Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Groups became not merely bands , but ‘ ensembles ’ , deploying electronics , synthesisers and , in one case , something called ‘ crossover music theatre ’ . |
| 2 | As a consequence of these practical deficiencies , the principle of strict traffic segregation has been replaced in most Western societies by a repertoire of policies developed not just to improve traffic safety , but to do so without detracting from the quality of life in residential districts . |
| 3 | Tremendous publicity was given to the circumstances in which this movie had been made and to the way in which the director had shot some forty reels ; ‘ the eight-hour day for movie fans has not yet dawned ’ was the thankful comment of Robert Sherwood , but few critics doubted that the film conveyed much of the anger , ugliness , and brutality of the novel . |
| 4 | Although the number of marketmakers has not substantially changed in the 3 years since the Big Bang the membership has . |
| 5 | A different approach might aim to show that our perception of ourselves as intentional subjects has not always existed , and might then suggest that it arises as a feature of capitalist ideology . |
| 6 | And I would be interested just to know how many performances do n't actually break even . |
| 7 | This reveals that these words do not just carry information about proportions but also about speakers ' expectations , and even speakers ' expectations about hearers ' expectations and so on . |
| 8 | But whatever we call it , this sense that words do not just have their face-value meaning , but are to be critically interpreted as indicators of tone and attitude , is an essential part of James 's technique . |
| 9 | ‘ Cold-blooded words do n't necessarily betoken a callous nature , as you should be well aware by this stage in your training . |
| 10 | Words do n't always hit the mark , do they ? |
| 11 | Some of the words did not even make sense to her but , through the confusion , she 'd been able to salvage enough to piece together roughly the contents . |
| 12 | Soaps do n't usually focus on characters like this , people who grew up with the idealistic values of the 1960s and early 1970s , who have put off having children until their thirties , who worry about the environment but also worry about how they 're not managing to do enough about it . |
| 13 | Official materials and guidelines do not always find favour with parents and governors . |
| 14 | The Yanks did n't even bother to screen it , but we Brits lapped up the handlebar-moustachioed plotting and a-planning of David McCallum and Robert Wagner , not to mention the dastardly swagger of Nazi stereotype Anthony Valentine , who became a sex symbol . |
| 15 | In other words ‘ primitive ’ peoples do not simply construct words and meanings in relation to the felt needs of everyday life but classify according to more general intellectual interests and concerns . |
| 16 | Given that many rural schools do not even have properly equipped science laboratories , it is hard to see how they will be able to afford equipment for carpentry , metalwork and building . |
| 17 | Secondary schools do not always tell primary schools in detail what they do in terms of pupil development on either the curricular or the personal plane nor do primary schools always set out to learn what comes next . |
| 18 | Parents are expected to have total confidence in the school yet schools do n't often reciprocate trust and confidence in the judgement and goodwill of parents . |
| 19 | The funds do not merely guarantee you will get the full rise in the index over the period you have chosen ; they also ensure you get the highest bid price that the fund achieves at any point while the investment is running . |
| 20 | Perhaps it should also be remarked that algebraic type D solutions do not necessarily have horizons rather than singularities , a counterexample being one of the degenerate Ferrari-Ibañez ( 1987 b ) solutions . |
| 21 | Admittedly , solutions do not always demand extensive delving into the past . |
| 22 | Such problems are of combinatorial type and algorithmic solutions do not usually exist . |
| 23 | Such problems ( i.e. in aircraft maintenance fault diagnosis , trouble-shooting , monitoring , etc. ) are of an combinatorial type and algorithmic solutions do not usually exist . |
| 24 | Such operations have the advantage of removing the pollutants entirely from the waste stream ie the compounds do not merely undergo a change of state within the environment — and can exhibit beneficial interactions with microorganisms ( eg the so-called powdered activated carbon ( PACT ) process , in which powdered carbon is added to activated sludge and ‘ biological activated carbon ’ , in which microorganisms extend the life of carbon filters before regeneration is required ) . |
| 25 | It is well recognised that opioid analgesics do not always relieve pain , and there are already several unsatisfactory ways in which such pain is described , including ‘ opioid insensitive , ’ ‘ opioid non-responsive , ’ and ‘ opioid resistant . ’ |
| 26 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 27 | Central units did not commonly tailor courses to library requirements , although this is not necessarily a disadvantage . |
| 28 | Non-city dwellers may still be able to burn coal or logs in their fireplaces , but today 's busy lifestyles do n't usually allow time for tending them . |
| 29 | They found that patients with the highest serum gastrin concentrations did not necessarily have the highest enterochromaffin like cell counts . |
| 30 | Half my clients do n't even want to let me know what they 're up to . |