Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there are , for example , 11,000 accident repairers in the UK , most of them are likely to be small ; one-man operations or not much bigger . |
| 2 | Ca n't decide whether I like those shell suits or not really . |
| 3 | If the partners unanimously or by a prescribed majority feel that one of their number should no longer remain with the firm they are given power to require him to retire at the end of a period of notice , typically six months or not less than six months to expire at the end of the firm 's accounting year . |
| 4 | But there are now several recognised cooking methods that not only maintain the standards of traditional cooking , but improve on them . |
| 5 | Pipe and cigar smokers experience higher mortality from chronic obstructive lung disease as compared with nonsmokers although not as high as that of current cigarette smokers [ 9 ] . |
| 6 | It is a continuous process that those blacks like myself , who have moved up ( in a manner of speaking ) in society , have very often to contend with the labels that not only do we carry ‘ chips on our shoulders ’ , but we are over-sensitive to racial issues … . |
| 7 | But why do we have two eyes and not just one ? |
| 8 | They will remember the school play and the theatre trips he organised : they will remember his interest in sport and music : they will recall how they shared their worries and not so ridiculous hopes with him' . |
| 9 | The common ground between historians is that reciprocal exchange on the basis of mutual advantage is the essence of support between kin , making the family a group whose relationships are rooted in material considerations and not simply one which is bound together by moral imperatives and ties of affection . |
| 10 | In carrying out these functions , the supervising officer has a duty to both parties and not just to his client to deal with these matters strictly in accordance with the contract conditions and with good professional practice . |
| 11 | The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Social Science Research Council or its North Sea Oil Panel . |
| 12 | These groups are rearing units and not merely mating consociations . |
| 13 | Among the numerous animals represented were bears , tigers , elephants , tortoises and not least dragons , inhabitants of clouds and bringers of rain . |
| 14 | Mostly shops and not as easy targets or not as deserving targets but just as targets . |
| 15 | He did not have the ‘ prerogatives of his office ’ available to peasant priests in Russia , Spain or France or the traditional respect given to English clergymen as gentlemen if not always as priests . |
| 16 | The fact that the video sound is cut with the pictures and not independently as a separate recording also creates problems , especially when inter-cutting shots containing dialogue . |
| 17 | Balances over £50,000 receive the top HICA rate , which is credited quarterly in March , June , September and December , is paid on your total savings and not just the amount that takes you into a higher band . |
| 18 | The shoemaker 's daughter was pretty enough but poorly dressed with a Welsh shawl over her shoulders and not even a hat to cover her hair . |
| 19 | Does he agree , however , that what we need to pursue now is cross-nation inspection of the implementation of rules and regulations emanating from Brussels to ensure enforcement in other nations and not just in Britain ? |
| 20 | Does he accept that some people prefer to prepare for international emergencies and not necessarily be involved in the local scene ? |
| 21 | We 've too many men on our books and not enough work to go round . |
| 22 | It can take at least two to three months if not longer to buy a house and any deal initiated during a housing trip may not be complete by the time the expatriate and family arrives in Britain . |
| 23 | Even I B M have stated that O S Four Hundred on the A S Four Hundred will be Posix compliant erm oh certainly within the next twelve months if not somewhat earlier now . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ he uttered , quite convincingly to Ruth 's ears but not convincingly enough for her to soften . |
| 25 | Their basic ecology , whether studied on the continent ( Prior , 1962 ; Wise and Shoup , 1967 ; Janetschek , 1970 ) or on the maritime and periantarctic islands ( Strong , 1967 ; Etchegary and others , 1977 ; Tilbrook , 1970 , 1977 ; Block , 1982 ) is similar throughout their range , indicating that collembola , like lichens , are well adapted for harsh environments but not especially equipped for polar life . |
| 26 | The CFCs are reasonably safe while they remain in the leakproof sealed units but not so when fridges are dumped and crushed . |
| 27 | Private nursing homes have higher levels of frailty than residential homes but not usually as high as long-stay hospital care . |
| 28 | Murray ( SDLP ) picked up transfers from all parties but not enough to do better than to become runner-up . |
| 29 | My work has been mainly about the development of a sense of identity and of a sense of community , the development of relationships but not actually about sex . |
| 30 | S 224(4) of the CA1985 states that a company 's first accounting reference period is a period of more than six months but not more than 18 months beginning with the date of its incorporation . |