Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the idea of joining the Stamp Bug Club , interest you a lot , interest you a little or not really interest you at all ? |
| 2 | And if anyone chooses the same topic as somebody else then you can do it together or not together or which ever . |
| 3 | Dealers at one licensed dealer would habitually sell a stock whose price would rise for a couple of weeks or so although not enough to cover the spread — before reverting . |
| 4 | Best to have too much than not enough . |
| 5 | But if you 've got any more questions , I mean do n't hesitate to come back , because at the end of the day I 'd rather you know too much than not enough |
| 6 | ‘ Uncultured ’ workers loaded manure on to a passenger train bound for Ekaterinburg , so that not even ‘ hares ’ ( passengers without tickets ) would board it . |
| 7 | So that not even a sparrow shall fall to the ground unnoticed by Him ’ . |
| 8 | Emotionally , most of us can understand the sentiments of the Pyrenean village which decided to block its public water fountain , so that not even the thirsty cyclists touring the region should have any incentive to pass through it . |
| 9 | Standish examines the first two difficulties ; the third is not surprising given Neptune 's long orbital period , 165 years ( so that not even one orbit has been completed since it was discovered ) . |
| 10 | The harbour was crowded with boats berthed two and three abreast but the market sheds were empty , sluiced down so that not even a small of fish remained . |
| 11 | Another restless night followed , and she determinedly settled down to work again the next morning , concentrating hard on the illustrations so that not even a tiny corner of her mind was free to think about Julius . |
| 12 | One of the more alarming aspects of these Bank Holiday disturbances was that they highlighted fierce traditions of resistance to the police in working-class neighbourhoods , so that not uncommonly policemen attempting to make street arrests would be set upon by large crowds — sometimes numbering two or three hundred people — shouting ‘ Rescue ! |
| 13 | Ca n't we collate our knowledge so that not so many tests are having to be done on all these animals ? |
| 14 | There appears to be no time-limit on the matters to be considered , so that not only the final act but a whole course of conduct may be taken into account . |
| 15 | The wind screeched in his ears , making consecutive thought almost impossible so that not only did he have to struggle in desperate conflict with the conditions but had also to fight to hold to his concentration . |
| 16 | Knowledge is understood to consist of facts and concepts combined into hierarchies of rules , the purpose of which is to inform and guide practice so that not only will nursing be more efficient but also professional problems not previously encountered by the nurse can be solved . |
| 17 | We had bought Rudge Biframe folding mountain bikes specifically to go in the back of the 172 , and trips to the Norfolk Broads , Dartmoor and west Ireland had allowed Anne and I to refine our planning so that not only the flying but — just as importantly for our holiday — the non-flying sections of the trip would be practical and highly enjoyable . |
| 18 | Rooms must be allocated and charted on the reservation and room status charts so that not only the clients get the type of accommodation they have requested but also the hotel achieves the maximum occupancy of the rooms . |
| 19 | Following the war , a great deal of redrafting of the official creed took place , and Scouting for Boys was repeatedly updated so that not only was militarism explicitly disowned , but the earlier racial imperialism was swapped for international brotherhood and goodwill . |
| 20 | Accordingly , Drudy and Drudy ( 1979 ) have advocated the provision of professional and office jobs , and Gilg ( 1976 ) has advocated more jobs in office employment and tourism , as well as jobs in manufacturing , as an alternative to agricultural employment , so that not only the aspirations of the whole ability range of young people may be met ( Drudy , 1975 ) but also to increase the level of female activity rates found in many rural areas ( Moseley and Darby , 1978 ) . |
| 21 | To overcome this problem Brown ( 1980 ) advocated the use of a retrospective approach so that not only can the most recent stages be assimilated but also the knowledge of research on contemporary processes may be incorporated . |
| 22 | Twenty years later the population had risen by 478 but the proportion of the workforce employed in footwear had grown more dramatically , so that not only were 301 men and boys working at the trade but also 123 women and 118 girls . |
| 23 | When you have noted the overall length you need to produce , divide this length into suitable proportions for your argument , so that not only will you not run out of space but the essay will have a " balance " as it develops , with worked-out proportions being given to each stage . |
| 24 | A second problem is that utterances like ( 101 ) Harry can only speak this loud are token-reflexive to the physical properties of the utterance itself , so that not only do the enormous technical problems of dealing with token-reflexives in a logical manner have to be solved , but all the physical properties of an utterance will also have to be available as indices ( requiring , again , an indefinite number of indices ) . |
| 25 | The prime purpose is to enable the recipients of the cards to know the other 's status so that not only do they bow correctly , but also use the proper form of language . |
| 26 | erm The more recent developments in erm women 's fiction , feminist fiction , erm the lead has come there certainly from America so that not only do you have leading erm women novelists but you have leading women black novelists and black women novelists and this erm of course may very well come , and I hope it does , in this country , but it has n't come at the moment . |
| 27 | The difference being that this time the child is inside and not outside , and the poet is remembering his own childhood . |
| 28 | Conversations or agreements may however leave the parties morally if not legally bound . |
| 29 | Now he was saying that although we were too young to talk of real love he hoped we would see each other alone and not always surrounded by friends . |
| 30 | The change occurred because of internal political reasons and for that reason alone and not out of the interests of clients . |