Example sentences of "[adv] not [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were , however , not encouraged to fraternise , as our Establishment considered that the Yanks , being naïvely and pressingly inquisitive , and perhaps not possessing an inherited sense of the paramount importance of secrecy in wartime , might prove a security risk . |
| 2 | George was civil servant enough not to ask a simple question if a fancy one would do . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Okay , imagine she 's effectively not earning a tangible income . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( 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 . ) |
| 7 | Despite Mercer 's injury , Leeds say they 've still not finalised a two-year deal for Aussie Test back rower Bob Lindner . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And , at 62 , Joe has still not found a new job . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The city council has still not published an official notice telling the traders of the changes more than SIX months after the controversial decision was approved by councillors . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Erm the reason for this is that Luton er is not an attractive proposition on a long term basis but it anti er and that , that is largely for an environmental point of view of the fact that it will also not provide an awful lot of additional capacity but it is a highly economic airport from the point of view of the number of er the cost required to expand it er further er passenger and facilities they already have designs for the extension of the facilities in that airport and I am concerned that er delays in the planning process for terminal three er or for any other alternatives in the South East or for making alternative arrangements elsewhere in the country . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Emily — she seemed to be her own mistress , despite the grand connections — would surely not refuse an honest offer ; yet he was not , at present , in a position to make one . |
| 19 | Someone once said to me , ‘ You are surely not founding an élitist system ? ’ — that , s a word that seems very unfashionable these days . |
| 20 | His clubmate , Craig Chalmers , has maybe not played a better all-round international since New Zealand in 1990 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Thinking about it , she did n't mind in the least not having a proper part . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Why not make a special bookmark for Thinking Day ? |
| 28 | So why not make a fresh start ? |
| 29 | Why not make an extra batch for a delectable Christmas present ? |
| 30 | 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 . |