Example sentences of "[subord] not [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , he was married , although not many people knew this , and his wife had a serious and incurable disease called lupus , which at times took quite a toll on his own emotions and energy . |
| 2 | Although not all newspapers were affected to the same degree , the trend towards more ‘ sensation ’ and more ‘ sport ’ suggested that the ‘ reader was expected to be intellectually more passive … attracted less by the prospect of greater wisdom than by that of ‘ Elevated ’ status , and he was now appealed to in a shrill capitalised format ’ . |
| 3 | The restrictions on purchasing ethanol without prescription have been removed ( although not all pharmacists will realise this ) but it is very expensive because of the Customs and Excise duty despite its medicinal purpose . |
| 4 | Although not all doctors would agree that restless legs are attributable to caffeine , anyone suffering this condition should try avoiding caffeine for a while to see if it makes any difference . |
| 5 | ‘ Improving the national economy is the single most important program the federal government can take to help urban America ; because our economy is predominantly an urban one , what 's good for the nation 's economy is good for the economies of our cities , although not all cities will benefit equally , and some may not benefit at all . ’ |
| 6 | The HAPCs are thought to be the manometric equivalent of the mass movements seen during radiological studies although not all HAPCs are associated with mass movements . |
| 7 | Although not all women were aware of the consequences of having paid reduced contributions , none of them had anticipated being made redundant . |
| 8 | Although not all authorities responded ( and it was those with strong Conservative majorities which failed to do so ) , the effect of the circular was dramatic . |
| 9 | Virus infections seldom kill , but they do tend to affect vigour , reduce the crop , delay ripening and generally impair the plant 's efficiency , although not all virus infections are necessarily harmful to the vine . |
| 10 | Although not all words containing these sounds manifest the ( usually somewhat indeterminate ) meaning , it is capable of transferring to new coinages . |
| 11 | Although not all observers wished to emulate British experience , their analyses appeared edged with a touch of envy . |
| 12 | Provision has been made for wheelchair users , although not all buildings are accessible ; special equipment and support services are available for those with particular needs . |
| 13 | These three specific types of item that should be shown separately on the face of the p&l account after operating profit and before interest are : profits or losses on the sale or termination of an operation ; costs of a fundamental reorganisation or restructuring having a material effect on the nature and focus of the reporting entity 's operations ; and profits or losses on the disposal of fixed assets ( although not those profits or losses that are in effect no more than marginal adjustments to depreciation previously charged ) . |
| 14 | The official regatta has virtually nothing to do with it but it does give farmers with riverside frontage an extra source of income … which has reached six figures , although not this year . |
| 15 | They can rarely , if ever , be considered as two opposing forces , for more often than not both processes run hand in hand . |
| 16 | But more often than not these decisions are made for reasons which have little or nothing to do with creativity . |
| 17 | More often than not these constraints are not met , especially in note-taking situations when users are by necessity writing speedily . |
| 18 | And how can a farm worker strike against an employer whom he knows to be , more often than not these days , a solicitous and considerate person , even if he pays low wages ? |
| 19 | The drought of the previous three years has dissolved into into a huge downpour and now there 's more of a worry about being too much rather than not enough water . |
| 20 | There had gradually developed in chapel life during the second half of the century a desire for greater dignity , order and something akin to the ‘ beauty of holiness ’ , if not that beauty itself . |
| 21 | Our data revealed that the P3A + variant of the α gene is expressed in many , if not all tissues . |
| 22 | A paternalistic concern for the well-being of the nation has been a feature of most if not all monarchs and has been associated with a particular and often predominant tradition within the Conservative party . |
| 23 | Changes in these practices were stimulated , in many if not all cases , by the need to respond to population pressure ; once again , the same problem may have invoked a different response in different cultural milieux . |
| 24 | The creation of a pattern of land ownership , through field systems , whereby some if not all land was held individually rather than collectively , was a ‘ solution ’ to the problem of how to organize the production of the means of reproduction . |
| 25 | This created the conditions which were to set the pattern of religious justification for strife for centuries to come , and there is little doubt that nearly all , if not all wars in historic time have had some kind of religion or ‘ god ’ put forward as requiring the human race , or parts of it to engage in bloodshed and misery . |
| 26 | That almost all , if not all religions have become sullied with this kind of behaviour is something that must be branded as totally unacceptable . |
| 27 | At the risk of wearying the reader it must again be stated that some degree of incestuous feeling exists in most if not all parents and children . |
| 28 | In the case of solicitors , as well as the usual provisions common to most businesses , specific restrictions may , for example , be desired : ( 1 ) in relation to the operation of bank accounts ( more particularly drawings and transfers from client and trust accounts ) ; ( 2 ) to prohibit a partner from carrying on investment business at any time when the firm has not applied for and obtained an Investment Business certificate from the Law Society ; and ( 3 ) in relation to professional undertakings made in the name of the firm , perhaps by requiring the consent of another partner ( if not all partners ) or notice to the other partners . |
| 29 | It needs to be on the agenda , both formal and informal , of most if not all staffrooms . |
| 30 | Addictive disease has common characteristic features that are shared by many if not all sufferers . |