Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ilsa accepted coffee , pleased that it was afternoon when the English do n't generally drink coffee . |
| 2 | Guitars that have been MIDI'ed do n't really branch away from a guitar player 's technique . |
| 3 | ‘ I take it this did n't exactly catch on ? ’ |
| 4 | This did n't necessarily mean hostility to religion as such . |
| 5 | But this did n't necessarily mean , from my point of view , that we had to go around with Oliver . |
| 6 | I know I 'll wake up in the morning and think this did n't really happen , but I am thrilled to bits . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Generally speaking most tradesmen have some ways peculiar to themselves which they either derived from masters who taught them or from the experience of things or from something in the course of business ’ , but this did not strictly apply to undertakers , |
| 8 | This did not however make sufficient difference for the system to be feasible . |
| 9 | This did not however imply that recovery would follow in every case where a mistake had been shown to exist : ‘ If the defendant can show that the payment was made in settlement of an honest claim , or that he has changed his position as a result of the enrichment , then restitution will be denied . ’ |
| 10 | Although they had been told to counter this objection with the fact that this was a single instance or two of older machines and new machines could be serviced almost immediately , this did not altogether convince a potential customer and it was felt that many sales had been lost . |
| 11 | This did not notably affect the age distribution of either group . |
| 12 | But all this did not yet add up to a widespread expectation in London that Anglo-American relations would or should retain their wartime intimacy . |
| 13 | Plays were constantly revived and while the Master of the Revels might be expected to relicense a revival , this did not frequently happen . |
| 14 | While this did not expressly exclude the Minority Movement , the growth of Communist-led " rank and file movements " did in effect bring an end to the MM and to all formal Party subsidiaries within the unions . |
| 15 | This did not just happen by itself . |
| 16 | She formed a distinctly close relationship with some business figures prominent in the Jewish community , though this did not unduly colour her view of the state of Israel . |
| 17 | This did not particularly matter . |
| 18 | This did not inherently exclude any method of training , formal or informal , although the unplanned , sometimes unintended , day-to-day learning and reinforcement that takes place ‘ on-the-job ’ ( for better or worse ) , was regarded as outside our official remit . |
| 19 | This did not inherently exclude any method , or type of training : ‘ on-the-job/off-the-job ’ , ‘ formal/informal ’ , ‘ internal/ external ’ . |
| 20 | Between 1958/9 and 1979/80 it rose sharply ( in England from 36.1 per cent to 48.5 per cent ) , but this did not automatically mean more central control , any more than the subsequent fall by 1984/5 to 39.2 per cent meant increased local freedom ( all figures from Travers , 1986 , table app. 7 ) . |
| 21 | This did not automatically lead all in influential circles to conclude that there was a need for provision for the poor by the state . |
| 22 | This did not immediately lead to what might be defined as specific growth policies . |
| 23 | This did not necessarily mean that all local party chiefs in the minorities were also lethargic during 1922 . |
| 24 | This did not necessarily mean that the churches opposed alleviation of pain , but it did mean that the ministrations of the pastor were much more important than those of the physician , and those of the latter should not be permitted to interfere with the spiritual task of the former . |
| 25 | The Prince began to be talked about though this did not necessarily mean that he was being taken seriously as a political alternative to the regime of Louis-Philippe . |
| 26 | This did not necessarily mean that they took a very exalted view of their own importance . |
| 27 | Examples would be the abandonment in the later eighteenth century of figured bass and of optional parts in favour of completely written-out orchestral scores ; and the writing out of vocal ornamentation by Rossini , followed by other nineteenth-century Italian opera composers , instead of leaving it to be improvised — though this did not necessarily mean that singers followed their instructions ! |
| 28 | Social services were more closely involved through their provision of home care services , although this did not necessarily mean that a social worker was appointed . |
| 29 | This did not necessarily mean that de Gaulle already took for granted that self-determination would lead to an independent Algerian state . |
| 30 | This did not necessarily mean a dramatic change in the substance of French policy : in its last phase the Fourth Republic had asserted French independence through a nuclear policy and a far from submissive attitude towards the US and Britain . |