Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [det] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question of whether or not any undertakings as to confidentiality were given would by itself have been irrelevant as a defence under the Official Secrets Act . |
| 2 | These three specific types of item that should be shown separately on the face of the p&l account after operating profit and before interest are : profits or losses on the sale or termination of an operation ; costs of a fundamental reorganisation or restructuring having a material effect on the nature and focus of the reporting entity 's operations ; and profits or losses on the disposal of fixed assets ( although not those profits or losses that are in effect no more than marginal adjustments to depreciation previously charged ) . |
| 3 | Recent research has shown that not all joint-ventures or alliances between Western and Japanese companies are a complete success . |
| 4 | ‘ Faust IV ’ has improved with age , a mixture of mad songs and delirious electronic experiments which suggest that not all improvisations or ‘ difficult ’ music has to be incapable of rockin' out . |
| 5 | One of the reasons for writing so much about growing your own plants is that not all flowers and foliage suitable for pressing are available from florists , which can considerably limit the palette of colours from which you will work . |
| 6 | The fact that not all societies that anthropologists call ‘ patrilineal ’ exhibit correspondingly warm relationships between sister 's sons and mother 's brothers does not necessarily invalidate the argument either ; for , as we shall see later , definitions of what constitutes ‘ patrilineal ’ kinship ( or ‘ matrilineal ’ for that matter ) are seldom watertight . |
| 7 | So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint . |
| 8 | Note that there is not total standardisation between manufacturers and not all pipes and fittings are compatible . |
| 9 | A paternalistic concern for the well-being of the nation has been a feature of most if not all monarchs and has been associated with a particular and often predominant tradition within the Conservative party . |
| 10 | At the risk of wearying the reader it must again be stated that some degree of incestuous feeling exists in most if not all parents and children . |
| 11 | We found plenty of interest in the area but not many Klondykers and somewhat thankfully broke the ice through the Caledonian Canal to return via the East Coast to Southampton for Christmas . |
| 12 | But not all mosquitoes that breed in puddles or water pots are vectors of malaria , and it takes a competent entomologist to distinguish the dangerous from the harmless and to carry out this ‘ species sanitation ’ . |
| 13 | But just as not all genes that can replicate do so successfully , so some memes are more successful in the meme-pool than others . |