Example sentences of "[subord] [not/n't] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where not long ago the forest was thought of as an ‘ enemy ’ , it is now a source of life and livelihood . |
| 2 | The area had been built up where not long before , according to Defoe 's account , there were fields of grass with cows feeding in them . |
| 3 | It 's more aerodynamic , the interior has been improved ( although not nearly as much as it should have been ) , the new engine has more power and yet is no thirstier , and the new suspension means safer , more predictable , handling . |
| 4 | Although not nearly so cold as the ceramic tiles of the hall , the linoleum beneath his bare feet had a chill that seemed to creep right through his body . |
| 5 | But just as women now demand for themselves greater freedom to express different facets of the self , so too do some men , although not nearly so many of them . |
| 6 | Another set of official statistics showed the price of industrial products was slightly higher last month , although not high enough to affect forecasts of a continuing decline in consumer inflation . |
| 7 | Current possession of human , physical and financial capital tends to reinforce itself in successive periods , although not completely so . |
| 8 | ( Since 1985 , as Table 9.3 will show , the cost of oil imports has fallen substantially , although not completely back to the 1979 level . ) |
| 9 | The Caterham has been an expensive car to run , although not prohibitively so . |
| 10 | The middle years of childhood are the years in which sexual consciousness develops ( although not yet fully established ) and the superego — that part of the mind and personality which exercises moral control over conscious and , to some extent , unconscious impulses — is strengthened . |
| 11 | It seems very probable ( although not yet experimentally demonstrated ) that pH levels in a hungry owl will be lower than in one that is still digesting its previous meal . |
| 12 | The rural community has produced more food than ever before , although not yet enough . |
| 13 | ‘ A general provision is made to cover losses on advances impaired at the balance sheet date which , although not yet specifically identified , are known from experience to exist in the portfolio of advances . |
| 14 | However , as yesterday 's Moldavian press reported , he spoke encouragingly about abandoning Article Six of the constitution , which guarantees the party 's leading role in society — although not just yet . |
| 15 | Unemployment has fallen in the county , although not as fast as in other parts of the region , but it does appear that some 800 previously unemployed Kent people have gained work as a direct result of the Tunnel . |
| 16 | This does n't show through in practice , though , since under Windows , probably one of the most graphically intensive environments you can have , screen updates are acceptably quick , although not as fast as with Windows-optimized accelerated cards . |
| 17 | At some localities , late leaching has enhanced the reservoir properties of the slope mudstones , although not as commonly as in the Z1 and Z2 Carbonates . |
| 18 | The paintings are now hung in two registers on the walls , although not as thickly as a century or more ago . |
| 19 | The same readiness to supplement the wording of an institution is also found , although not as early as the Republic : Ulpian discusses cases in which the esto of heres esto has been left out , or even the whole expression . |
| 20 | At that time hilltrampers tended to buy their gear from Army & Navy stores because wartime surplus material was still readily available , although not always functionally efficient . |
| 21 | In many cases other people play a significant role in the acquisition of those problems — although not always deliberately . |
| 22 | Tiberius Minnows meanwhile appear to be moving more to the rock end of their pop/rock equation — although not always entirely convincingly . |
| 23 | The central team of academic staff responsible for the management of the Course has grown with the size of the Course itself , although not always as fast as the individuals concerned would have liked . |
| 24 | In these Articles injured States comprise those in a defined bilateral relationship ; those in a defined third party relationship ; those who share a formal relationship with the wrong-doer State , although not necessarily factually injured by the breach ; and those indirectly injured because their only injury is as a member of the international community . |
| 25 | Babies do not enter this world suffering from anxiety ; it is a condition which is imposed upon them by other people — although not necessarily intentionally . |
| 26 | The model fits variations in US fertility trends reasonably well , although not necessarily much better than conventional economic variables ( D. P. Smith 1981 ) . |
| 27 | Although not all that familiar : her oval face was leaner now , her light ginger hair cut shorter and more clearly styled . |
| 28 | Although not only really big natural find came to light , nearly every family group took home a few Roman coins and , perhaps , the odd hammered medieval coin as well . |
| 29 | As for what may be called , although not very properly , the conflict with our ordinary ways of speaking , in which events , facts , and things are mentioned as causes or conditions , and also other items ( Ayer , 1972 , p. 133 ) , the principal explanation is that we are in accord with the rooted practice of taking the whole for the part . |
| 30 | Elsewhere , Waddington of London are still offering important pieces , although not quite up to previous years , and at rather high prices compared to nearby stands : a 1949 Dubuffet ‘ Joie de vivre ’ for SF1.28 million ( £481,200 ; $878,200 ) ; and a wonderful 1938 Miró watercolour at SF2.3 million ( £864,700 ; $1.57 million ) . |