Example sentences of "[noun] not [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broader approach that we advocated covers not only sentence structure but also larger patterns of organisation , not only the forms of written academic English but also a range of stylistic and dialectal varieties , not only language structure but also meaning and use . |
| 2 | The administration 's response to these dilemmas is , first , to keep as secret as possible what the state is doing and , second , to operate through organizations not formally part of the state apparatus . |
| 3 | The high quality of the Gulf pearls and the fact that the fisheries were controlled by Arabs ensured that from the market at Bandar e Lengeh on the Iranian coast not far west of the Gulf of Hormuz they entered into the trade network of the Indian Ocean and adjacent areas . |
| 4 | Many tutor-librarians were also required , as a condition of appointment to teacher-scales , to teach a minimum number of hours in the Liberal Studies programme , and this often included the teaching of subjects not essentially part of the librarian 's speciality . |
| 5 | An International Commission on unprotected children on city streets called it a growing urban tragedy needing concrete action not just concern ( Agnelli , 1986 ) . |
| 6 | It is part of the great skill of the storytellers and the compilers of this material that they repeat events or speeches , but with subtle changes that give the larger narrative not just variety , but tension and further layers of meaning . |
| 7 | Held in the mad intensity of their village idiot 's gaze not only enjoyment but saunas and vindaloos begin to seem implausible . |
| 8 | In addition , these changes in the law not only concern property stolen within Holland but also property which was stolen elsewhere in the world and arrived in the country during the twenty year period . |
| 9 | You were right , Nigel , to say that there are talented individuals not yet part of a team — and you were right to say that Western Samoa are a bit useful . |
| 10 | ‘ 'Eeza not here aza well izzy ? ’ |
| 11 | A number of pitfalls have to be considered when looking at diversification not least lack of experience in a new venture , the capital cost and working capital requirements , the cautious attitude of banks , and the marketing side . |
| 12 | They worked outward from the city to a point not far south of the Souk al-Gadira and then returned , thus making two sweeps of the river bank . |
| 13 | Archbishop Theodore was to appoint his own choice , Eorcenwald , abbot of Chertsey , as bishop of London in succession to Wine , probably in 675 ( HE IV , 6 ) , but there can be no doubt about the reality of Mercian power in Wulfhere 's last years not only north but also south of the Thames , facilitated in all probability by the death of Ecgberht , king of Kent , in 673 ( see above , p. 44 ) and the disintegration of the overkingship of Cenwealh among the western Saxons across the years 672–5 ( see above , pp. 52 ff . ) . |
| 14 | There are some things not even money can buy though and even in the cash fuelled world of Formula One , that something is success . |
| 15 | Mrs Sutton sold all sorts of items not only tea , sugar , butter and other essentials but also innumerable medicines , corn cures , pot menders and suchlike , all displayed on hanging cards at the back of the shop . |
| 16 | Most of what local authorities do is in a sense not really party politically controversial because they 've got because most of the things they do they 've got to do , they 're mandated to do . |
| 17 | The manufacturer of taps would probably obtain better projections of the market for taps in each country by taking into consideration not just income per capita and population size , but also house characteristics . |
| 18 | Or do the nuclear powers-that be believe that they have won for the world not only peace in our time , but peace for a million years and more . |
| 19 | Er yeah , sorry , I write romantic fictions not just lust |
| 20 | Nicandra looked forward to Sunday mornings when she had a soft-boiled egg for breakfast — on weekdays it was porridge and milk , take it or leave it , sometimes fried bread , the fat not always bacon . |
| 21 | All subsequent Conventions have required as a condition of their applicability not only internationality of the transaction but also a connection with a Contracting State . |
| 22 | It includes in its perspective not just economics , politics and the state , but the family , education , religion , war , women and the arts . |
| 23 | It is a highly instructive piece to the extent that it foregrounds not only Nizan 's unequivocally realistic perception of the USSR , but also his own personal commitment to the revolutionary achievements of the Soviet people . |