Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] not [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hope sprang up in her , because if Caspar could make the Robemaker believe that he was merely foolish and not an intruder , they might have a chance . |
| 2 | All around her there were trees — huge , old , their foliage so high that not a leaf was distinguishable . |
| 3 | The fact that the plaintiff may have a cast-iron claim against his own solicitor for the full damages which he could have recovered against the defendant , is only one and not an overriding factor . |
| 4 | She looked exquisite , breakable , so desirable that not a few lustier members of the congregation , whose minds should have been on holier things , found themselves in a sudden , quite ferocious state somewhere between arousal and bewitchment , which could bring any man to his knees . |
| 5 | What is implied , rather , is that Shakespeare 's cultural importance is somehow intrinsic and not the product of powerful formative institutions such as school boards . |
| 6 | The use of translation is the most obvious but not the only problem in the transmission of what are cultural as well as intellectual texts . |
| 7 | The centrodorsal plate is usually conspicuous but not the primary plates . |
| 8 | The legislation does therefore not set up any presumption in the employee 's favour ; rather it is for him as claimant to lead evidence which tends to establish that it is more likely than not the employer gained from possession of the patent . |
| 9 | She looked slightly unamused and not a little worried . |
| 10 | Being reasonably wealthy and not a total antidote to the opposite sex , ’ he said with a wry grin , ‘ I knew there were plenty of women to make me forget . |
| 11 | Revolution might be staved off by " trickle-down " economics , in Europe and North America , on the basis of ever greater economic growth ; however , it was increasingly clear that not every family in the world could run a private car , or even own their own home . |
| 12 | Well ready or not the test is coming now . |
| 13 | But the social setting was now precisely that and not a star feature in its own right . |
| 14 | I hope everything is running smoothly , including the car and the piano , and of course woozle-cat — tell her I have a pet cockroach in my bedroom which is quite large but not a good substitute . |
| 15 | Now that facilities will be freely available and not the subject of constant negotiation we hope that even more undergraduates will participate . |
| 16 | The material means of music are rationally quantifiable but not the mysteries of their application . |
| 17 | I was very shy and not the sharpest of children . |
| 18 | It 's a big stage event with a very abstract brief , very exciting but not a fancy dress show . ’ |
| 19 | the advances made have been very exciting but not every knitter wants to go too ‘ high tec ’ . |
| 20 | I sat there , battered and bruised , very angry and not a little frightened . |
| 21 | SUMMER nights are very short and not the right time of the year to look out for the stars . |
| 22 | I 'm very pleased that not a single motorist follows his advice , since if they did the old Hebridean tradition of driving on to the moors would spread to the mainland . |
| 23 | I told you I was learning the language — she 's really very sweet and not a stitch on but as I said no need to worry , angel , riddled with diseases I 'm sure , apart from anything else , I mean . |