Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They have not properly read appendix A in their own report . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | How glad I am , she thought simply , that I have not suddenly contracted syphilis . |
| 6 | I fear that this has not necessarily taken place in every case . |
| 7 | Very soft water is not suitable , as there is not enough dissolved calcium carbonate , the main material of the shell . |
| 8 | By 1914 Japan had not only achieved revision of the unequal treaties , but also alliance with Britain and the beginnings of an empire . |
| 9 | Robert Naish was surely surprised at the apparent ease with which he not only achieved support but in so doing effectively acquired the Committee 's crucial agreement to buy out the bondholders ! |
| 10 | Five years ago DIP entered its second phase , thanks to the development of software that not only handled image storage and retrieval but actively managed the routing and movement of images around an organisation . |
| 11 | Eugenists not only opposed charity to the poor , but also favoured child allowances to the better-off to encourage the breeding of superior specimens . |
| 12 | MacGregor , who remains passionate about sport and whose father had played football for Glasgow 's Queen 's Park , not only played rugby but spent his afternoon off playing soccer . |
| 13 | As Duchess of Aquitaine she had inherited the ducal claim to Toulouse , but at Limoges Raymond had not only done homage to the Dukes of Aquitaine , he had also done homage to the Young King . |
| 14 | By pursuing her own method , Lisa not only gained control over her work but also showed her grasp of the nature of the problem and of the nature of multiplication . |
| 15 | By raising the question of the Holy Places the French President not only gained ground at home but also set in train a long-term policy . |
| 16 | G9 had not only secured Titron — it had also been a probe . |
| 17 | To be sure , he still upheld the standards of his father ; he played a full role in the family business on the manufacturing side , but the crown went to his younger brother , Horace , who had not only secured field-promotion to Captain , but went on to bring the family business — and his industry — to new heights , for which he was awarded the OBE several years later . |
| 18 | They not only outplayed world champions Australia , but did so with panache , spirit and skill that will send shock waves throughout the game . |
| 19 | What had been technically and socially achieved was not only extended distribution but that inherent mobility of cultural objects which is crucial to regular market relations . |
| 20 | Rather , it is the case that people with a fairly strong religious tradition may react to crises by turning back to the traditional patterns of belief which not only made sense of their individual predicaments but which also created a strong sense of communal solidarity . |
| 21 | The Grand Trunk Canal ( 1766–77 ) not only made use of aqueducts , cuttings and embankments , but was carried through the hill country between the Mersey and Trent basins by means of five tunnels , of which the Harecastle Tunnel near Kidsgrove was 2,880 yards long and more than two hundred feet beneath the surface at its deepest point . |
| 22 | The Mozarts were not only granted leave , but on this occasion presented with money by the Prince Archbishop . |
| 23 | The second form of associative learning , operant conditioning , was developed by the contemporary American psychologist , Skinner , who not only conducted laboratory experiments with animals , but , unlike most other theorists , also developed from his findings teaching procedures for use with people , especially programmed learning and teaching machines . |
| 24 | The process of individual care planning not only promoted contact with families but also with the wider social support network , including the community at large and the facilities which it had to offer in non-stigmatized settings . |
| 25 | So , on their recent visit to the UK , they not only performed club dates but also lectured at London 's Africa Centre , holding a cultural convention ‘ to promote communications between London and New York ’ , and to introduce Blackwatch — X-Clan minus the music . |
| 26 | Interest groups not only prompted state intervention , but that intervention in disturbing the established equilibrium did much to draw-out still more activity as interests fought to defend their patch in the face of other interests jockeying for advantage . |
| 27 | Being let down by friends or a lack of public transport not only encouraged drink-driving , it also led young people to accept lifts from friends who had been drinking . |
| 28 | This not only boosted confidence in the sentencer 's own unique ability to reach the right result ( Parker et al. , 1999 : ch. 5 ) , but also emphasized the inviolability of the sentencing function in the face of perceived interference from outside . |
| 29 | Having taken advantage of 100pc relief he claims they not only bought tackle which ‘ has mainly stood idle ever since ’ but did so with borrowed money on which they are still paying interest 10 years on . |
| 30 | These features take on particular interest when combined with the findings of Squire ( 1964 ) whose study of readers not only found evidence of a considerable need on the part of adolescent readers for association and empathy with the characters in a work of fiction , but also a clear correlation between emotional involvement with a story and the formulation of literary judgment . |