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

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1 It does not matter whether or not that ability and mastery are real ; at times of distress the public perceives and invokes them ’ ( p.31 ) .
2 Whether or not this control and its prerequisite knowledge remain as properties of a single ‘ command ’ module , or shift about heterarchically , both views are forms of what I shall later want to call a ‘ light up ’ view of consciousness : as in a pinball machine different areas light up at different times depending on the state of the game .
3 The President was amused , conceding that not much cricket or rugby was played in the United States , but as a sports fan himself he understood — especially as a Southerner , aware of the significance of sport in the Deep South , and of the fact that I came from an ever Deeper South than he did …
4 They had four children and not much income and in those days believed like the rest of the middle class that they could only find a good education for their boy at an independent fee-paying school .
5 I have five children and not much money and not one of them has gone wrong and they all treat me with great respect .
6 If you have partition walls and not much space or light you can try playing around with the walls a little .
7 So support composite eight , composite ten , motion two seven eight and motion two eight three with that qualification , emergency motion number two and let's campaign for any effective policy for jobs and recovery and not this nonsense that is served up every week from this silly government .
8 There was a time when we naively believed that it was caused by Immune Overload — too many stimulants and not enough rest and nutrition .
9 Too much lettuce and not enough cucumber as usual , Mrs Hodges would never learn .
10 The reason too much easy money and not enough dedication and genuine love for one 's chosen work .
11 ‘ When you did not come to see him I made myself a vow that you would face reality and not some story that has been hammered into you since childhood .
12 As much if not more Gaulliste than de Gaulle , d'Argenlieu , a regular naval officer , was also the former prior of a Carmelite monastery .
13 A year later Mrs Meehan wrote , ‘ As I say again , Paddy or Jim had never heard of Mr Ross until after this crime , and I know if not this week or this year , he will clear himself one day .
14 Here , Dustin generates a little warmth , but not much passion or conviction , and his celebrated off-and-on smile gives the impression that he is not exactly sure what to do with his mouth .
15 But not this weekend but weekend before or is it June twenty five I do n't remember
16 In the past days people had begun cautiously to return to the moor , but not this evening and not here .
17 You may well have more , but not less time than this to correct and co-ordinate your results .
18 Because not all tea and soap is infected .
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