Example sentences of "[conj] perhaps [not/n't] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps not just near in her case . |
| 2 | Remarkably — or perhaps not so remarkably — Ungar 's mythic scotophobin had an amino-acid composition rather reminiscent of that of the endorphins and enkephalins . |
| 3 | The ventral interradial areas are also covered with granules although perhaps not as densely as the dorsal surface . |
| 4 | And I do need telling every now and then , although perhaps not quite so vehemently . ’ |
| 5 | However , all of these properties can be achieved by the use of other chemicals , although perhaps not quite so economically in every case . |
| 6 | An acquittal does not necessarily , and perhaps not even typically , falsify a police conclusion that the accused is guilty . |
| 7 | Not this moment , and perhaps not ever again , despite the time it would still take to confront that knowledge . |
| 8 | It is a notable achievement , especially for a left-wing ‘ class-firster ’ ; but Ms Magas understands that in places like ex-Yugoslavia — and perhaps not only there — nation still matters more than class . |
| 9 | This will never be an easy concept for people who have always been led [ and perhaps not very well led ! ] but who are very capable of leading themselves . |
| 10 | They were forgotten , along with the conflict which had , briefly , and perhaps not very deeply , divided the generation of Ambrose and Symmachus in the 380s and 390s . |
| 11 | When he had spoken to Zoser something of this had come across , perhaps not consciously but perhaps not completely unconsciously either . |
| 12 | ‘ In a largely illiterate society this oral epic singing also had the function roughly corresponding to the modern mass media — it spread the political news , much more slowly but perhaps not less reliably than the modern press , radio and television . ’ |
| 13 | Most modern chemists would probably say that we 'd have to wait a long time by the standards of a human lifetime , but perhaps not all that long by the standards of cosmological time . |
| 14 | Well , we seem to be a society that is very much orientated to crisis management rather than prevention , and perhaps we 're very good at recognizing our human needs and our children 's needs in terms of their nourishment , their physical and intellectual development , but perhaps not quite so well acquainted with their emotional needs to feel safe and secure with the adults around them being in control and able to handle their lives and the world 's situation in a mature and secure way . |
| 15 | He came closer to jest , though perhaps not close enough , when asked about his favourite curry : ‘ I wish I had got that many runs this summer . ’ |
| 16 | Although China and Japan were the central areas for martial arts development over the last 2,000 years , many other countries in southeast Asia developed indigenous fighting systems , each of which , though perhaps not so well known , has produced great masters and thousand-years old traditions . |
| 17 | ‘ Though perhaps not quite as good as the banana . ’ |
| 18 | Apart from regular ‘ cheesecake ’ or ‘ girlie ’ pictures of the sort that help boost the circulation of the popular press in Britain , there were syndicated pieces similar to those bizarre examples quoted above , though perhaps not quite so glaringly irrelevant . |
| 19 | ( Though perhaps not quite so improbable : a hulk I once saw stranded in Port Stanley in the nearby Falkland Islands was called the Jhelum — and both Sutlej and Jhelum are names of rivers in the Punjab . |
| 20 | Though perhaps not quite so avidly sought after as its Pirelli or even Ilford counterpart , these nonetheless prove to be extremely popular with local folk who send them to their far-flung nearest and dearest . |
| 21 | For some languages of expressions it will be possible in general to decide these facts ( though perhaps not very efficiently ) , and in any reasonable language thee should be wide classes of pairs of expressions whose equivalence is decidable . |