Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so they had sent him North , not to win , of course , perhaps not even to poll a single vote , but to lay the Charter once again before the people , to let them know what could be done in a land where every man had his vote and the freedom to use it without intimidation , as he and he alone thought best . |
| 2 | The reporter was ungentlemanly enough not only to do the calculation and obtain the correct answer but also to print it in the society column . |
| 3 | The dolphin 's echolocation system is good enough not only to allow it to find fish but also to select its favourite food . |
| 4 | They painted a picture of Mr X as a really bright cookie — bright enough not only to run a crooked merchant bank , but to pull the wool over the eyes of the psychologists . |
| 5 | Hourani describes a sense of secondariness in contemporary Arab identity : ‘ It is no longer to have a standard of values of one 's own , not to be able to create but only to imitate ; and so not even to imitate correctly , since that also needs a certain originality . ’ |
| 6 | Essentially what all are saying is that a right to consent to medical treatment , whether required under the common law ( see Gillick 's case ) or under statute ( section 8 ) , must and does carry with it a right not only to refuse consent to treatment , but to refuse the treatment itself . |
| 7 | Members of the Irish Dail feel pressure , they say , to look after constituents , because their support may slip away not only to rival parties but to other members of their own . |
| 8 | A purpose of Clarkson 's History was thus not only to delineate a common pattern of consciousness but to promote it as a contribution to energising the internal networks of antislavery for future struggles . |
| 9 | Sun says it did and still is delivering the thing in volume — it 's just not enough to meet backorders . |
| 10 | Fortunately this is seldom actually the case with practical materials because , in order to produce a new fracture surface , we have generally not only to break all the chemical bonds at the fracture surface ( which requires only the free surface energy ) , we also disturb the molecular structure of the material to a depth which is sometimes very considerable ; in doing so we break a great many other bonds as well . |
| 11 | And , while fighting shy of political commitment , Bourdieu , like many , remains committed to the belief that the point is still not just to interpret , analyse or agonize about the world , but to change it . |
| 12 | Still not enough to ease the misery for the Central South football sides . |
| 13 | And in cases which merit protection , if that is still not enough to induce voluntary investment of funds offered by the national investment bank there is again a prima facie case for nationalisation . |
| 14 | The Jeep slammed into the gates some more , but still not enough to drive through . |
| 15 | Unfortunately this was still not enough to give them a parliamentary majority as the Legislative Council contained four members who would be nominated by the Governor . |
| 16 | But it was still not enough to overcome the crisis , and it is difficult to quarrel with the verdict of many of Hoover 's critics — " too little , too late " . |
| 17 | Still not enough to tempt you from the tourist route ? |
| 18 | What the ad does n't mention , either , is that cells which contains traces of blood are naturally excreted in the faeces and in some babies the amount of cells that are shed increases if they are fed cow 's milk — but still not enough to worry about . |
| 19 | Gilly finds an excuse for going back to Mr Randolph 's house and she manages to steal the rest of his money , but there is still not enough to pay for her ticket to San Francisco . |
| 20 | Existing sales taxes vary somewhat between republics and provinces , and even between communes , but probably not enough to cause significant economic distortions . |
| 21 | This is probably not enough to allow significant dissimilatory sulphate reduction . |
| 22 | Her anti-corruption stance is popular but probably not enough to overcome more powerful candidates . |
| 23 | His solution rate would effect 0.6–1.2 m ( 2–4 ft ) surface lowering in that period which is clearly not enough to destroy reefs . |
| 24 | For it is clearly not enough to say that if two things are observed simultaneously in different spatial positions , then they are two , not one , even though they might be completely alike . |
| 25 | Thinking you were Napoleon was clearly not enough to get you out of the Wimbledon Islamic Boys ' Independent Day School . |
| 26 | This can be a bit annoying , because the small area of the current box with the number 2 displayed is often not enough to allow you to see enough of this shade to make a really good colour match with a yarn held next to the screen . |
| 27 | ‘ And under the law , it is simply not enough to design a kitchen with good equipment in it — you must now have the means to monitor and control operations , ’ he said . |
| 28 | It is simply not enough to accept , almost as if it were an understandable and reasonable attitude , that Mary preferred to remain in France , and dream of the English throne , rather than return to Scotland . |
| 29 | You want a sturdy young fellow here not only to lift that but also those sacks of sugar and such . ’ |
| 30 | And that was what now she often felt the need of to think ; well not even to think . |