Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pipe tiny balls of pastry onto the prepared baking sheets , or not more than ½ × 5ml/tsp mounds if you do not have a piping bag . |
| 2 | It is not a bad plan to have a positive rule that not more than , say , six cases shall be cited on each side . |
| 3 | Emboldened by its example , Hong Kong 's Legislative Councillors decided that not less than half their number should be directly elected in 1995 , and the rest 10 years later ; they later scaled the first figure down to 40 per cent , to win the suport of more conservative interest groups . |
| 4 | Not all organs occur in pairs and not all that do are mirror images . |
| 5 | Its heyday was round about the 1930s and not all that many pure examples of it are being published today , though there are enough to make it a possible type of book to write if you are strongly inclined this way . |
| 6 | Literariness , and not this or that work by this or that author , is the object of literary studies . |
| 7 | There is no reason , however , why the restriction should apply only to the elements that A holds in common with C and not those that it holds in common with B. That is , the overshadowing mechanism , if it operates , should reduce generalization both from A to C and from A to B. It can not , therefore , be responsible for the result obtained . |
| 8 | Sir , I think I have the advantage over most round the table , if not all that I have actually put in to you a paper which I think sets out very clearly the basis of my er choice of the A sixty four south erm sector and I wo n't reiterate those points . |
| 9 | Well , industry and also I think , in your papers , industry , the heads of industry are men mostly , if not all and erm they do like rub rubbing shoulders with er , royalty and the royal family , and the kudos for industry by sponsoring or funding the arts . |
| 10 | It was the reaction to the evidence that women were the equals , if not more than the equals , of men in sexual responsiveness and capacity . |
| 11 | If not more than half , ’ she added heavily . |
| 12 | This also implies , as recognized by the community development activists of the 1970s and their inheritors the ‘ local socialists ’ , that poverty is a political condition as much if not more than a social or economic one . |
| 13 | I do n't care , Morrissey is still wonderful and I still love him as much , if not more than I used to . |
| 14 | Many teenage farm workers ' sons are soon earning as much as , if not more than , their fathers , and not surprisingly they soon demand the independence from parental authority which their economic independence confers . |
| 15 | The American view of neutralisation in the Third World will continue to determine the efficacy of this concept for the resolution or limitation of conflict as much if not more than the Soviet view . |
| 16 | Whereas organized religion was never well organized , and often ran contrary to commercial interests , it had been forced to pay lip service , if not more than that , to the idea that there was a place in the scheme of.things for the least among us . |
| 17 | Merchants believe there is a psychological barrier at £3 , and although the wild swing in European exchange rates has pushed many French and German wines out of this bracket , most New World economies are suffering as much as if not more than ours , leading to a continued supply of cheap , good quality wine . |
| 18 | I mean once upon a time nothing was , but I 've spent two and a half thousand pound if not more since I 've been off work . |
| 19 | Do you mean somebody who owned a er some kind of vehicle , tradesmen some of the tradesmen did but not many that I can remember , no I do n't think there was too many of them . |
| 20 | to some degree but not all and you know in in due course we will provide you with a full breakdown of this , exactly what is in and what is n't in . |
| 21 | One solution to the problem is that monopoles within the Sun catalyse certain nuclear fusion reactions , but not those that produce the neutrinos detected here on Earth . |
| 22 | Male competition can explain many structural and behavioural differences between the sexes , but not those that are deleterious to one sex : male competition can favour characters that make males stronger but not merely ornamental characters that would reduce their fighting abilities . |
| 23 | Military colonies which supplied infantry ( but not those that supplied cavalry ) were dissolved in 1858 . |
| 24 | ‘ If the pelargoniums were overwintered in their old containers then it is best to remove them , shake off much of the old potting compost from the roots and repot in fresh compost — moderately heavy , with good drainage but not more than one-quarter peat or other organic matter . |
| 25 | His contribution was professional , but not more than that , within the limited scope available . |
| 26 | Ordinary mortals , however , can visit the area overland by a two-mile circular walk from Bullpot Farm that will give them a hint — but not more than a hint — of the marvels beneath their feet and an appreciation of the bravery of the adventurers who dare to descend from the safety and assurance of daylight into a nether world of total and perpetual blackness . |
| 27 | ‘ I do , yes , oh , I do love you , but not more than Tess . |
| 28 | 7.4 Payment of insurance rent The Tenant shall pay the Insurance Rent on the date of this Lease for the period from and including the Rent Commencement Date to the day before the next policy renewal date and subsequently the Tenant shall pay the Insurance Rent on demand ( if so demanded ) in advance [ but not more than [ months ] in advance of the policy renewal date It is obviously advisable that the tenant should not pay the insurance rent too far in advance of the policy renewal date . |
| 29 | It was more than he needed , but not less than he could use . |
| 30 | So I am desiring , though not more than half expecting , a letter tomorrow morning to hear how you spend your day , & , because you were certainly happy , in what ways you directed your happiness . |