Example sentences of "[vb base] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better not even to think of it . |
| 2 | If ignored , stress not only contributes to physical disorders such as heart disease , high blood pressure , ulcers and asthma , it can also lead to a variety of mental illnesses of which insomnia , depression and irritability are just early symptoms . |
| 3 | The general tenor of the article is that " Englishing " becomes a personal matter , raising questions of aesthetics and taste not readily accommodated within the framework of a theory of translation . |
| 4 | I need time and space not just to get over the appalling things which have happened to me in which you do not seem to show much interest but also to think through where the two of us are at . |
| 5 | In the event of my dying before remarriage , I DEVISE and BEQUEATH all of my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not already disposed of as to my freeholds in fee simple and as to my personal estate absolutely to the issue of my union with JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , the property to be held in trust for the said issue , the trust allowing monthly sum of not less than FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL to pay for the upbringing of the said issue , this arrangement to cease on his or her attaining the age of twenty-one years , whereupon a quarter of the remaining estate — whether in freehold property , stocks , shares or chattels shall be granted in perpetuity to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , and the remainder to be granted to the said issue . |
| 6 | Were they , you know in , general you know not just talking about riveters , but in general for the the work the workforce ? |
| 7 | And know not how to act in this new Being . |
| 8 | Exercise not only burns off calories , it also has an energising effect and assists the breakdown of stored fat into its component fatty acids , encouraging the body to use these as fuel . |
| 9 | Will my hon. Friend continue not only to listen to the representations , but to act on them in every way possible ? |
| 10 | It is vital that young people feel not only welcome in the church , but also valued and needed there , whether in bands , music groups , orchestras or choirs . |
| 11 | No-one loves a winner , they are saying , and everyone knows Neath do not particularly wish to be loved . |
| 12 | Police administrative districts do not neatly coincide with local-government wards , but the 1981 |
| 13 | Interests in the North Side , then , do not neatly fit into neighbourhood units which dovetail into the geographic space of the area . |
| 14 | We do not need to reach firm answers to these questions to see that the realities of British politics — both the process of electing a parliament and the relation of that elected body to those who actually form and control the machinery of state — certainly do not neatly correspond to or embody the original notion of government by the people or the people 's representatives . |
| 15 | Some , as you will see , I do not altogether agree with . |
| 16 | However , the origin of scribal habits is not in itself valid proof that variable use of the conventions in written English do not also relate to variable usages in spoken English . |
| 17 | The problem with this type of explanation is that it fails to explain why women , who are surely more deprived than men , do not also engage in violent acts . |
| 18 | If the sale is by sample as well as by description it is not sufficient that the bulk of the goods corresponds with the sample if the goods do not also correspond with the description . |
| 19 | Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame . |
| 20 | As we are beginning to see , however , these people generate their own rules for ordering their lives , they do not just exist in the middle of chaos . |
| 21 | The less attractive males , however , do not just sit on the sidelines . |
| 22 | Expectations of changes in the exchange rate do not just depend on current domestic interest rates . |
| 23 | Do not just go to the solicitor who did you conveyancing , or walk into your nearest solicitor 's firm on the high street . |
| 24 | Ideologies do not just appear in societies ; their function is to legitimate practices , and they are formulated for this purpose . |
| 25 | ‘ But you do not just march into a druggist 's and demand atropine , ’ objected Auguste . |
| 26 | The provision and s740 do not just apply to cases where there is a transfer of an asset from the United Kingdom to a place outside the United Kingdom . |
| 27 | Italian researchers have shown that Octopuses do not just learn by experience , and by copying other Octopi , but are actively instructed by those who have already learnt the lesson . |
| 28 | What this spirit brought was a confidence that problems can be solved , and do not just have to be lived with . |
| 29 | Indian er in India still has a very class-ridden society and er you know from the the top caste do not even associate with the lower castes and there is a terrific there 's still a terrific sense of that . |
| 30 | Canadians do not even travel across the country that much . |