Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] not [vb infin] all " in BNC.

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1 I told him that the Owsla 's privileges did n't mean all that much to me in any case and that a strong rabbit could always do just as well by leaving the warren .
2 ‘ The fans do n't want all that , ’ he said .
3 Well I mean a all the reasonable kids do n't do all
4 There will be legal pressure to settle the case : successful defendants do not recover all of their costs , and the simplest of libel actions is likely to run up at least £15,000 in costs for each party prior to trial .
5 The hugging , questing , gelatinous limbs did not block all possible entrance into the multiple hulk .
6 People in developing African and Asian countries do not have all our modern advantages and some infective diseases , which have become part of history here , remain rampant there .
7 These other offences do not cover all eventualities , and , moreover , it may be argued with some force that child sexual abuse at home ought to be labelled separately .
8 The other is that draughtsmen do not spend all their time actually drawing .
9 Most companies do n't have all of them .
10 Maturity , at least for me , seems to lie in the discovery that happiness and circumstances do n't have all that much to do with each other ; that happiness is more a matter of choice and habit than we suppose , and less dependent upon the accident of circumstances .
11 Retailers do not gain all the benefits of action taken to improve sales ; some goes to manufacturers .
12 Filters do not remove all contaminants however — see p 311 .
13 However , international comparative reviews do not credit all private-sector corporations with better efficiency than public , and ‘ The real purpose of contracting out , as with state industry privatization , is as much to weaken the unions ’ monopoly as to save money' ( The Economist , 17 September 1983 , 53 ) .
14 A final reason providing grounds upon which to criticise the programme was that the network of field workers did not cover all of the rural population of Bangladesh .
15 The thin , pink stalks do n't look all that exciting , but you should make the most of its fresh flavour .
16 Fortunate that things do n't happen all at the same time .
17 It is not that cats do not enjoy all the aforementioned nocturnal pleasures , it is that nightlife is too dangerous for them .
18 I 'm sure American girls do n't have all these silly rules , do they , Harry ? ’
19 Making sure those Americans do n't piece all this together . ’
20 But Paradox 4 , which Borland unveiled last August , proved that Windows does n't get all the best tunes — or the best development talent , or the greatest ideas , or the biggest bouquets .
21 ‘ In those days , balance sheets and profit and loss accounts did n't mean all that much , ’ he explains .
22 Since noble interests were not always uniform , deference to their wishes did not dictate all the Tsar 's major decisions , but it did inform every sphere , including the fiscal , commercial , and , very often , the tariff policy of the State .
23 These five points do not cover all possible errors , but most spelling mistakes fall into one or more of these groups .
24 Naturally , kings did not treat all churches alike .
25 So , all men do not hate all women !
26 Such ideals did not match all tastes though .
27 First , ratepayers do not provide all , or even the major proportion of , local authority revenue .
28 If the interdependencies do not involve all SBUs in a corporate group , it might be possible to form largely separable business clusters and form the portfolio-grid analysis in terms of those rather than smaller SBUs .
29 ‘ Most married couples do n't talk all that much , ’ said Betty .
30 It emphasized the problem of housing and jobs , but beyond looking at forms of area management and pleas for much financial help , the reports did not give all that clear a lead on policy .
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