Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This suggests that either educational reform has just not gone far enough or that , although improved educational standards constitute an important development goal , they can only be effective when accompanied by structural changes in the rest of society . |
| 2 | Well it has just not come through . |
| 3 | The Conservatives have been lucky to have a plethora of external think tanks , which come up with the ideas , while being strictly deniable ( the IPPR has somehow not done quite the same for Labour ) . |
| 4 | Having previously discussed it with John , I declined to join them on their expedition to the temples at P. as I feel it is important to them both to have time alone with each other , especially as is at the moment a bit jealous of the twin at school here ( though of course he , chose to opt out of Gordonstoun ) and has anyway not spent as much time with John in recent years as no 2 ! has . |
| 5 | I , I think it 's regrettable that the concerns and the criticisms of the use of open dips er , has still not gone away in spite of what the institute 's said . |
| 6 | While the company has still not announced how much vendors will have to pay in royalties on top of the $400,000 licence fee for buying the 135,000 lines of code , it did say that royalties had been reduced significantly , and the second release of the code will be free to those companies that buy the first . |
| 7 | It has still not made up its mind what its role should be in the world . |
| 8 | The sale of Irises sparked a boom which has still not run out of steam . |
| 9 | A UNION representing workers at Stockton Borough Council has still not ruled out action over plans to cut jobs . |
| 10 | Mr Berecz , on the other hand , has still not given up his seemingly futile struggle , and has been plaguing the congress with constant interruptions . |
| 11 | She has still not given up the search , but she fears some animals are exported to Ireland or to the continent . |
| 12 | It is unclear whether any more such circulars will be forthcoming post-April , since the DoH has still not clarified precisely what monitoring it will be carrying out . |
| 13 | The government has still not come up with a dump for the masses of intermediate wastes , such as fuel cladding , that the plant would produce . |
| 14 | While the proportion of mentally ill among homeless people has probably not changed greatly over the past two decades , the absolute number has probably doubled in parallel with the number of homeless people . |
| 15 | Although we may now know much more about the chemistry of the human brain , our capacity for thought has probably not changed much over the past five thousand years . |
| 16 | If Vanguard has not deviated from the previous ideology of the National Front in identifying Jews as a powerful enemy , it has also not departed significantly from the conspiracy traditions . |
| 17 | Gatting , back after serving three years of a five-year ban for his part in the rebel tour of South Africa , has unselfishly not forgotten how Gower fought for him to be his understudy in the sub-continent . |
| 18 | Catherine Lee is an artist who has surely not exhibited so extensively nor is so well known as her painter-husband , Sean Scully . |
| 19 | An MEP has made the point that the Parliament has simply not put down enough roots for it to be realistic to expect it to increase its powers . |
| 20 | He tried hard not to wonder why the word had n't been much more than a growl . |
| 21 | He stared at her anxiously , then at Slater , and tried hard not to look as interested as he felt . |
| 22 | question , issue three C two and three er we say that in relation to two as a matter of have categorize this as a question of law we say it probably categories a question of fact because if they 're right in there analysis of law and article eighty directive , all it means is , is that there is no market outside and that the restriction is insignificant if that being so one would answer the question , is not capable as a matter of pure law of infringing article eighty five , but in the light of the discussion yesterday afternoon of course when my learned friend comes to apply for this strike out , we may have difficulty in contesting that provision it 's not , not er , a , a major part of our case that we , we would have to re-consider it and , and I did ask your Lordship erm if your Lordship would minded to find otherwise not to block out at least the possibility of application for leave to amend and of course we 'd have to make , have to consider whether we could make a proper case out of it on what we do |
| 23 | The Royal Commission on Legal Services reported in 1979 that ‘ across the country as a whole there is now a surplus of barristers ; ’ and the number has certainly not fallen since . |
| 24 | ‘ It wo n't take long , but she 'd better not stay here . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't ask ; I told Gina where I was going but I 'd better not stay too long . ’ |
| 26 | " Still , I 'd better not stay long with the sepoys attacking … |
| 27 | " You 'd better not go over with that on you , " he said , looking at her middle . |
| 28 | And just in case I may say things I 'll be sorry for , I 'd better not go on , except for one last word . |
| 29 | Right so I just stopped at the paracetamol , and I says , Och , I 'd better not go back up . |
| 30 | Confused now at all the permutations of possibilities , Chesarynth decided on the safest course : I 'd better not give too much away . |