Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Not everyone had sufficient assets of sufficient value to cover what he still owed , or was willing to surrender them , but the new scheme certainly benefited a large number . |
2 | No , not everyone goes that way . |
3 | Not everyone recognized this second requirement . |
4 | But not everyone accepts these arguments . |
5 | Not everyone finds amplified vibration an asset to speechreading : it may be a distraction , an interference with the concentration needed to ‘ get the message ’ . |
6 | Not everyone shares local tastes . |
7 | Not everyone resists that temptation . |
8 | The rarity of short-wave cones is concordant with earlier estimates , using direct and indirect means of identifying these receptors , but we have not ourselves seen any indication that the short-wave cones occur as interruptions to the regular foveal matrix , as has sometimes been reported . |
9 | The servicemen were always very helpful in hauling one aboard , but I was not in uniform and I always felt they must be wondering whether or not I had any right to travel . |
10 | Where the local authority is of the opinion that summary proceedings provide an inadequate remedy , for example , where a fine will have little effect in persuading the odour emitter to abate the odour , or where summary action has failed , or is unacceptable due to the availability of the defence of best practicable means , proceedings may be taken in the High Court under s.100 of the Public Health Act 1936 , even though the local authority has not itself suffered any damage , provided the odour amounts to a statutory nuisance . |
11 | One might reasonably ask why the Library Association , the body responsible for all professional matters concerned with the operation of libraries , including attempts to impose acts of censorship in libraries , did not itself initiate legal action against the News International ban . |
12 | With no pause , almost before he had finished , Delia Sutherland was saying , while glancing openly now at her watch as though determining whether or not she had enough time to put him straight , ‘ No , no , no . |
13 | Whether or not she reported this condition to the divisional veterinary officer and showed him photographs , I do now know . |
14 | No you 're not you got bad head again , you 're |
15 | No not you get different statements different erm I would n't like to repeat some of them right , but if them lads sat down and studied it erm same as I 've said now and they say , Well yes aye . |
16 | Whether or not you have another attempt at the let-down , must be your decision in the light of any guidelines on the first go . |
17 | But not everything has this ability : the stones and trees which we can see and remember do not , themselves , have the capacity to ‘ represent ’ . |
18 | The court held that the practice of making first offers of work to a selected group of people who had declared themselves available , and the practice of declaring oneself available to ensure that such offers would be made , whilst an arrangement " of mutual advantage " to the parties , was not one involving contractual commitments or mutual obligation . |
19 | I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time . |
20 | Not one took any delight or pride in what he had done . |
21 | POLICE will throw a security stranglehold around Elland Road tonight to ensure that not one dissenting Scottish voice dilutes the Yorkshire roar backing Leeds United 's bid for European Cup glory . |
22 | As I said more than once during this review , I keep forgetting that what I have in my hands is a £300 Korean-made guitar , not one costing three times as much . |
23 | At that time it was not realised that the investigating team were already in possession of the evidence necessary to determine the cause of the accident and it was entirely fortuitous that the body that was removed from under the pathologist 's nose was not one containing vital evidence . |
24 | He was not one to make exaggerated claims , and scarcely needed to . |
25 | It is through the power of his ‘ thoughts ’ that the Piaroa ruwang is their great warrior and hunter , while the physical prowess of the practical hunter is considered to be a minor capability , not one to place much value upon . |
26 | Have not we heard planted questions this afternoon that have contained carefully worked-out statistic after statistic ? |
27 | From today and whether or not we make much progress . |
28 | This style of writing focuses on facts rather than abstractions : this explains the differences in the views of Dicey and Jennings on the subject of sovereignty ; it is the reason for the disagreement between Dicey and Robson over whether or not we have administrative law ; and it is reflected in Willis 's argument against Hewart that the test of the existence of the ‘ new despotism ’ was to be found in the way in which the powers were actually used rather than how the form of the power cut across abstract constitutional principles . |
29 | Whether or not we accept these points , their importance for the present discussion is clear . |
30 | A former Conservative agriculture minister , Michael Jopling ( Westmorland and Lonsdale ) , said : ‘ Can not we take some comfort from the fact that our safety rules and our arrangements are such that such a minute dose leads to widespread concern and a Commons statement ? ’ |