Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] not [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work . |
| 2 | Of particular interest to Society members even those far afield who perhaps do not know B.C. very well , if at all , is the way it illustrates the influence the Railway had on the community at that time . |
| 3 | I personally do not have time for delays in this operation , and my approach has been ratified at the highest levels . |
| 4 | Whatever about the apparent failure of Desmond and his executives , is it not absolutely extraordinary that John V. O'Dwyer , of Arthur Cox , solicitor to and main board member of the Smurfit organisation , apparently did not brief Michael on the Independent 's retraction and the specific references to UPH and Desmond ? |
| 5 | Even Emil Fischer , in propounding the idea that proteins were built up by a standard linkage ( -CO-NH- ) between different amino acids , apparently did not envisage molecules containing more than 30 or so such units , corresponding to no more than 300 atoms which is much too small . |
| 6 | PEOPLE who sell stuff in glass bottles apparently do not throw stones . |
| 7 | Transfection with rat TAP1 a alone did not alter HLA expression . |
| 8 | While indomethacin alone did not affect amylase secretion , together with cyclosporin A it caused significant ( p<0.01 v controls ) inhibition of enzyme secretion ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 9 | Moreover , addition of the recombinant human TBP protein alone did not stimulate transcription activity . |
| 10 | In time , however , these ideas developed into a much more general critique , in which objects not only did not signify use value but were found not to signify anything outside of themselves . |
| 11 | The helper obviously did not do part of the actions denoted by the infinitives in these sentences . |
| 12 | These agents obviously did not cause diarrhoea at the time of study , although their presence might represent chronic or convalescent carriage after earlier symptomatic infection . |
| 13 | It hoped that the involvement of neutral states like Austria , Sweden and Switzerland — all of whom obviously did not see membership as compromising their neutrality — would persuade the Soviet Union that the new association was sufficiently politically innocuous for Finland to be able to join it in the not too distant future . |
| 14 | Although this case obviously did not concern accountants directly , it proved crucial to subsequent claims against them . |
| 15 | There is just one problem : brains are part of the soft tissue of the body and so do not survive fossilization . |
| 16 | Under the overseas person exemption , many types of investment business which are actually carried on in the UK ( albeit from a non-UK office ) , are in effect treated as carried on outside the UK for the purposes of the FSA ( and so do not require authorisation under the FSA ) if the firm does not have a UK office from which it carries on investment business and : ( 1 ) The firm deals with or through , or arranges transactions with , an FSA-authorised person , such as a UK stockbroker , or an exempted person , such as a listed money market institution , acting within the terms of its exemption ( para 26 of Sched 1 ) ; this applies even if that person is an affiliate ; ( 2 ) the firm did not solicit the business in contravention of the FSA 's restrictions on the issue of investment advertisements and cold calling ( para 27 of Sched 1 ) . |
| 17 | To Arnold the term philistine implied the idea of something stiff-necked and perverse in its resistance to light — ‘ and therein it specially suits our middle class , who not only do not pursue sweetness and light , but who even prefer to them that sort of machinery of business , chapels , tea-meetings and addresses from Mr Murphy , which makes up the dismal and illiberal life on which I have so often touched ’ . |
| 18 | However , there was one big kolkhoz consisting of 150 households only 20 versts from Roslavl' that was said to be too well satisfied with itself , and so did not welcome visits from the town . |
| 19 | For the man who enters the House at a later age who does not expect to get and perhaps does not want office , there is no point in continual exertions to catch the limelight and this is the kind of member who is particularly prone to regard his function as supporting his leaders . |
| 20 | He does note , in the letter to Zasulich , Morgan 's hope for a future society , which would abandon the obsession with private property , but at the same time he makes it clear that he rightly does not consider Morgan a socialist or a revolutionary . |
| 21 | However , he or she is not legally the owner of any shares and so does not receive dividends , and can not vote . |
| 22 | M. Wright ( School Librarian ) I. West ( History Dept ) F. Strong ( Geography Dept ) Such a report obviously does not guarantee success and both school librarians and teachers involved in projects such as this are well aware of the need to be fully cognizant with school politics in seeking to use resources . |
| 23 | At issue is who owns the reservoir — and who is responsible for ensuring that the leaky embankment that holds the water in does not give way and engulf a street of houses . |
| 24 | Interest on borrowing for improvements to your home can qualify for tax relief providing your total house purchase/home improvement borrowing together does not exceed £30,000 under current Government regulations . |
| 25 | After all feminism alone does not exclude men . |
| 26 | Altered perception alone does not explain IBS . |
| 27 | In animal models of oesophageal carcinogenesis , gastro-oesophageal reflux promotes tumour development but reflux alone does not cause tumour formation in the absence of a carcinogen . |
| 28 | In cats , ablation of area 17 alone does not abolish form vision but additional removal of adjacent parts of the visual cortex does . |
| 29 | Sexual attraction is , of course , a large part of falling in love , yet sex alone does not guarantee intimacy . |
| 30 | True , jettisoning old-fashioned views alone does not guarantee success . |