Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | By getting them to respect property , people and themselves , we 're not just stopping crime today , we 're making an investment for tomorrow . |
| 32 | That means understanding the principles of communication and custom applying them to a campaign , not just throwing hardware at people and showing them the switches . |
| 33 | I 'm still thinking about B S 5750 where we have to make sure that not only we know what training we have given people , that we also continue to give them , future appropriate training so that they can do their jobs , and so compliance by B S 5750 is not just trapping history it is also making sensible plans about the present and the future . |
| 34 | This is not just avoiding violence — it is simply avoiding the issue . |
| 35 | However in many branches active members who do actual work , not just attending committee meetings are few . |
| 36 | In most branches active members who do actual work , not just attending committee meetings are few . |
| 37 | As general manager David Lynch stated , ‘ We are not just selling air purifiers , but ensuring a healthy indoor environment . |
| 38 | It suggested that the system was not just marking time but actually losing ground in some areas : |
| 39 | This might well have saved them not just travelling time , but also energy . |
| 40 | Not just giving radio sets to bank clerks , they were giving bank accounts to politicians . |
| 41 | WE 'RE NOT JUST TALKING TURKEY |
| 42 | We are not just talking power-dressing for women ; Armani makes men look even better than the fairer sex in a way that 's so thoroughly macho it 's no wonder the world 's aggro merchants have taken him to their hearts as eagerly as Hollywood 's glitterati . |
| 43 | Training in skills such as singing or dancing often seems to involve not just acquiring technique , but opening a way through to the basic level of power so that it can ‘ fuel ’ the performance . |
| 44 | ‘ It is not easy playing game after game even for fit players it becomes a chore and you tend to pick up knocks . |
| 45 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 46 | He is after nothing less than a full-blown and not always approving commentary on Irish attitudes . |
| 47 | But it was almost equalled by the customs duties , which , although not strictly speaking part of the Crown 's inheritance , were granted by Parliament throughout the Tudor period for the life of each monarch , to be used as he wished . |
| 48 | The care or supervision of children , though not strictly speaking housework , is included because in practice it was impossible to make an adequate distinction between the two activities of housework and child-care . |
| 49 | The Convention not only transferred the Crown to William and Mary , but also laid down certain terms for the new rulers in the document known as the Declaration of Rights , and if the offer of the Crown was not strictly speaking conditional upon William and Mary 's acceptance of these terms , it was clear that everyone expected that they were to abide by them . |
| 50 | Not strictly speaking cleaning products these chemicals are used in conjunction with machine detergents . |
| 51 | He wrote a book expounding 1 Corinthians 7 to imply that the apostle was not really defending marriage , since his arguments fatally conceded that it was not the most perfect state for the believer , and no true believer could aspire to less than the perfection to which God called . |
| 52 | Politically speaking the issue of local autonomy and sovereignty scarcely ever arose : people recognized popular committees as valuable means of access to resources ; in their democratic aspect most educated Libyans thought of them as rhetorical devices , not really conferring power on a community , but representing curious elaborations of ideology in what was really a simple and straightforward problem of administration of services . |
| 53 | In opposing human spirit to human force I am not simply setting cognition against physique . |
| 54 | We can point to many instances where clear safety improvements have been effected by not simply accepting FAA requirements . |
| 55 | She adds that while the CHA is not presently advocating de-insurance of any specific service , a practical example is the hotel cost of hospital stays . |
| 56 | I 'm not even dreading work . |
| 57 | They are not even taking enforcement order now . |
| 58 | She 'll just do it , not even asking permission |
| 59 | Instead , she will let her feelings be known by ( a ) putting your best white shirt in the wash with a leaky indigo sweater , or ( b ) almost but not quite removing baby puke from the sitting-room carpet . |
| 60 | In consequence , it was often easier to overwrite ( superimpose ) parts of records with the same information , which is not good updating practice as errors can be introduced into the system . |