Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revie showed that the best club managers are not necessarily the best at international level . |
| 2 | The tunes in English are not necessarily the same in form as those of other languages , nor do they necessarily produce the same effect . |
| 3 | As usual with Chinese foreign policy , this suits the government — though not necessarily the Chinese in the street . |
| 4 | It was not perhaps the easiest of vacations that Beverley now recalls . |
| 5 | Erm and I 'm responsible really for the historical side of the business , not only the all for all the furnishings and erm that kind of thing and refurbishing the house , but also for its future as we hope a living history event in the fullness of time . |
| 6 | Fei 's volume was not only the earliest of the series ; it was also the most Malinowskian in style and , most emphatically , by far the most successful . |
| 7 | This Company was not only the largest of the four groups , it was actually the largest railway system with the exception of state systems in the whole world , with a route mileage of 7,790 , ( excluding Irish Lines ) . |
| 8 | He said this , in the thirty years that have passed since the previous Police Act became law , the old tripartite structure which consisted police authorities , chief constables and the Home Secretary , has provided an effective police service which can still truthfully be described as not only the best in the world , but also the envy of the world . |
| 9 | It is hoped to include , not only the smaller of gauges , 3½ins–5ins but also the larger 7½ins gauge . |
| 10 | Bedford Square is not only the oldest of the Bloomsbury development it is also the only one that remains complete . |
| 11 | We reminisced about Robinson 's batting , which was not exactly the best on the county circuit , but he did have one great moment when he put on 144 for the last wicket with Arnie Sidebottom against Glamorgan at Cardiff . |
| 12 | I think there 's been a lot , a lot of publicity for childline , now , but you are n't directly in , associated with childline Fjn Well , we 've had , no , we 've had to call ourselves children 's line because for er obvious reasons we ca n't call ourselves childline , but it is the same type of thing , er run in a similar way , not exactly the same of course er partly because we have n't got the money that childline er attracts . |
| 13 | Linda sounded similar , though not exactly the same in tone . |
| 14 | Perhaps not quite to the level of the the development that may be appropriate , but but yes , of of the three market towns in in Selby district it 's acknowledged that Tadcaster would have a a less significant role than the other two market towns , if I can put it that way , and yes , there are a number of constraints in Tadcaster , not not the least of which i is an ownership constraint . |
| 15 | ‘ Not just the two of us ! ’ |
| 16 | However at the time of any one person 's death or loss through some other means there are likely to be a significant number of people affected , not just the next of kin . |
| 17 | Not any the less for being that — just different . ’ |
| 18 | And , as all marketing people know , it 's not always the first into the market that succeeds — more often than not it 's the one that shouts the loudest |
| 19 | " Out now , out , Miss Nicandra , " Twomey turned on her , not surprisingly , for they were not always the best of friends . |
| 20 | Its leadership was corporate , unlike that of most modern churches ; it comprised an equally unusual feature , prophets and teachers in the leadership together- and they are not always the easiest of bedfellows . |
| 21 | I agree with my hon. Friend that unit costs are not always the same in all parts of the country . |
| 22 | The conversation moves on , all the better for the comment , not infrequently the gayer for it . |
| 23 | Again , contra Lawrence , it is obvious that for Eliot the idea that modern western society should adopt savage customs is seen as ludicrous and reprehensible , since he believed that not even the lowest of civilized people could adapt themselves to such society without deteriorating and frequently also corrupting the natives . |
| 24 | Not even the faintest of breezes here . |
| 25 | No , she decided ; the silence was too deep ; not even the gentlest of movements upstairs could go undetected at Rose Cottage ; not with her floorboards . |
| 26 | Sadly , that was not even the last of the clubs to deny me membership . |
| 27 | It 's not quite the smallest of all the seeds , but nevertheless it 's small enough to make a proverbial point like tall as a house , or small as a mouse , small as a grain of mustard seed . |
| 28 | As it happened , the conditions were not quite the same for all teams … |
| 29 | The reason is that the laws of physics are not quite the same for particles and antiparticles . |
| 30 | She is sorely missed for the loyal support she always gave to Classes and Events and the Kent Team is not quite the same without her … but our loss is the West Country 's gain and we hope to meet up with Janet at the Easter Course in Bath . |