Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [art] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But was it Woolworths or Marks who had that little slogan , was it , nothing , not a was it not a penny , nothing more than a penny or not a thruppence |
| 2 | The notes to this Law make it clear the course of action to be taken : ‘ It is a question for the referee whether or not a series of the same offences by different players of a team amounts to repeated infringement . |
| 3 | Disclosure in the scheme 's accounts is also required for all self-investments , whether or not the 5% limit is exceeded . |
| 4 | The ‘ proactive ’ fishkeeper will medicate with malachite green and formalin , every spring and autumn , to bring down populations of protozoan parasites , and he does this irrespective of whether or not the fish are showing signs of discomfort . |
| 5 | We 've looked at whether or not the staff have the skills to cook and serve , what else do I need the staff to be able to do ? |
| 6 | ( If you do n't know whether or not the people pictured are employees , count them as employees ) |
| 7 | Whether or not the people actually held these views was another matter . |
| 8 | Before moving on to make use of the database , it was necessary to assess whether or not the data itself was valid for the organisation being studied , bearing in mind that so far the exercise had been a systems-thinking one , rather than a study of what was happening in practice . |
| 9 | It is now known that the majority of standard statistical procedures used in the construction and evaluation of quantitative economic ( and other ) models , are sensitive to whether or not the data series to which they are applied are stable or unstable . |
| 10 | Second , whatever is determined about this , it is crucial to determining whether or not the data produced by the cross-sectional survey can provide accurate estimates of the relationship of interest . |
| 11 | A comment on the source might extend to whether or not the data are routinely collected and , if not , what was the motivation behind the particular study . |
| 12 | Despite the Italian economic crisis , Giuliano Amato promised 19 December at an interministerial meeting that not a lira would be cut from the special funds voted for the protection of Venice and that the money would become available immediately , none having been provided during 1992 ( The Art Newspaper No. 23 Dec 1992 , p. 3 ) . |
| 13 | The only thing that worked with the odd fish was the open bale-arm , but more often than not the bream dropped the bait before I struck . |
| 14 | Fifty years and not a penny . |
| 15 | The PLO had refused to comply with the demands of the Lebanese government to disarm its forces based in southern Lebanon , claiming that they constituted an army and not a militia [ ibid . ] . |
| 16 | A rash then became visible over the whole of the patient 's body and extending on to her limbs ; this was an erythema and not a purpura . |
| 17 | The idea of endowment paid to a mother ‘ on account of her motherhood and on behalf of each of her children … is ’ , it was asserted , ‘ entirely opposed to the idea of relief of distress or poverty , because it implies a universal national provision and not a means of making up deficiencies in the incomes of particular families ’ . |
| 18 | In today 's world he would probably choose to run only the 200m and not the 200m and 400m as Eric Liddell did . |
| 19 | Yeutter had opposed proposals to extend the 1988 drought relief legislation in 1989 , but a bill signed by Bush on Aug. 15 , 1989 , provided $900,000,000 ( and not the $1,000 million called for in the legislation passed by the House in June ) to pay compensation to farmers who had lost more than 35 per cent of their crops due to the drought . |
| 20 | Force a squeal from the Corrado 's front tyres , even under brisk acceleration , and it is the driver 's technique that is at fault and not the chassis . |
| 21 | Students taking an opposing view argued that it was the usage of the media that was evil and not the media themselves . |
| 22 | Healing should be its own reward and not the means of converting patients . |
| 23 | It should be noted , however , that the rationale for such an approach relates primarily to the ends and not the means of learning , and is directed at furthering the cause of cultural co-operation in Europe . |
| 24 | But a view of Co-operation which admitted only those who are thus motivated would make it an exceptional and exclusive creed to which could subscribe only those for whom Co-operation was itself the end and not the means to a better life , to one which enhanced what Dahrendorf calls a man 's life chances . |
| 25 | But I would say to each of your listeners I sure you know people who find a tranquility , a centredness , a source of strength and confidence in their religious faith , they are the representatives of what religion can do , not the Ayatollahs , and not the fanatics , and not the people on television , but the people who spend their lives trying to be good and helpful , and one day they 'll look around and realise that happiness has snuck in the back door when they were n't even looking for it . |
| 26 | If not a Catfish , could you recommend any other robust tankmate ? |
| 27 | The church in Sussex lasted over four centuries with a minimum of influence upon surviving historical records , although the scale of its eleventh-century church towers at Sompting , Southease and other places , illustrate that authority if not the people supported it . |
| 28 | Success — or apparent success — had gone to the heads of the dissident group , if not the people on the paper . |
| 29 | St Helens AA had enough room for 20 anglers at Carr Mill Dam between the ice but not a fish was caught in the Sunday sweep . |
| 30 | The South Sea Company was to be excused payment of sums of £4.1 million , but not the £1 million due on Exchequer bills . |