Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [not/n't] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | The book 's intended not just as a guide for visitors , but as a chance for locals to get a fresh look at familiar sights . |
2 | As for the G protein-linked receptors , signal transduction through tyrosine kinase receptors is an energy-requiring process because ATP is consumed not only as the two receptors interact ( autophosphorylation ) , but also during the subsequent phosphorylation of PLC- γ 1 ( Box 2 ) . |
3 | The effect of the proposed addition to Article 93 would be to require the Company to include in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting , free of charge , any notification made by shareholders of their intention to propose a person for election as a Director , provided it is received not less than 70 days before the meeting . |
4 | It 's contracting not only as regards the Walsall trade , but for the simple reason that hides and skins at ma v very largely found in the countries of Asia , Africa and South America . |
5 | But the aim is to discover not merely whether there is more radioactivity in the brains of the trained compared with the control chicks , but just where in the brain it is located . |
6 | The fundamental question , as posed by Foucault , is how is it that in our society sex is seen not just as a means of biological reproduction nor a source of harmless pleasure , but , on the contrary , has come to be seen as the central part of our being , the privileged site in which the truth of ourselves is to be found ? |
7 | Jesus is seen not only as Lord of the world , but also as Lord of all human-relationships . |
8 | As Tizard points out , whereas we argue about whether any extra familial care is desirable for very young children , and whether it can be financed on a low cost basis , once children reach the age of 5 , full-time education outside the family is seen not only as desirable but as compulsory , and there is enormous annual expenditure by local authorities to make schooling available free of charge to all . |
9 | … there is some practical convergence between ( i ) the anthropological and sociological senses of culture as a distinct ‘ whole way of life ’ , within which , now , a distinctive ‘ signifying system ’ is seen not only as essential but as essentially involved in all forms of social activity , and ( ii ) the more specialized if also more common sense of culture as ‘ artistic and intellectual activities ’ , though these , because of the emphasis on a general signifying system , are now much more broadly defined , to include not only the traditional arts and forms of intellectual production but also all the ‘ signifying practices ’ — from language through the arts and philosophy to journalism , fashion and advertising — which now constitute this complex and necessarily extended field . |
10 | Thus there is some practical convergence between ( i ) the anthropological and sociological senses of culture as a distinct ‘ whole way of life ’ , within which , now , a distinctive ‘ signifying system ’ is seen not only as essential but as essentially involved in all forms of social activity , and ( ii ) the more specialized if also more common sense of culture as ‘ artistic and intellectual activities ’ , though these , because of the emphasis on a general signifying system , are now much more broadly defined , to include not only the traditional arts and forms of intellectual production but also all the ‘ signifying practices ’ — from language through the arts and philosophy to journalism , fashion and advertising — which now constitute this complex and necessarily extended field . |
11 | But this is a case where long imprisonment is needed not just as a punishment , but to protect society . |
12 | Equally , in the words of Lord Wright in Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills ( 1936 P.C. ) ‘ there is a sale by description even though the buyer is buying something displayed before him on the counter ; a thing is sold by description , though it is specific , so long as it is sold not merely as the specific thing but as a thing corresponding to a description . ’ |
13 | As Lord Wright said in Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd [ 1936 ] AC 85 : It may also be pointed out that there is a sale by description even though the buyer is buying something displayed before him on the counter : a thing is sold by description , though it is specific , so long as it is sold not merely as the specific thing but as a thing corresponding to a description , eg woollen undergarments , a hot-water bottle , a second-hand reaping machine , to select a few obvious illustrations . |
14 | In southern China , every bit of land is used not once but three times . |
15 | Britain 's manufacturing base is declining not just because the Conservative party seems to care so little about it but because of so many companies ' wilful refusal to respond to changing market signals . |
16 | The implementation of housing policy is fragmented not only because of the mixture of kinds of housing authorities ; this is an area of social policy in which many significant decisions are made by private agencies . |
17 | The only possibility left to him of safeguarding his own position , it seems , is to deny not only that " Men exist " but " ( Ex ) x is human " too can be treated as genuine propositions . |
18 | This stage is reached not just as a result of the increasing complexity of the productive technology , in this case the development of agriculture , but because agriculture implies a growth in population density , an intensification of social intercourse , and an increased division of labour . |
19 | The government is experienced not merely as providing background amenities against which individuals pursue their choices , but as an external constraining and coercive organisation . |
20 | The aim is to ensure not only that all important titles are held in stock , but also that as far as possible there is on the shelves at any one time a reasonable coverage of material in all subject fields . |
21 | Of course during the er during the course of this year we will be considering prototypes which will enable those young people to reach that high level of qualification but he will be aware that under the national training and education target there are some of those targets which are directly related to the points that he has raised and the important priority for this government is to ensure not only that we have young people training to an even higher level but through programmes like investors in people , that we encourage every member of the work force and those er who are primarily unemployed at the present time , to train to even higher levels of qualifications . |
22 | ‘ his nomination is requisitioned under the Companies Act ; in which case , and provided this is submitted not less than seventy days before the date appointed for the meeting , it shall be circulated , with a supporting statement of up to fifty words , without charge . ’ |
23 | On a VOR let-down , the Missed Approach Procedure is commenced not later than the expert of the final approach time , ie the time from the final turn , or from the final approach fix , to the threshold . |
24 | You are asked to complete and return it to the Company 's Registrars in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and , in any event , so that it is returned not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting . |