist , but many extremely useful systems that utilise human knowledge but do n't necessarily perform at the expert level are in regular operation .
3 Erm who would n't necessarily go to the schools marquis of course .
4 Because i i they though it was in competition with other varieties around and it something t It was n't necessarily to do with the fact that erm they though it was less it held less prestige in the community .
5 The final point , on the purely technical side , is that accessories which offer automatic dialling of telephone numbers via a Hayes-compatible modem wo n't necessarily work in the UK .
6 This workshop had only five participants , but this did not stop a lively exchange of views which did n't necessarily stick to the questions asked by the organisers of the conference .
7 And while he was reared on metal and later discovered punk — but did n't necessarily subscribe to the attitudes for fear of losing individuality — he appreciates the blues .
8 ‘ I do n't much care for the road you 're leading us along . ’
9 " She does n't much care for the river .
10 Yet while he did n't much care about the outcome of Plainsong , except in a generally patriotic sense , he cared very much that it should n't fail in any way that would leave a vindictive Foreign Office with a load of blame to distribute .
11 As a symphony , it has n't much benefited from the period instrument revolution — rather the reverse , in fact .
12 Short-term goals should be achievable in the near future if the vagaries of daily life or training mistakes do n't constantly get in the way .
13 Predictably , excessive travel , the fact that county pros are n't better treated for the work they do compared to golfers or tennis players , and the lack of consideration for players in the winter .
14 That is n't enough to account for the difference between £27.25 to hire a Cessna 152 for an hour at Canterbury NZ and £76.85 for a similar machine at Cambridge UK ( just to take one example ) .
15 is n't enough to cope with the concept ‘ Put Me in Your Mix ’ .
16 Something like that , trying to remember now what it was , sixteen hundred , sixteen hundred that was it and it says your credit limit is sixteen , sixteen , you could spend up to sixteen hundred pounds , whether you got it or not you can spend it , so we said if we 're gon na get this computer because you get these Air Miles out of it , you know , every ten pounds you get an Air Mile , well if he 's getting a computer over a thousand pounds you know with all the paraphernalia that goes with it , well that 's a lot of Air Miles there , well we said we 'll get it through Access , but there is n't , our credit limit on Access is n't enough to pay for the computer , sixteen hundred it 's more than sixteen hundred , in , in the long , once he 's got his printer and God knows what you know , so I phoned them up and he said erm is it possible to adjust the limit upwards ?
17 we do n't all work on the clone do we ?
18 All I 'm saying is at the moment , she ca n't apparently cope with the demand on her for bags .
19 As you can see , Executive Club benefits do n't just end at the airport .
20 You do n't just step into the middle of the road , look at the all the cars coming !
21 And that does n't just refer to the A N Bs and the national parks and the rest of it .
22 And we could n't You could n't just swim on the surface because if you let any part of your body above the water for any length of time , I mean it just burnt .
23 Do n't just go for the figures .
24 I do n't just go for the light .
25 Apart from anything else , we , we do n't just go to the theatre we have , we really tend to wait to be invited
26 Now that the spectre of pregnancy is out of the way , is there any reason why we ca n't just continue with the relationship begun on Gullholm ? ’
27 She wo n't just stay in the car , she wo n't want to stay in the car when she wakes up cos that 's too boring .
28 You ca n't just knock on the door and ask for him .
29 But the dancing does n't just stop with the waltz the Dolphin Sunday Dance Club knows how to mix the old and the new .
30 ‘ They do learn they do n't just float around the room being trees . ’
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