Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We think that retributivists and denunciationists are right to insist that there is no justification for punishing someone who has not deliberately and wrongfully broken a just law and thereby exercised a freedom to which they are not entitled ( because to do so has diminished other people 's freedom or has threatened to do so ) . |
| 2 | From 1 January 1994 underwriting agents will only be permitted to act as combined agents with Council consent if the agent has not more than 100 members , or it appears that the members ' agency function is sufficiently autonomous , or in the case of a combined agent whose members ' agency function is limited to run-off , it appears to be in members ' interests . |
| 3 | The card this time has not more than six words on it , because that seems to be about all that most people can hold at once . |
| 4 | The only term he uses to characterize the content of these tales in advance is " " harlotrye " " , and this appears after he has not once but twice emphasized the purported social origin of these tales . |
| 5 | However , in Britain the same label means the drink contains not more than 1.2 per cent alcohol . |
| 6 | And did that cross the line it has n't yet and Ormanroyd comes out with the ball . |
| 7 | And er she says not only that she says er David is er saying to er Michelle come on and play with me and er come on in and play with me and , when Michelle will go in , he pushes Ashley out of the road and says well you 're not getting into my house . |
| 8 | Chaired by Michael Julien , it meets not less than three times annually to review the adequacy of the Group 's systems of internal control including those concerning the Group 's pension arrangements , the scope and findings of the external and internal auditors ' work , the half and full year financial statements prior to their submission to the Board , and the application of the Group 's accounting policies and any changes to financial reporting requirements . |
| 9 | Such a strategy assumes not only that the user will be persuaded by the rational appeal of the initiative ( as in instrumental approaches ) but that it will be ‘ legitimized by a range of social and cultural values , attitudes and skills to ensure commitment on the part of the initial users to adopt it . |
| 10 | In the seventeenth century Herbert saw this kind of understanding as a form of prayer which he describes not only as " God 's breath in man returning to his birth " but as an illumination in terms which Rolle and Hilton would have recognised : Church bels beyond the starres heard , the soul 's bloud , The land of spices ; something understood . |
| 11 | The use of particular terms in thesis titles proclaims not just that the author is a member of a particular sub-discipline group , but that he or she is a member at a particular time , characterised by terms rooted in the paradigms then current ( Dott ) . |
| 12 | A comparison of the three Gospels shows not only that they have a great deal in common but also that , in many cases , the wording of individual stories is either identical or very similar ( for example , compare Mark 2:3–12 ; Matt. |
| 13 | New Historicism offers a possible negotiation of the problem Samuel sees not only as pedagogically necessary but as politically necessary too . |
| 14 | I refer to the way in which higher education , as an institution within society , acts not just as a vehicle for economic reproduction within the social classes , but also as a means of ‘ cultural reproduction ’ . |
| 15 | It can be argued that true liberalization of standing rules requires not only that applicants be accorded standing to represent interests which they share with many others ( the old test of ‘ genuine grievance ’ achieved that ) but also that standing be accorded to genuine representatives of interested persons even if the only interest of the representative is to further the interests of the represented . |
| 16 | However , the development of better approaches to assessment requires not only that managers facilitate such development but also that practitioners are prepared for the need to apply new skills and face new dilemmas . |
| 17 | However , self-preservation requires not only that the mean velocity distribution should be similar , but also that all the parameters associated with the turbulence should have similar distributions at different stations . |
| 18 | The exercise is principally an informational one : it ensures not only that the minister is informed of local views for and against a proposal but also that those views are tested in the inspector 's enquiry , and fully considered in the subsequent report by the inspector to the minister . |
| 19 | So the role of the civil service expands not merely because ministers are overwhelmed with work but because Parliament is also . |
| 20 | This concept of structure is particularly difficult to grasp because it appears not once but twice . |
| 21 | Supposition abounds not least because the custom has been shown to be much older than the legend to which its origin is attributed . |
| 22 | That means not only that the BA could save money , but that it could make a bob or two by catering for the assembled hacks . |
| 23 | The way we know at all as human beings means not only that none of us knows everything but that none of us knows absolutely why we know anything . |
| 24 | This means not only that those procedures are seen and felt to be fair . |
| 25 | This means not only that forecasts must be made for each sector separately but that the base year should be the last one for which there were no constraints on the supply of places . |
| 26 | The application of the theory means not only that the executive shall not be the same body as the legislature but that these two bodies shall be isolated from each other , so that the one shall not control the other . |
| 27 | The lack of young women committed to a consistently woman-centred psychology , for instance , indicates not just that this psychology needs to spread its feminine community wider , but that it is a historically-specific product of late 1970s debates within western feminism , and that it , like other branches of psychology , is a profession in which experience counts . |
| 28 | A soft touch button and a series of small lights have replaced the conventional circular dial and pilot light , while the electronic thermostat indicates not only when the iron is cooler than required but also when it is too hot . |
| 29 | This practice surely implies not only that the music moves on without rallentando or pause but also that there must be a relationship between the tempos of the two movements . |
| 30 | A theorem which is very important for us and which proves not only that any two integers a , b ( not both zero ) do have a gcd , but much more besides is Theorem 1.4.4 Any two integers a , b ( not both zero ) have a unique positive gcd . |