Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Certainly not enough to afford shelter for him to get nearer the hut . |
| 32 | But the associations only built an extra 14,500 homes in 1991 — not enough to keep pace with demand , according to Coun Dixon . |
| 33 | ‘ We have enough men for what is needed down there , but not enough to stand guard over the longhouses ; not until after the tide . |
| 34 | Royal secrets , political scandal and life after Norm — the not so Everage housewife-turned-megastar from Down Under gets intimate . |
| 35 | Overall , the objective is not only to give prominence to the life and work of a highly original and much underrated communist intellectual and novelist , but also to scrutinise the example of Nizan as a guiding principle for action in the present . |
| 36 | Underground nuclear tests not only cause displacement in the earth , they also cause landslides , earthquakes , floods , typhoons , hurricanes and tidal waves , according to Ikram Karimov , deputy director of the Azerbaijani Institute of Geology . |
| 37 | By the 1930s not only had admission to a profession become the goal of every middle-class family in the land , but they had come to seem bulwarks of society . |
| 38 | Not only had dialogue with the French communist party on this highly sensitive issue rapidly degenerated into counter-productive name calling , but also Sartre himself had been gradually moving progressively closer during the late 1940s and early 1950s to the politics of the PCF . |
| 39 | In the late nineteenth century , the pastime of rambling through open countryside had been restricted to those who not only had time at their disposal but also the financial capability to travel into rural areas . |
| 40 | Bell , the Company 's Managing Director , explained why it was in the interests of the Company 's policyholders that levels of reversionary bonuses not only had regard to the investment outlook but also preserved the Company 's ability to invest freely so that its total performance would not be adversely affected . |
| 41 | Essentially what all are saying is that a right to consent to medical treatment , whether required under the common law ( see Gillick 's case ) or under statute ( section 8 ) , must and does carry with it a right not only to refuse consent to treatment , but to refuse the treatment itself . |
| 42 | By 1914 Japan had not only achieved revision of the unequal treaties , but also alliance with Britain and the beginnings of an empire . |
| 43 | This rationalism ( I use the word here in a much wider sense than suggested by ‘ rationalism ’ as opposed to ‘ empiricism ’ ) attempts not only to use reason as a tool but to go further and make reason guarantee itself . |
| 44 | How many Welsh coaches , for example , see their role as not only achieving success for their clubs but also furnishing players of quality for the new multiplicity of Welsh squads ? |
| 45 | By claiming that his work was superior to that of fellow architects Barry , Smirke and Blore , he was not only casting doubt upon the ethics of the architectural profession , but was also blatantly arrogant . |
| 46 | Parliament must be well aware of the great burden that is imposed on senior ministers , who not only take charge of their departments but also speak for them in Parliament , attend meetings of the Cabinet and its committees , and see to their constituency affairs if they are members of the House of Commons . |
| 47 | He had not only to acquire knowledge of the artificial-flower trade but to compete , while paying full male wages , against most manufacturers , who employed low-waged girls . |
| 48 | Blake 's work for MI6 included not only gathering intelligence from the Russians but tracking down and watching Communist spies sent over into the West . |
| 49 | ‘ The credit grantor not only requires confirmation of the existing loan commitments of a business prospect ; he also needs details of previous repayment patterns in order to assess how a commercial borrower is likely to cope with his own repayment structure . ’ |
| 50 | Eugenists not only opposed charity to the poor , but also favoured child allowances to the better-off to encourage the breeding of superior specimens . |
| 51 | The clerk , Robert Clive , was able not only to take Arcot by a surprise attack but also to inspire his little force to hang on to it during a 50-day seige in which a series of onslaughts on the citadel was beaten off . |
| 52 | It is therefore a good idea not only to take note of and practise stress patterns in words in isolation , but also study to see what happens with the stress when the same words are put in various sentences . |
| 53 | Nowadays nurses are faced with complex situations , not only to take account of psychological and sociocultural factors during illness but also as promoters of health , and in helping patients and families to become involved in their own health care . |
| 54 | He must not only distinguish behaviour from ideology , he must also take careful note of just how they are interrelated . |
| 55 | ‘ Hellenism ’ meant not only speaking Greek as the main language of communication in the eastern half of the Mediterranean , but also games , gymnasia , theatres , and the diffusion of polytheistic cult . |
| 56 | Talks on privatising Deutsche Bundespost Telekom have entered a critical phase , with a key decision due next month , Germany 's postal and telecommunications minister Wolfgang Bosch told Reuter at Hannover on Friday : ‘ In a few weeks we will know whether or not there will be a change to the constitution , ’ he said , noting that decision will not only affect privatisation of Telekom but also Bonn 's position at the upcoming talks with the European Commission — an agreement on privatisation would pave the way for Bonn to approve the Community plan to open domestic and international telephone calls to competition ; the current strategy to get agreement from Germany 's opposition socialists is to win over the postal union , which so far rejects turning Telekom into a joint stock company for fear of massive job losses . |
| 57 | As Duchess of Aquitaine she had inherited the ducal claim to Toulouse , but at Limoges Raymond had not only done homage to the Dukes of Aquitaine , he had also done homage to the Young King . |
| 58 | For such a plan not only allocates land for development but , as a consequence , distributes financial or environment costs and benefits . |
| 59 | You not only get reliability with microcontrollers , single chip microcomputers , but you get potentially a lot more flexibility . |
| 60 | By pursuing her own method , Lisa not only gained control over her work but also showed her grasp of the nature of the problem and of the nature of multiplication . |