Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The presence of bFGF and the binding sites for this peptide have been documented in various tissues including the gastrointestinal tract but the physiological role of bFGF has not previously been established . |
| 2 | You know , if it was a dog that was lost , if it was a cat that was lost , if it was even a pigeon that had got lost they 've got some homing device , but the sheep has n't even got that , it ca n't even find it 's own way home . |
| 3 | Overall , the Census data suggest not only that the standard of living for those already on state benefits in 1971 has fallen further behind , ‘ but that many more of the residents have become dependent upon benefits and have so little disposable income as to be unable to participate in the consumer society at all , ( p. 17 ) . |
| 4 | As far as the sufferers themselves were concerned , data showed not only the number of moderately to severely demented elderly people living in the community , but also the fact that they suffered , in addition to cognitive impairment , a variety of behavioural , or other mental or physical impairments . |
| 5 | However , in September when he first saw the chemists ' proposal the ‘ good ’ data did not yet exist , indeed , did not exist until early in the new year . |
| 6 | It would have been a great deal more difficult because military aircraft use more volatile fuel , and they tend to be armed , they tend to be carrying things that civil aircraft do n't normally carry , so yes , it would 've been much more difficult . |
| 7 | However , a flexible and effective information system should allow schools to organise data to suit not only their own operational needs , but also LEA needs . |
| 8 | However , the statistical picture remains somewhat unclear for two main reasons : the data have not always been analysed with sufficient attention to all the possible factors implicated in such over-representation ; there are insufficient provincial data to show how general are the London results . |
| 9 | Some folk did not really connect ( until the next day ) that a late night and a rolling sea were not really ideal partners . |
| 10 | Bream do not always roll so smoothly though . |
| 11 | Bream do not always conform to this pattern . |
| 12 | The observation that large , predatory species of fish do not usually swim in schools might lead us to suggest that the advantage of schooling is in defence against predators , for large predatory fish are not themselves subject to predation . |
| 13 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 14 | It is worth noting that there is a delay between diagnosis and reporting of cases of AIDS and that there is usually a long interval between infection with HIV and the development of AIDS , so the published statistics do not accurately reflect the spread of HIV infection . |
| 15 | True-kin do not necessarily love one another , but it is always presumed that they are friends until they are shown to be enemies . |
| 16 | Szeto Wah , a Hong Kong legislator , told the crowd : ‘ A republic ruled by the people has not yet been realised . ’ |
| 17 | The definitionalist might seek to save his position by arguing for a general principle of law to the effect that to intend an act is to intend it under a full description and that therefore in all crimes where the actus reus contains not only a conduct element but also circumstances and consequences , mens rea is to be taken as being ‘ coextensive with the actus reus . ’ |
| 18 | Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement . |
| 19 | In his obituary in The Stage , the writer pertinently remarked that ‘ People die not so much on account of their age or that they are worn out , but because of the loss of their lifelong associates . ’ |
| 20 | She and her staff organized not only school lunches , but refreshments for all games and meetings , sports days , Speech Days , and Dinners and Lunches for the Old Stopfordians and several outside groups . |
| 21 | The fact that March sales worsened not only year-on-year , but compared with February , suggests the election played a part in the decline , the CBI says . |
| 22 | I was then promoted to be a Deputy Chief Officer and shortly afterwards became a Chief Officer of the department with over 500 staff providing not just legal and administrative services , but purchasing , management services and estate management as well . |
| 23 | Catering manager Kirsty Yearsley and her staff cater not only for the Board 's 300 employees , but also for 100 civil servants who occupy the building . |
| 24 | The industry 's preoccupation with domestic sales derived not only from political pressure , but also from the fact that a large proportion of their resources ( both capital and manpower ) was necessarily devoted to servicing the generally small and thus more expensive-to-supply domestic consumers . |
| 25 | A great deal of hotel business comes from people travelling not just for holidays or sightseeing but by people travelling by virtue of their business activities . |
| 26 | Science and technology all too often seemed to overtake the wildest fantasies of Utopian thinkers , plagues of infectious diseases were conquered , people flew not only into air but out into space and landed on the moon ; instant communications brought a " global village " and so on , yet all this progress of science and technology did not bring Utopia . |
| 27 | It is vital that young people feel not only welcome in the church , but also valued and needed there , whether in bands , music groups , orchestras or choirs . |
| 28 | However , there is a further piece of evidence , which can be used to show how historical circumstances can produce a dramatic demystification of the monarchy , which would not be possible if people did not already possess the ideological tools for critical demystification . |
| 29 | People did not however see themselves as ‘ apathetic ’ . |
| 30 | But people did not persistently use the same media in the same way . |