Example sentences of "[adv] not [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George was civil servant enough not to ask a simple question if a fancy one would do . |
| 2 | I think if we go down not having a responsible position to our debts , repaying our debts in the long term , erm , we are going to be restricted on what we can borrow with the capital , because no government is going to , you know , my party or your party , is going to let us go on building debts , and more debts by giving us permission to borrow money and more money and more money . |
| 3 | Okay , imagine she 's effectively not earning a tangible income . |
| 4 | In some cases I have deliberately not mentioned a particular plant because I consider it to be unsuitable for pressing , but I am sure that there are many plants not listed that will press very well . |
| 5 | ( With the exception of preparations last month for the visit of Kiichi Miyazawa , the prime minister of Japan , President Clinton has still not chaired a high-level meeting on the subject . ) |
| 6 | Despite Mercer 's injury , Leeds say they 've still not finalised a two-year deal for Aussie Test back rower Bob Lindner . |
| 7 | Despite my luck with the Harlequin ducks the Barrow 's goldeneyes declined to come close enough and I had still not got a good shot when , with reluctance , we left Mýatn . |
| 8 | And , at 62 , Joe has still not found a new job . |
| 9 | With the exception of preparation for his meeting with Kiichi Miyazawa , the prime minister of Japan , he has still not had a full-blown meeting on trade with his economic team . |
| 10 | But , although they will have an intimate knowledge of computers , they will probably not have a deep knowledge of the particular application of the proposed software . |
| 11 | That is to say that although he was clearly not endorsing a militaristic brand of Rambo-style Christianity — say , fighting modern crusades against Muslims , or shooting atheists — he was insisting that to be a Christian meant to be a person engaged in the Great Battle . |
| 12 | In fact , you know I 'm consciously now not to become a Welsh accent because if I 've got the Welsh accent added to it all it 'll be horrendous ! |
| 13 | Finance company personal loan Rather like bank personal loan , for say £300 to £3,000 , but often not specifying a particular purchase and arranged by post ( or through ‘ money shop ’ ) with finance company ; interest rate usually fixed at start . |
| 14 | Locus standi to argue for a relisting would seemingly not require a fresh certificate as it would not constitute an appeal as such but an application to the House to exercise an inherent jurisdiction to re-open an appeal , analogous to that developed by the Court of Appeal , in order to do justice under the scheme of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 . |
| 15 | His clubmate , Craig Chalmers , has maybe not played a better all-round international since New Zealand in 1990 . |
| 16 | In medicine , we talk in general terms of a patient 's ‘ right to know ’ , but also of a doctor 's liberty , sometimes not to tell a particular patient for good reason . |
| 17 | Thinking about it , she did n't mind in the least not having a proper part . |
| 18 | Another argument is that Diamant provided invaluable technological know-how , while ELDO-Europa was a cautionary tale of how not to organize a complex European space co-operation programme . |
| 19 | For all his socialist language he was really an old style Tory Radical , despising the ‘ system ’ yet not possessing a clear vision of what would replace it . |
| 20 | This explains the abundance of deltaic sediments in the stratigraphical record of the continental areas , but one must also expect that such sediments will either not exceed a critical maximum thickness , such as that suggested above , or they must have been deposited in a tectonically subsiding trough . |
| 21 | In the Persian Wars , however , the Boiotian League had evidently not ordered a general policy , because Plataia and Thespiai fought for the Greeks whereas Thebes medised , a stain she was never to wipe out . |
| 22 | Why not make a special bookmark for Thinking Day ? |
| 23 | So why not make a fresh start ? |
| 24 | So why not ensure a postage-free copy for yourself — or a friend ( gift cards available ) to give them a present that lasts the whole year round . |
| 25 | So , while there is no need to spoil the fun by trying to make an over-blown production out of your Christmas video , why not give a little time and thought to ways of showing the excitement leading up to the day itself . |
| 26 | Why not build a dayglo-colour band into each handle and blade ? |
| 27 | Instead of a large tree , why not choose a small-scale alternative . |
| 28 | For something less time consuming why not create a tiny scene from just two designs like the snails on the crazy paving ( see illustration , with a green shoot embroidered using lazy daisy stitch ) . |
| 29 | In these days when everything you can imagine is personalised , why not create a personalised picture ? |
| 30 | Why not join a local group of some kind in whose fight you believe and try to improve the quality and extent of their public relations ? |