Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [prep] [det] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 And if some did , the answer was No — or Not for more than a week .
2 Either she did n't want to publish it this year , or not at all but wanted her not to go to another publisher all the same .
3 From the mere fact of wanting more or less or not at all or the contrary I can derive no imperative for choosing between my wants .
4 It would be a very great help towards that end if the studies and work of theologians , doctors of divinity and other such people could be regarded as being related to specialised history , and not at all as being directed towards the regeneration and bolstering of established religions .
5 Hanoi conservatives counter by pointing out that what the economy needs most — cash — will not come immediately , and not at all if the ceasefire breaks down .
6 This already exists on private land , and we all accept that we can only search with permission and not at all when crops are growing .
7 Or , imagine that the lights go out as Harry has just begun saying : ( 2 ) Listen , I 'm not disagreeing with you but with you , and not about this but about this Or , Suppose we find a bottle in the sea , and inside it a message which reads : ( 3 ) Meet me here a week from now with a stick about this big We do not know who to meet , where or when to meet him or her , or how big a stick to bring .
8 Article 11 can hardly be said , therefore , to ‘ weaken ’ the Convention it allows States who wish to be more generous to a claimant than the minimum standards set out in the earlier articles to do so , but not for more than minimum standards to be imposed by a requesting State on a requested State .
9 You may use your valid national licence or international driving permit but not for more than 1 year from the date of entry into the UK .
10 These characters may be homologous with those of the orang-utan , or with those of the African apes and humans , but not with both as there is now evidence of independent derivation of orang postcranial characters from the other great apes .
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