Example sentences of "[adj] [not/n't] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moral authority of law gets a foothold in the idea that it is rational to give special consideration to views which result from a process of impartial , informed and capable reflection , and this not simply because this process helps us to know more precisely what will promote independently ascertained moral goals but also because it is liable to result in superior judgements about what goals we ought to pursue ( Campbell , 1971 ) . |
| 2 | Only the music created slight differences and this not markedly because the composers used the best of commonly recognised traditional musical idioms . |
| 3 | He knew this not just because Uncle Titch said he had — you could n't believe anything a grown-up told you , and Uncle Titch belonged to the world of grown-ups even if he was n't — but because of the tricks he could do . |
| 4 | I do this not only because the issues are easier to grasp in the case of perception than in the case of voluntary movement , but also because neurophysiologists of movement are less prone to wild claims than neurophysiologists of perception : most of the former would admit that we do not yet have the faintest idea how voluntary activity is able to utilize or over-ride reflex pathways ; how we mobilize so-called ‘ motor programmes ’ when we need them ; or even where in the nervous system voluntary movement is initiated . |
| 5 | The relationship with Callaghan , who freely confesses he found the Queen 's advice highly supportive , was easier not only because his policies were less socially divisive , but also because , taken to its philosophical conclusion , the Thatcherite dream of a dynamic , enterprise-based meritocracy had no place for a family which reigned simply by blood-right . |
| 6 | Asian countries remain dependent not only because the intellectual property system is controlled by the West but also because most of the major knowledge infrastructures are located in the West . |
| 7 | PAUL Johnson hammered a record-breaking 167 not out as Nottinghamshire thrashed Kent at Trent Bridge and then confessed : ‘ All I had in mind was finishing the job off this time . ’ |
| 8 | It was clear not only where the differences lay , but also that those differing parts were somehow complementary , intended to be fitted together . |
| 9 | The voices are few not only because it takes courage to speak out against the tide of opinion , but because few can see the issue in a wider context and take the longer perspective . |
| 10 | This question is interesting not only because it suggests a world wider than that of the film itself , but also because it focuses on the issue of ‘ masculinity ’ . |
| 11 | But the existence of such fields within the undergraduate curriculum is interesting not least because it raises some of the basic epistemological and educational questions in a particularly sharp form ; questions which may have caused some of the digestive problems which the CNAA has had with courses in art and design . |
| 12 | Human beings , in contrast , interact with one another not only because of gravity but because of dependence , love , envy , hate , etc . |
| 13 | Next general election due not later than 1994 ; next presidential elections due 1992 . |
| 14 | Larry Gomes contributed 92 not out as he and Greenidge made an undefeated 287 , a new second-wicket record by either side in these Tests . |
| 15 | that not less than two months notice has been given to the tenant stating that possession is required and that the Notice has expired . |
| 16 | The Act stated that other schemes could be formed from the schedule of twelve by advancing or postponing the day of payment of the first instalment , provided that the first payment was not made sooner than the eleventh day , and that not more than one penny per pound was added to the interest for every thirteen days of such postponement . |
| 17 | Unfamiliar , clearly posed , these problems are made accessible not quite as history nor yet as fantasy but with something of the acceptable plainness of fairy tale challenges . |
| 18 | For Mrs Whitehouse and her supporters , publications such as this were dangerous not only because of their sexual content , but because of their political stance . |
| 19 | Simply state ‘ due and payable not later than 15 July , . |
| 20 | We regard it as almost unthinkable that Parliament should have authorised the Serious Fraud Office to continue the exercise of inquisitorial powers against the accused not merely after he had been charged but also ( as Mr. Pleming accepts and asserts ) throughout his trial . |
| 21 | Riddell verges on suggesting that an organisation may be deemed subversive not simply if it works to undermine the state , but if its members have any mental reservations about the constitution . |
| 22 | This is welcome not only because women 's desires are being taken more seriously in cultural production or because a less purist feminist film practice and criticism is simply more fun , but perhaps particularly because it is in relation to the audience , and in the context of film reception , that issues of race , class and sexual orientation can at last find their rightful place in feminist theory and criticism . |
| 23 | It was dominated by a century from Richards , which on the fourth morning he took in explosive style to 182 not out when Lloyd declared on 379 for 7 . |
| 24 | Conventional gestures are valuable not only because they often appear in the epics themselves , but also because they are universally recognised as a means of communication in real life and have been used on the stage since the earliest days of the theatre . |
| 25 | The works team scored a modest 95 , Mark Williams hitting 31 not out as Tony Hughes took 4–36 . |
| 26 | DeFreitas 's miss was the turning point of the day , with Kambli on 39 of his eventual 164 not out when the Lancashire all-rounder misjudged a straightforward boundary catch off John Emburey . |
| 27 | Mark Greatbatch hit 80 not out as they made 163–1 in their second innings . |
| 28 | Does he agree that gas is better not only because it is transported through its own pipelines and therefore takes transport off the road , but because it is green-clean and thermally more efficient ? |
| 29 | Gittins 's work is useful not only because of the way in which she highlights gender , but also because her empirical data broaden out from the household and show that women at least have , under certain circumstances in the past , been involved in the use of kin relations to maximize resources across households . |
| 30 | Labour supply in the early 1960s was elastic not least because of a massive decline in the share of agricultural employment , so cheaper subcontracted labour was used in preference to any expansion of regular labour . |