Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ability alone was clearly not the only factor influencing the promotion of naval officers , and it is not surprising that some of those promoted did not successfully fill their new posts . |
| 2 | That night the man did not altogether fail his fine motto . |
| 3 | He was very limited in mind and interests but had not altogether lost his native humour . |
| 4 | Since the Act overrode the duty of confidence , it must also override inter partes orders made on that basis , otherwise the Bank could not properly discharge its public duty of supervision . |
| 5 | I realized I had not properly understood my own needs . |
| 6 | I could n't believe my ears but she repeated it : I realized I had not properly understood my own needs . |
| 7 | The panelled room , hung with dusty coats of arms , suited his self-esteem , for Dornberg was a very proud man who was convinced that Europe did not properly appreciate his military genius . |
| 8 | ‘ Tired by a long and laborious day 's walk under a burning sun , I frequently encamped for the night by the side of a river , a natural pond , or a water-hole , and before retiring to rest not unfrequently stretched my weary body on the river 's bank ; while thus reposing , the surface of the water was often disturbed by the little concentric circles formed by the Ornithorhynchus [ duck-billed platypus ] , or perhaps an Echnidna [ anteater ] came trotting up towards me . |
| 9 | He did not apparently find it necessary to explain the reasons for this sexist-sounding conclusion . |
| 10 | On his father 's death in 1851 John took over his dental practice at 12 Dundas Street , although he did not entirely forgo his medical interests , since in 1859 he proposed the foundation of what was to become the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children . |
| 11 | Thus , we can add the joint income of husband and wife to obtain a total for that unit , whatever we choose to call it , whereas we can not sensibly add their separate statuses to achieve a joint status for both of them unless we know a great deal more about how status is a distributive phenomenon and what its properties are . |
| 12 | In speaking to these early Christians Paul is implying that when they came to follow Jesus , they did not suddenly shed their deepest emotions . |
| 13 | However , as we shall see , it is necessary to recognise several ‘ lesser ’ semantic roles besides the central one of being a semantic constituent , so that to deny semantic constituency to an element is not necessarily to deny it any semantic role whatsoever : the ‘ negative emotive force ’ can , in fact , be accommodated . |
| 14 | He added that the movie quality pictures offered by HDTV would not necessarily make it better or more satisfying to the viewer — instead they could well expose the cheap and cheerful sets used for soap operas for instance . |
| 15 | Our clerical structures do not necessarily make it easy for pastors to be pastored . |
| 16 | The Court assumes that failure to explain why it was not practicable to obtain a report from such a doctor will make the admission unlawful , and the same point is made by Professor Hoggett ( Mental Health Law ( 3rd ed. ) at pp.102–103 ) , who also stresses that the administrative arrangements for medical cover does not necessarily make it impracticable to obtain a recommendation from a doctor who knows the prospective patient . |
| 17 | The effect of peer-group pressure and of change in moral fashion is not necessarily to leave us devoid of values . |
| 18 | And , while not necessarily eclipsing their own songs , the rash of covers — chosen for maximum heartbreak potential — offer pointers into their mindset . |
| 19 | and think , Well I 'm going to Not necessarily do them first . |
| 20 | You , you can put more resources into things and not necessarily provide something better so I think that one has to try and do the two together . |
| 21 | There are tough and dirty jobs for youngsters who are on probation and in non-custodial care , so I would not necessarily accept my hon. Friend 's strictures on that point . |
| 22 | Seb had always had an instinct for whether or not something was likely to make money , but now he was required to record farm profit and expenditure for Christian it was not enough to leave it all to Carrie . |
| 23 | ‘ No more than two cups , certainly not enough to make him drunk . |
| 24 | You can t disfigure a face — not enough to make it unrecognisable , anyway — without blood . |
| 25 | Myth no. 3 : playing 18 holes of go If or a couple of sets of tennis at the weekend is enough to keep you fit Exercising once a week is not enough to make you fit . |
| 26 | The package would seem to be designed to appeal to people with enough money to make a ‘ once for all ’ holiday payment , but not enough to buy their own holiday home . |
| 27 | It should not perhaps surprise us that trade unions appear to have made less bargaining headway on the issues of job design than on the question of equipment design . |
| 28 | It 's not much point me just sort of reciting the percentages . |
| 29 | For all these reasons , the Bosnian government does not much want its own capital to become a safe haven . |
| 30 | Embedded within discussions of human rights is the intention that we should not so organise our social institutions that they promote some people and inhibit others . |