Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That makes them effective when the policies are right ; but to run a stable economy one needs not only strong character but the right ideas . |
| 2 | This is an area which needs not only more consistency in the estimates underlying depreciation calculations but more meaningful disclosure , particularly where the estimates used by an airline vary considerably from industry averages ’ . |
| 3 | The term Earth Mysteries covers not just ancient sites but also the people who visited them and found them significant in their lives . |
| 4 | ‘ Profligate spending has not only driven employers and would-be employers away and thus lost jobs , but resources have been taken away from other areas by the rate support grant formula as the spiral of inner city decline causes the rate base in inner city areas to diminish , while their needs … grow ’ |
| 5 | He has not so much brain as ear wax , ( Troilus and Cressida ) — to anyone slow on the uptake . |
| 6 | This model also emphasises not only general practitioners ' voices but all local voices , including those of nurses , community leaders , voluntary groups , and others . |
| 7 | ‘ prohibits not only overt discrimination by reason of nationality but also all covert forms of discrimination which , by the application of other criteria of differentiation , lead in fact to the same result … |
| 8 | One possible answer is that a quasar produces not just one beam , or one pair of oppositely-directed beams , but multiple beams . |
| 9 | This crosses not only departmental boundaries but also extends to collaboration with other Faculties , notably Social Sciences , Science and Engineering , Divinity , and Law . |
| 10 | This crosses not only departmental boundaries within the Faculty , but also extends to related areas in other Faculties , notably Arts ( history , philosophy and linguistics ) , Divinity ( theology , christianity in the non-western world ) , Law ( criminology and jurisprudence ) , and Science ( geology , biological and environmental sciences , and artificial intelligence ) . |
| 11 | For its part , violence involves not just physical force , injuring or annihilating persons , but also |
| 12 | The development of industry is part of a process of the accumulation of capital that involves not only technological changes , but also other factors . |
| 13 | ( 8 ) , utilizes a mixture of trypsin and pancreatin and achieves not only clean separation but also prevents the tissues becoming unduly sticky and difficult to manipulate ( 9 ) . |
| 14 | Across to the er , the left , erm , can you erm , create a file linking formula , that links not just one cell , but a whole range of cells . |
| 15 | The ‘ Serendipity ’ group teaching material emphasizes not only scriptural exposition and application , but opens up many areas of personal life experience , encouraging mutual involvement in each other 's discipleship . |
| 16 | The 1882 act was the first attempt at an effective conservation law in Britain ; it is the father of all the legislation which protects not just ancient monuments and historic buildings but also sites of scientific importance . |
| 17 | This increases not only professional costs but also the risk that important information embedded in the general mass becomes overlooked . |
| 18 | Is it correct to claim , as Marsh does , that aggression is ‘ the inflicting of physical hurt ’ with its associated aim of ‘ subduing or achieving dominance over a rival ’ ( 1978 : 33 ) or should one follow Eibl-Eibesfeldt 's broader definition and classify behaviour as aggressive ‘ if it leads to another party 's being hurt ; this includes not just physical hurt ( injury or destruction ) but any kind of hurt , including annoyance , taunts or insults ’ ( 1978 : 29 ) ? |
| 19 | Many of the previous chapters have been concerned with the description of phonemes , and in 5.2 it was pointed out that the subject of phonology includes not just this aspect ( which is usually called segmental phonology ) but also several others . |
| 20 | We understand the meaning of words from their context , and in ordinary life the context includes not only other words used at the same time but the whole human or social situation in which the words are used . |
| 21 | But the " technical " report — and this includes not only scientific reports but those on any topic that requires study and elucidation — can not stop there . |
| 22 | Be sure that the holiday price includes not only free use of the transport system , but also a pass to all parks ( a five-day Super Pass will otherwise cost $145 for adults and $116 for children aged between 3 and 8 ) . |
| 23 | However , TER includes not merely more music from Kismet itself , but additional tracks from the film version and the 1978 African version , Timbuktu . |
| 24 | They do not realise that to make a discovery of some magnitude requires not only great ability and a bit of luck but also a considerable investment of time and effort in mastering a demanding discipline . |
| 25 | The latest boardgame to hit the market , Articulate , requires not only general knowledge but also an ability to verbalise . |
| 26 | Modern agriculture requires not only more fertilizer but more mechanization , too : |
| 27 | The implantation of muons into materials forms not simply muonic atoms , but also complicated molecules whose nuclei are surrounded partly by muons and partly by electrons . |
| 28 | Education promotes not only economic growth but social justice too , and allows people to develop their talents to the full . |
| 29 | The result distorts not just British representation but the make-up of the whole parliament . |
| 30 | Each table excludes not only any clients who died or moved out of the area before the periods ended ( for whom there was no difference between action and control samples ) , but also all those who at referral went straight into ( or remained in ) institutional care . |