Example sentences of "not [adj] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 People will mock you , they 'll , they 'll hit you , they 'll slap you , they 'll accuse you of things that you you 're not guilty of they may even kill you .
2 Answer guide : The answer below is based on both an absorption costing approach and a marginal costing approach although the question is deliberately not explicit about which should be used .
3 And apart from that , if you project the same issue onto cars , for instance , not many of us will ever own a Ferrari Testarossa or an Aston Martin , but are n't they wonderful !
4 In modern times , people have looked to many different aspects of human activity as sources of conflict , not all of which may be seen as appropriate to medieval societies .
5 For fear that those who disseminate racist propaganda would turn to newer mediums of communication , it was decided to deal explicitly and comprehensively with all forms of communication such as films , tapes , records and video recordings , f not all of which would unambiguously have fallen within the proposed law .
6 By the end of the second year they will have taken courses in at least three departments , not all of which need be in the Faculty of Social Sciences .
7 The role of carer Caring can involve a variety of roles , not all of which can be comfortably accommodated .
8 Secondly , explanations of strategy that appeal only to external constraints do not allow for the possibility that a class may have a range of interests , not all of which can be satisfied by any single policy .
9 Modern economic transactions assume forms of complex association between a number of parties , not all of which can be described as agreements or exchanges .
10 Different commercial requirements will throw up different tax considerations , not all of which can be covered comprehensively here , though it is hoped there is sufficient to indicate what further research will be required .
11 This leads to some repetition , but not enough to detract from the valuable information the book contains , not all of which will be familiar even to the keen naturalist , and some of the thoughts are challenging .
12 Funding multiple shows means creating cheaper multiple targets , not all of which will be aimed at , much less seen by , reviewers .
13 To adopt a militant , uncooperative or obstructive approach may gain publicity , not all of which will be good .
14 Not all of them would be learning the same thing , parrot-fashion , up and down the country .
15 A lively radio station has a variety of on-air personalities , and not all of them will be as devoted to music as others .
16 Not all of them will go .
17 I must say that not all of them could afford the fees .
18 This is a measure that will cause real and conspicuous hardship , and the Government should occupy the year before its implementation in drawing up proper measures to soften its impact on vulnerable groups , not all of whom will be covered by upgrading of benefits .
19 It is debatable whether the media should be indulging in this sort of leg-pulling by their effects departments , given that the programme is being watched by millions , not all of whom will be of a hardy constitution .
20 The former ruling centrist PMDB , still the largest single party , together with the centre-left PSDB , had a combined total of 146 deputies , not all of whom could be guaranteed to support Collor 's reform programmes .
21 They have paid the bill , even though not all of it can be covered from their appeal through the seven Welsh Wildlife Trusts and other pledges of support .
22 Not all of it could be joined together prior to delivery as size precluded it from being transported in one piece .
23 Well I 'm not sure how you follow that , exciting challenges , persuasive ideas , sound strategic proposals for the future , not to mention a word with which not all of us may be entirely familiar , and I include myself among them , communitarian .
24 ( Of course , not all of us can , or need to , sew at such a high speed , John ! )
25 Not all of us can aspire to this level but we can ask questions such as ‘ what would be the effect of building a motorway between towns A and B ? ’
26 Whereas the district in which we live is under an agreement between the three great companies — the Midland being one — that not one of them shall promote a railway in the district without the consent of all three companies ; the continuation of the Bishop 's Castle line is now saddled with the further condition that it shall not be made independently of the Corvedale line , whereas a proposal was made by one of the largest shareholders in the Cambrian to complete it independently of any other line .
27 ( 27 ) Not one of them dare support you .
28 Her husband , Uncle George , and their two daughters , Maggie and Marie , were like her , extremely short — not one of them would have reached the five foot mark .
29 Not one of them would be capable of surviving an hour in the alley-ways of East Yzordderrex , he thought , down by the harbour where even the cats had pimps .
30 Incredulity at my own stupidity almost made me laugh , for Nour would , without a shadow of a doubt , have many , many wives and not one of them would ever be happy .
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