Example sentences of "[conj] not [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 All aspects of the influence of photography throughout society will be examined , commerce and industry as much as artistic use of photography and of the divide in photography , be it real or not between the many genres of photography .
2 ‘ It is no use ’ , she stated ‘ letting the poor come and go as they think , to be helped or not as the charitable choose . ’
3 Do you think that they erm were an asset or or or not to the actual community when they ac I mean erm looking at how things were in prior to the flats being built and and
4 This distinction was roughly mirrored in a major division in Europe 's economic geography ( which was also , outside England , one between those directly affected or not by the French Revolution and the changes it brought ) .
5 Categories such as ‘ theatre and entertainment ’ or ‘ cinema and film ’ did not include quite the same things in 1987 as in 1961 , or not in the same proportions .
6 While the heyday for Greek columns was between the 1830s and the 1850s , the classical style carried on although not to the same degree .
7 The offices on the mainland also saw their fee income fall , although not to the same extent .
8 This shows that after a freshening in the early 1970s , the salinity ( and temperature ) began to increase in the early 1980s , although not to the same level as in 1970 .
9 This is fairly well known , but it is not commonly realized that synthetic detergents are affected deleteriously by the hardness of the water , although not to the same extent as soaps .
10 We found that Blacks were over-represented , although not to the same extent as in London , 6 per cent .
11 Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest .
12 More disposals are likely in 1992 , although not at the same rate as last year .
13 Any particular location only appeared once in the 48 stimuli , however , stimuli consisted of 24 pairs where the two films in any pair showed an identical manoeuvre in similar traffic conditions although not at the same location .
14 Both these plants are hardy and although not in the front rank of ornamentals , are worth growing in a large border or even on the bank of a stream or lake provided they are kept away from the wet margin .
15 Within a few years Dunkirk Mills was under the control , although not in the complete ownership of Peter Playne , of a long-established clothier family of Flemish descent .
16 Both house and mill were recently offered for sale and , although not in the best of condition , their potential was obvious .
17 Although not in the top league of hotels , it is one of the most pleasant hotels in Prague and retains many of the original fixtures and fittings .
18 However , while slavery and colonialism contributed to the ‘ underdevelopment ’ of Africa , the Caribbean and India — and similar processes were at work in other colonies , often under other colonial powers , although not in the white Dominions of Australia , New Zealand and Canada — Britain obtained significant economic benefits from its imperial domination .
19 Although not in the thick of it , she suffered some damage and lost seven killed and twenty-one wounded .
20 Spar 's wine selection has been steadily upgraded since Philippa Carr 's arrival , and although not in the same league as the major supermarkets , it is still a very handy outlet .
21 Besides being the only decent covered area at ‘ The Tip ’ , the stand was a local landmark , and although not in the same class perhaps as the Eiffel Tower , it was held in great affection by nearby residents .
22 Every lawyer in the team is a supervisor for another lawyer and is in turn supervised , although not by the same lawyer .
23 The National Health Service is still excluded ( although not from the three E's examinations ) , as are the nationalized industries .
24 It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered !
25 Saturday was the day when she and Cissie rolled up their sleeves and turned out enough pies and bread to last the whole week , more often than not with the dubious help of Richard .
26 However , many women are forced into part time , low-grade jobs — more often than not in the public sector .
27 Once you 've chopped off the top ten , there are mass mi middle , medium sized P L C's , the nine million to fifty million turnover er company and they 're looked after by some by major firms , some more often than not by the second tier firms , so we can see very much and we can penetrate those er that middle market situation , then these are the companies in the future that will er will probably be the big P L C's and also these it will be easier to get into these organisations er with the services that we have to look through to offer .
28 As he said ( and not for the first time ) , you ca n't beat a bit of local knowledge .
29 That let off seemed to breathe relief back into the home side , and not for the first time this season the imposing physical presence of youngster Ferguson proved crucial with a deft header which set up Cleland for a fine angled finish from 15 yards for the leveller .
30 As the throng of workers laughed and joked , tucking into the vast amount of food laid out before them , Annie 's mind went back to other Mell Suppers and not for the first time , she reflected on how her family had dwindled .
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