Example sentences of "[not/n't] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman for the Department of Energy said that the government was " determined to improve energy efficiency , but not at a disproportionate cost and effect to the consumer " . |
| 2 | So the water table is not at a constant level , but rises and falls during the year as the amount of water stored in the aquifer increases and decreases . |
| 3 | The difficulty with such ‘ sympatric ’ speciation is that species differ , not at a single gene locus , but by many genes ; it is hard to see how such a difference could build up if sexual crossing was continuously breaking it down again . |
| 4 | As with other aspects of the landscape , it was the slow , largely undocumented social and economic changes that spelt the death of such settlements , not at a single stroke but over a long period . |
| 5 | But if it is not thoroughly conscious or if the youngster is not at a mature level of understanding any examination of feeling may be very disturbing for the child . |
| 6 | The observed pattern , that in all directions the redshift of a galaxy is proportional to its distance from us , can be explained ( if we are not at a special place in the Universe ) only by a uniform universal expansion . |
| 7 | The English Basketball Association officially encourages mixed recreational games , but not at a competitive level … |
| 8 | I know they must deliver to shops but why not at a specified time , say 8-9am , then the shops can open and people can shop without worry . |
| 9 | She was looking , not at a twenty-one-year-old girl , a young and beautiful twenty-one-year-old girl , but a twenty-one-year-old girl that could be taken for thirty , and who was drinking a mixture of brandy and port to ease the strain of her life . |
| 10 | The external doses recorded for the fathers in our study are orders of magnitude lower than the external doses received by survivors of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki , whose children are not at an increased risk of childhood leukaemia . |
| 11 | But not all that much more , not at the actual scene . |
| 12 | It was struck not at the weak man who suffered it but at the strong God who was the man 's master . |
| 13 | But not at the first interview . |
| 14 | The tobacco trade has become part of Gibraltar culture and is legal there , but not at the other end . |
| 15 | Otherwise we , who after all live in the everyday world and not at the atomic level , would be unaware of the observation . |
| 16 | There have been one or two double-handers but not at the highest level . |
| 17 | The drama course for professional performers which does not at the present time qualify for a mandatory award , is fully accredited by the National Council of Drama Training as is the Acting Option of the Graduate Diploma course . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't see that it matters , ’ said Betty ; ‘ not at the Agricultural Fair . ’ |
| 19 | She thumbed towards the wall as if her mother were just beyond and not at the far end of the corridor . |
| 20 | It was also the first time that her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi , Allen 's new lover , was not at the traditional family meal . |
| 21 | After the publication of the plan , numbers were reduced , though not at the anticipated rate and only in the face of strong criticism from some quarters . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not opposed to specialisation , but certainly not at the tender age of 16 . ’ |
| 23 | It 's feared that without active promotion tourism may suffer in the region , perhaps not at the major centres but at small businesses like bed and breakfasts . |
| 24 | Do n't hesitate , do n't look down , not at the stones , not at the wheels , not at the rushing sleepers . |
| 25 | In bars 11–12 , the root note of the Am add 11 chord should be played not at the 7th fret of the D string , as in the start of the piece , but as an open A string . |
| 26 | This is often an unintentional form of steering which happens when the sail is not at the correct angle to the wind — the section of the sail next to the mast does not fill with wind and the driving force acts from a couple of feet farther back . |
| 27 | When Peter and Anna had come for interview , Anna had looked at the hills with hunger , and not at the cramped kitchen or the meanly proportioned sitting-room , and had urged Peter to accept . |
| 28 | It took place not at the Blue Mosque but further along the street in front of the great Mosque of El Mouayad . |
| 29 | Otherwise , if the oil is not at the right temperature , you end up boiling the food rather than deep-frying it . ’ |
| 30 | Perhaps before this time the seas were not at the right temperature or did not have the chemical composition to favour the deposition of the lime from which most marine shells and skeletons are constructed . |