Example sentences of "[verb] not [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently , this refers not to the Lower East Side survey , but to Labov 's preparatory department store survey ( Labov , 1966 ; 1972b ) . |
| 2 | Sheridan gave her a look of hatred which seemed not in the least to bother her . |
| 3 | He feels not in the least jaded by his winter , refreshed more . |
| 4 | Rufus did not in the least care about the moral issue , but the subject itself interested him . |
| 5 | Whether or not he had sent the article back ( if it had been rejected ) did not in the least matter . |
| 6 | They do not for the most part take a position like that of Boas and Evans-Pritchard which rejects the very notion that there are general laws governing human history ; and if they do not , it would seem that they too are driving , however cautiously , towards an understanding of human history in general , in other words toward a theory of human evolution . |
| 7 | But our sources do not for the most part interest themselves in times of peace — the impression from Diodorus ' own narrative is that Dionysius did little but fight wars against Carthage ; but Carthaginian aggressiveness , like Persian , was exaggerated by ‘ crusading ’ Greek historiography and poetry . |
| 8 | Innately more conservative than its urban counterpart , the rural community had not for the most part engaged in widespread and overt political protest in response to the strains that were placed upon it . |
| 9 | However , no hard-pressed city government is likely to fund accident reduction research or to experiment with possibly expensive infrastructure provision or management methods , especially as the cost saving from accident reduction does not for the most part accrue to the authority itself . |
| 10 | It does not in the least correspond to any difference in the type of population … |
| 11 | This domination of finance capital , however , does not in the least nullify the significance of political democracy as a freer , wider and clearer form of class oppression and class struggle . |
| 12 | This does not in the least matter when looking at birds or distant ships , but it is not helpful when observing a planet or a star , when it is important to collect as much light as possible . |
| 13 | This does not in the least mean that in all cases a plaintiff can not recover under the rule unless he proves interference to his proprietary interest . |
| 14 | The efforts of African leaders to build a new political system within their countries in the last twenty-five years have not for the most part been successful . |