Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] not [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It lay across the most direct if not always the quickest route to Normandy ; in peace , wine and wool crossed the county , adding significantly to its wealth . |
| 2 | The most popular but not necessarily the most economic biomass conversion process is undoubtedly the production of ethyl alcohol ( ethanol , ) from sugar-cane and maize . |
| 3 | For example , neutron activation analysis ( see glossary ) , one of the techniques used to determine the composition of ancient ceramics , would be impossible without a computer program , since the calculations required are so complex and extensive that not even the most resilient individual armed with a pocket calculator could possibly complete them in a single lifetime . |
| 4 | The workload is considered such that not even the appointment of a number of additional limited case judges has made much of a dent in it . |
| 5 | Thus we might look around and point to something red and say " This is coloured red " ; and then , perhaps , in order to forestall any tendency to mistake the word for the name of a particular shade of red , gesture towards another thing of a similar but not quite the same hue , and add " And that is red too " . |
| 6 | Well mister you ca n't tell whether you 're married or not so the feminist version is ms . |
| 7 | The losses at the Battle of Sagrajas had been great and not even the addition of El Cid 's men could make it anything like as strong as it had been before the coming of Yusuf . |
| 8 | These particular residents , the ones that live in the service road , are campaigning for the service road to be closed but not surprisingly the residents who live are n't keen on that er road closure because that would affect their use that route at other times other than the morning peak . |
| 9 | On the edge of Sheffield town centre the eye confronts some long walls the colour of a storm , so forbidding that not even the kids have made their mark . |
| 10 | On the edge of Sheffield town centre the eye confronts some long walls the colour of a storm , so forbidding that not even the kids have made their mark . |
| 11 | Always used to receiving admiring glances from men , Laura had n't known whether to be pleased or not when the doctor had completely ignored her — clearly having eyes only for Julie . |
| 12 | Objections on the grounds of time often disguise a more fundamental problem which concerns teaching in general and not just the objectives model . |
| 13 | Announced in January 1982 , and finally put into effect two years later , the AT&T break-up startled the telecommunications world in general and not least the western European state monopoly telephone administrations . |
| 14 | To summarise , many partnerships appear to have focused or been focused on the immediate and not necessarily the important . |
| 15 | The reason you have n't read about it , even in the official UFO journals , is that it has been kept so secret that not even the ufologists know about it . |
| 16 | Residents say this part of Swindon 's so noisy and dirty that not even the homeless want to live here . |
| 17 | The fuse again is correct and not only the fuse but the wiring is in good working order . |
| 18 | The silence of the night brought a feeling of unease ; the normal rustlings of nocturnal creatures were absent and not even the hoot of an owl nor the choughing call of a pheasant disturbed the stillness . |
| 19 | But universality would be surprising because not only the context of emergence but also that of the dissemination and use of knowledge varies over time and from social location to social location . |
| 20 | Even on the assumption that Yusuf Bali did draw up the original and not just the copy , it does not by any means necessarily follow that he was acting as in so doing ; nor , further , does it necessarily follow that if he were acting as he was doing so in his father 's absence from Bursa , much less his absence on the pilgrimage . |
| 21 | and last but not least the complete inability of presenting different alternatives . |
| 22 | Last but not least the two Gary 's in midfield have been brilliant — Mac looking assured and displaying his talents for all to see — he has really blossomed when Strach 's not been playing and Speedy has scored some important goals and displayed his prowess at getting forward . |