Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] not [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The web of confusion that has surrounded the whole Nimslo venture is now so tangled that not even Nimslo can say exactly how much investment the company has attracted . |
| 2 | Subject : Majestic or not so Leeds |
| 3 | Provided the soil is workable , a spit ( spade 's length ) deep and not violently acid or alkaline , it will need little preparatory treatment . |
| 4 | The star goes on becoming smaller and smaller , denser and denser , until its gravitational pull has become so enormous that not even light can escape from it . |
| 5 | Now she was a young widow , dignified but vulnerable , busy but not tastelessly careerist ; she believed that she always put her family first . |
| 6 | The penalty for failure to do so was likely to be dire because not only individuals but nations were chastised for their sins , and can it be expected that He will suffer this great iniquity to go unpunished ? ’ |
| 7 | In contrast , the Spanish Romanesque is rougher , more austere , more solemn than not only Mohammedan architecture but also Romanesque work from elsewhere in Europe . |
| 8 | Anything approaching within a distance 2GM/c 2 of the centre is inevitably trapped by the intense gravitational field : space–time is so warped that not even light can escape . |
| 9 | Two East Antrim players were sin-binned and not surprisingly Antrim got their second goal in the 69th minute through Allister Reilly to grab the vital points . |
| 10 | Is the Minister aware that not only juveniles but adults are committing crimes while on bail and that many crimes now being committed by adults while on bail involve firearms ? |
| 11 | The voice is dead and not only cricket-lovers will suffer the hush . |