Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] [adj] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disintegration of space/time was still taking place ! — only this thought came to me not in any orderly way but as a confused recollection of a passage in Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar — |
| 2 | ‘ I was deeply upset , but not in any rancorous way . |
| 3 | Paper also figures in the show at Fawbush ( from 6 June until 2 July ) , though not in any traditional way . |
| 4 | One difficulty is that the approach is not sufficiently general : many words do not in any straightforward way denote classes of potential referents ( consider air , some , usually , however ) . |
| 5 | In that respect , the tale of your modem Prometheus is prophetic , but not in any personal way . |
| 6 | But the rudimentary nature of the ‘ Hooligan ’ style was not in any essential way different from the later youth fashions in the ‘ affluent ’ postwar era where the kids would put together their ‘ unprecedented ’ styles out of various permutations of available scraps such as tight trousers , baggy trousers , long hair , short hair , no hair , jeans , braces , T-shirts , string ties , broad ties , no ties , heavy boots , narrow winkle-picker shoes , long jackets , short jackets , etc . |
| 7 | ‘ Everybody tries to rip one off , but not in any violent way . |
| 8 | Yes , so I did — this week has been hectic , though not in any interesting way . |
| 9 | Though they adopt the confusing and misleading distinction between normative theory and empirical theory , Duncan and Lukes argue cogently against Dahl that classical democratic theory is not invalidated by modern sociological findings since their ideals can logically contrast with facts without being invalidated by empirical research , which does not in any obvious way call for their general revision' . |
| 10 | ’ And she meant to use it to the full , though perhaps not in this wasteful way . |
| 11 | Why do its streets run in this particular way and not in some other way that seems more logical to us ? |
| 12 | ‘ In order to maintain trover , a plaintiff who is left in possession of the goods must prove that his dominion over his property has been interfered with , not in some particular way , but altogether ; that he has been entirely deprived of the use of it . |
| 13 | For sure he takes pains to make Tikhon a human puzzle so that he sha n't in any obvious way speak God 's truth . |
| 14 | If Harrods had n't in this ridiculous way offered you a credit card , no crime would have been committed . |