Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 2 | A few large authorities have created these posts , which involve not merely the operation and maintenance of audio-visual equipment and other educational technology , but also the preparation and production of audio-visual materials and the in-service training of teaching staff in the use of the equipment . |
| 3 | From the opening piteous pleas with shaking hands as the dancers sink to the floor in the depths of their sorrow , the choreographic pattern of the overall rhythm is seen to swell in size and intensity as the music does until there comes the gleam of hope , a quiet moment when a child-like figure dances in wonder at the ways in which she can explore not only the space in which she moves , but also the ways in which she shapes each part of her body into an ever flowing design . |
| 4 | Because this is a test of observation and not of memory , make sure you look at each item in relation to the others , noticing not simply the objects themselves but the pattern they form on the tray . |
| 5 | The following pages show , on large colour plates , the versatility and sheer brilliance of an artist who has managed to catch not only the feel and technical accuracy of aircraft but also the mood of nature , in every painting . |
| 6 | We have had a marvellous season with thankfully no major accidents and also the best of racing , particularly at the Ulster Grand Prix and the Tandragee 100 , so perhaps we can be forgiven for forgetting that racing needs not only the top line competitors like Joey Dunlop and Brian Reid it needs the newcomers to help the sport thrive and we are just not getting enough of them . |
| 7 | It , it was a quite loony lot , but it highlighted to me that , when I speak on radio , I 'm representing not only the Council , the institute and the profession and all that , I never actually am representing me , and that 's the , that 's |
| 8 | The range of products previously tried on the current leg ulcer demonstrated not only the unsuitability of one product through every stage of healing , but also the frustration experienced by some nurses desperate to find the right product for a particular patient . |
| 9 | The study demonstrated not only the independent effect of maternal age on mortality ( in the form of reverse " J " or " U " shaped curves ) at all parity levels , but also that mortality increased almost linearly in the neonatal , post-neonatal and toddler ages with parity in each maternal age group ( Heady and Morris , 1959 ) . |
| 10 | Throughout 1932 and 1933 he retained not only the position of Prime Minister but most of the prerogatives of the office as well . |
| 11 | However , the insurance usually covers not only the insured , but also the pursuit of legal claims by other members of the family . |
| 12 | The mode of entry described above covers not only the administrative class of the Home Civil Service , but also certain clerkships in the House of Commons , the administrative class of the Northern Ireland Civil Service , and the diplomatic service . |
| 13 | The latest Chart from Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson covers not only the east coast of Scotland from Helmsdale to St Abbs Head but also the Caledonian Canal to Fort William plus enlargements of Fraserburgh , Helmsdale and the Inverness Firth . |
| 14 | [ The US report cost covers not only the preparation of the document by a joint US/UK team but also covers the co-ordination time which will be so necessary to ensure an orderly sale . ] |
| 15 | This review covers not only the individual site needs but also items of group interest and company policy reviews . |
| 16 | The multiple disturbances caused by these developments afflict not only the south , but the north too . |
| 17 | The ‘ other professional officers ’ whose comments might be incorporated if appropriate would include not only the officers and advisers of the authority and centrally employed caring and counselling staff but also teaching and ancillary colleagues within the school . |
| 18 | The record should include not only the fact that they mate regularly but also that matings are fertile . |
| 19 | This will include not only the subject matter it is essential to master , but the skills it is essential to practise , as well as social and motivational aims , and subsidiary objectives . |
| 20 | When we deal with semantic categories , we find that occurrences cut across grammatical categories : for example , the concept of " negation " can include not only the negative particle not , but other word classes such as pronouns ( nothing , nobody ) and adverbs ( nowhere , never ) , and even items which have no morphological resemblance to these , such as unfinished , impossible , false , hardly . |
| 21 | The differences and similarities to be explained will include not only the value of the debt relief , but also the new credit flows obtained and the economic adjustment required , as part of the ‘ debt bargains ’ . |
| 22 | President F. W. de Klerk , in a radical speech at the state opening of Parliament on Feb. 2 , surprised supporters and critics alike by announcing not only the impending release of Nelson Mandela , the long-imprisoned leader of the country 's principal liberation movement , the African National Congress ( ANC ) , but also the unbanning of the ANC , the Pan Africanist Congress ( PAC — the ANC 's smaller rival ) and the South African Communist Party ( SACP ) . |
| 23 | His dustjackets for John Lehmann remain the most impressive , chiefly because in most cases Minton designed not only the image but also the lettering , the title , author 's name and publisher 's imprint appearing in his own seemingly casual but richly decorative script . |
| 24 | He designed not only the house , but also the garden , and all the furnishings and fittings . |
| 25 | As The Very Model of a Man is full of angels and story-tellers — two essential ingredients of ‘ magic realism ’ — there is clearly a strong hint that Jacobson is attempting to rewrite not just the Bible but our contemporary literary orthodoxies , which are in danger of assuming the status of a surrogate religion . |
| 26 | These included not only the psychiatric cases but also those suffering from tuberculosis ( nineteen patients in 1945 ) and others con fined to hospital for long periods . |
| 27 | Sadly , the commission has not yet the skill and the reputation to pull off such successes . |
| 28 | Cardinal Hume has not only the cross of being a fervent Newcastle United supporter to bear ; he is also known to irreverent members of Mayfair 's Jesuit Farm Street Church by his initials , George Basil Hume . |
| 29 | It was there that I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs Stella Gawthrop , who has not only the distinction of being a pathfinder for the breed in the UK , but having emigrated to South Africa , has also been of great assistance to the newly formed clubs there . |
| 30 | The Soviet Union has now been a socialist state for more than sixty years : many countries in Western Europe have been socialist for more than a quarter century ; and Asia has not only the Chinese experiment in socialism but other countries in Asia , Africa and the Americas have experimented with socialism . |