Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite its easy flow I was nevertheless not wholly convinced by No. 4 . |
| 2 | In past centuries , when few statutes were enacted , common law constituted the main body of English law ; today , it has been largely but not wholly displaced by statute law . |
| 3 | Although the most commonly used traffic-calming measures , road humps , are governed by statute and are subject to clear regulations , other techniques such as chicanes , road narowing , different road surfaces , shared road surfaces , rumble strips and gateways are not properly covered by legislation . |
| 4 | Further , KPMG alleges in the letter that the control mechanisms that were in place were not properly operated by management , and KPMG 's recommendations for them to be strengthened were accepted but not fully implemented . |
| 5 | This did not evoke much response from the audience , because The Times was not widely read by university students . |
| 6 | But , as so often happens when dealing with the United States , informal agreements reached with Presidents are not necessarily supported by Congress . |
| 7 | But this overlooks two points : first , that the transsexual is living proof that , in actuality , the psyche may operate in defiance of biological truths regardless of what the law says it should do ; second , that the psyche is not necessarily formed by choice , but may instead be determined for the individual by forces operating on him during its development . |
| 8 | The agenda of interstate relations is increasingly complex and is not necessarily dominated by security issues . |
| 9 | A " class " for this purpose is not necessarily identified by reference to the category of shares which members hold . |
| 10 | Thus , in social science much research activity is directed at simply describing how things work , how conversations are organised , how slaughtermen do their work , how managers manage , what police-officers do on the beat , and so on ; activities which are not especially motivated by explanation as the point of inquiry . |
| 11 | The idea now under consideration , that we take effects to be probable events , is announced or expounded but not much supported by argument . |
| 12 | Upstate city-dwelling environmentalists are not much welcomed by conservative and strongly Mormon southerners who have mined , logged and ranched the land for decades . |
| 13 | But this is not only achieved by force , for there are also ‘ ideological state apparatuses ’ , such as the education system , religion and the family , which maintain the status quo in more subtle ways . |
| 14 | Earth not only grew by aggregation from a cloud of particles , but by collisions with other cosmic matter . |
| 15 | Howard was not only thanked by Parliament for his humanity and zeal ; he even had copies of the Act printed at his own expense and distributed to all gaol keepers . |
| 16 | It should be added that cultural formations are not only conditioned by class position , central though that is ; age , gender , ethnicity and nationality are also important . |
| 17 | This was important because the ruling class ( and the state which was its instrument ) did not merely rule by coercion — which for our purposes means in particular by punishing people for breaking its laws . |
| 18 | I regret the fact that I was not in the Chamber for the speech of the hon. Member for Pudsey ( Sir G. Shaw ) , but my hon. Friend the Member for Durham , North-West ( Ms. Armstrong ) , who was here , told me that he made a heavily veiled criticism of Government policy for its lack of recognition of progress as a key measure of the effectiveness of schools , and expressed concern about the morale of teachers who , he said , were not sufficiently recognised by society . |
| 19 | It goes through some wonderful scenery and St-Jean itself is quite picturesque , plenty of things to paint … not exactly designed by Nature I know , but … ’ |
| 20 | Just as the provision of work is not generally regarded by health and social service staff as their responsibility , so too it is easy to ignore those social aspects of life which mentally robust people organize so effectively for themselves . |
| 21 | Fire extinguishers for home use are not generally recommended by fire prevention experts , except as a safeguard it you live a long way from your nearest fire station . |
| 22 | In making the choice , the selection conference in the case of the Labour Party , and the constituency executive in the case of the Conservative Party , are not easily moved by pressure from outside and even the leaders of the parties have found it hard to get close friends and political associates nominated . |
| 23 | Ruth Elliott as Catherine , Dr Austin Sloper 's daughter , was not easily fooled by suitor Morris Townsend , played by Gerard McMullan , whose presentation was virtually perfect . |
| 24 | It is important to note that , in any given society , mating patterns are not easily manipulated by policy and edicts , but change in response to education , socio-cultural processes and aspects of development . |
| 25 | Because of a steep flight of steps this is not easily negotiated by bicycle . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | And attacks quite deliberate , not just happening by accident . |
| 28 | The interests of birds are patently not best served by proximity to military manoeuvres and firing , however much exclusive use of the quiet times is relished by those who study them . |
| 29 | This will include various loops and sidings not normally used by passenger services . |
| 30 | ON SUNDAY November 22 , the Bath Area Group of the Swanage Railway Project chartered a ‘ Brakevan Tour ’ on the Severn Valley Railway for a return journey from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth taking in some loops and sidings that are not normally traversed by passenger trains . |