Example sentences of "[not/n't] [Wh adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's not how the Sunday Times would see it , of course . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's not how the knowledge of Good and Evil spreads . ’ |
| 3 | That 's not how the doctors like it . |
| 4 | While the large Oxford English Dictionary defines modernity as ‘ the quality or condition of being modern ’ , this is not how the word is really used on either side of the Atlantic . |
| 5 | However , this is not how the law sees accountability . |
| 6 | She had not meant that , Ashley thought frantically , at least not in the way his husky intonation was making it sound , not how the look in his dark eyes seemed to imply . |
| 7 | There was room for both science and religion since the Bible taught how to go to heaven , not how the heavens go . |
| 8 | It is encapsulated in Galileo 's quip that the Bible teaches how to go to heaven , not how the heavens go . |
| 9 | What matters is the correlation between them , not how the correlation is produced . |
| 10 | Though Mosley interpreted the actions of the fascists at Olympia as the ‘ only guarantee of free speech in Britain ’ that was not how the press , the politicians and the public saw the matter . |
| 11 | He 's thinking about how if his lover comes to live here , then that 's not how the story will end . |
| 12 | This is describing the circle , not how the circle is drawn . |
| 13 | What really matters is not how the horse won , but that he did win , and that in doing so he ended his racecourse career displaying that sparkling but short-lived turn of foot for which he will long be remembered . |
| 14 | Not when the kidnap had taken place in broad daylight and the story had already been splashed across the front page of London 's evening newspaper . |
| 15 | The important event in container shipping occurs not when the goods are placed on board the vessel , but when the goods are taken charge of by someone entrusted with the ‘ door to door ’ carriage of the goods , including , when appropriate , vessel carriage . |
| 16 | The infinitives of such verbs are found only where the person of their support is specified ( We want it to snow ) , but not when the support is left undefined , as in certain exclamations , and not in the function of subject ( * To snow is pleasant ) . |
| 17 | Although it is of course true that people can be greatly helped by having the opportunity to talk about their impending loss , ( both their worries about it and their wish to talk about it together with the person who is dying ) this must be when the time feels right for the people involved and not when the helper , professional or lay , deems it appropriate . |
| 18 | Consequently revenue is recognised as having been earned when sales are made and not when the debt is settled , and the balance sheet will therefore including details of pre-payments both made and received by the company . |
| 19 | Problem : EDB works well at high temperature/high power , but not when the exhaust is relatively cool , at low power . |
| 20 | The argument failed for the very good reason that the disposition of the company 's property took place when the charge was created and not when the charge was enforced ; the floating charge is an existing charge and not one arising in the future when the charge is enforced or when it crystallises . |
| 21 | ‘ Not when the dogs are running , ’ said Mick . |
| 22 | It is not when the merchant set out on his round because at that time Mrs. Jones ' coals was as yet unascertained — McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth ( above ) . |
| 23 | That was the war : not when the band played and a bloody politician stepped forward to put flowers on the ground . |
| 24 | Even in the opera the Passacaglia ends not when the curtain goes up but when it comes down . |
| 25 | Note this only happens when moving randomly , not when the Fanatic emerges from his unit . |
| 26 | Always used to receiving admiring glances from men , Laura had n't known whether to be pleased or not when the doctor had completely ignored her — clearly having eyes only for Julie . |
| 27 | This seems to be inconsistent with the proposition that a higher standard applies where the director possesses relevant skills , but is presumably explicable on the basis that the higher standard relates only to distinct forms of professional expertise , such as that of the actuary or the physician referred to by Romer J , and not where the experience or expertise that the director has acquired is that of a business manager . |
| 28 | Not where the money comes from , or why it is sent . ) |
| 29 | The day after the Maastricht massacre , the French general commanding the arme e de l'air said , that he was sorry , but they were the wrong targets ; that was not where the Germans were . |
| 30 | Not where the park the village on the way down . |