Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A more serious problem with Deffenbacher 's approach in terms of the ability to generalize the results to other settings is that his distinction between studies which did and did not successfully manipulate violence level or personal threat can be argued to be post hoc .
2 Although the sentencer did not expressly mention section 53(2) , it was clear that he had allowed a substantial discount for the pleas of guilty .
3 But Stanley Baldwin was sent to Hawtrey 's , near Slough , which was almost exclusively an Eton preparatory school , although there followed a not wholly explained change of plan and he went to Harrow in 1881 .
4 It can be argued that a similar approach should be taken to time limit clauses , on the basis that they do not wholly exclude liability , but require action to be taken swiftly .
5 This is why reviewing is not properly speaking criticism , though it calls for critical qualities , and an extended review-article , looking at a whole oeuvre , may well be .
6 You could not properly take account of my experience of separatism without acknowledging my feelings of being swept away by this sort of fervour .
7 Whilst most commentators are agreed that the Children Act 1989 is in the main a good Act , all of them , all of them Councillor are critical of the fact that the Government has not properly provided Local Authorities with sufficient resources to implement the Act .
8 They have not properly read appendix A in their own report .
9 I had once taken hold of a piece of rock , and was about to trust my whole weight upon , it , when it loosened from its bed , and I should have been sent headlong to the bottom had I not instinctively snatched hold of a tuft of grass , which grew close by it , and was so firm as to save me .
10 Hence those who take a floating charge from a company which can not be proved to be solvent , and which does not survive for a further year , can not thereby obtain protection in respect to their existing debts , but only to the extent that they provide the company with new value and thus increase the assets available for other creditors .
11 But the mass media do not single-handedly give shape to the contours of the political system .
12 While this does not entirely reflect consumption — because wine sellers often stock up — it nevertheless provides a rough indication of trade demand .
13 Moscovici ( 1983 : 32–3 ) does not entirely neglect particularization but , interestingly , he treats it as a means of anchoring or classification , rather than as a means of ‘ turning round ’ our schemata , to use Bartlett 's appropriate phrase ( Bartlett , 1932 ) .
14 The national Church does not entirely escape responsibility for this situation ; within living memory the bishop of one major see let it be known that he would not be available to officiate at services on Good Friday since he had to start the boat race at his old school .
15 Although Mr Parkinson did not entirely dismiss rule out road pricing , he will disappoint a the growing lobby wanting of those pressing for the Government to introduce schemes result in estimated charging s of £3 to £4 around £3 — £4 for to drive through central London .
16 How glad I am , she thought simply , that I have not suddenly contracted syphilis .
17 Pieces of abstract art do not suddenly change colour because we have moved them from artificial light to daylight .
18 If you use a shower attachment rather than a simple measuring jug , take care to ensure that the water coming out of the nozzle does not suddenly change temperature .
19 The policy as expressed does not necessarily exclude development outside the area specified but directs development areas as a primary consideration .
20 Such wealth of opportunity does not necessarily make life any easier .
21 Though these documents do not necessarily show evidence of cost-effectiveness thinking being employed in their production , they are the first sign that market forces are having an impact .
22 The section is intended to give the police power to impose conditions on ‘ coercive ’ marches which will not necessarily give rise to disorder ; a National Front march through a predominantly Asian district may well prompt many of the citizens simply to board up their properties and remain indoors .
23 Twenty-four hours have indeed passed , but the end of a day does not necessarily mean sleep .
24 The constant repetition by European politicians in the past few months that Maastricht will not necessarily mean change may have been tactically expedient , but squaring the circle in which the EC has snared itself requires , on the contrary , upheaval , not just in research policy .
25 Correlation , of course , does not necessarily mean causation .
26 The Japanese term hai is literally translated as ‘ yes ’ , although it can also mean ‘ I see ’ or ‘ I understand ’ and does not necessarily mean agreement .
27 Dworkin uses the process work approach , which operates on the theory that a predilection for certain substances and behaviours might not necessarily mean addiction .
28 Unlike many other coral types , mechanical damage does not necessarily mean death for leather corals .
29 Wilson-Barnett differentiates between teaching ( involving a change in behaviour ) and information-giving ( a process , and having less concern with how it is received … and not necessarily involving interaction or assessment of individual need ) .
30 In order that you may continue with other work ( not necessarily involving LIFESPAN ) , mail messages are accumulated within LIFESPAN until it is convenient for them to be inspected or printed .
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