Example sentences of "not [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not altogether without a sense of loss , from those individuals , perhaps , who believed passion to be vital and life-affirming . |
| 2 | A biography of an artist is a tricky proposition for a writer , since the artist may prefer to be judged through art , not life ; the incidentals of an everyday activity , not altogether under the artist 's control , are rather unimportant compared to the artist 's concentrated effort to create paintings or sculpture . |
| 3 | It was not altogether beyond the bounds of possibility that one day , somewhere , they could meet again . |
| 4 | There is some truth in this , but not altogether in the sense that was there intended . |
| 5 | A study of the news media is not properly within the scope of this assignment , but the topic of channels is necessary to a consideration of communication and a cursory look at the nature and availability of various media seemed in order . |
| 6 | Programmes were long over , but the white screen with the volume down served not badly as a night light ; any of the lamps in the shoebox room kept Sam awake , and total darkness made him frightened . |
| 7 | No it 's not on at the moment , cos Paul |
| 8 | she 's not on for a while |
| 9 | I have great sympathy with the needs of village schools but at the end ofg the day we have to consider the needs of the children and I have no doubt in my mind that trying to open a school in Brockweir is simply not on for the children . |
| 10 | ' ’ But not on to the other ? ’ |
| 11 | At the back of the fort they diverted the Jumna and laid in its place a main road so that the delicate Mughal pavilions look out , not on to the source of the Waters of Paradise , but on to Mahatma Gandhi Marg , the most noisy and polluted stretch of the Delhi Ring Road . |
| 12 | They are simple to install ; all that is required is that they be level from side to side , and with the lip of the lowest basin protruding sufficiently so that the water empties directly into the pool water and not on to the edging of the pool . |
| 13 | One of the first houses in the goldfields was built to welcome them and the two children ; the roof was not on by the time they arrived but many miners joined in helping to complete it , the sight of two young Englishwoman being a delightful rarity . |
| 14 | Oh no I might be able to actually no I 'll be able to come in James because I 'm not on until the evening , I can call in on my way to Merseyside . |
| 15 | I greatly fear that there is something not right about the man . ’ |
| 16 | There 's something not right about the way he goes on with her . |
| 17 | Some people , brought up in the expectation of forging a career and getting near the top if not right to the top in their profession , may be deeply committed to their work . |
| 18 | Local searches — a new motorway is a boon if sited a couple of miles away , but not right at the end of the road . |
| 19 | Not all over the top , there 's all the glasses . |
| 20 | turf her out on the bed she might sleep with me and you sleep on the settee or would be a bit better than two beds than the settee , an extra bed space for her mum 's house too much for over Christmas , that 's not fair she 's not all over the place . |
| 21 | It 's er almost two years ago now that erm , and it , I 'd like you to wait , but not entirely as a consequence of B C C I 's er , demise , that Citra published a code of practice to Treasury Management and a guide to the Chief Officers who were members of that Institution . |
| 22 | Eventually , I found a young hospital registrar who said , not entirely as a joke : ‘ I expect we 'll find a cupboard for her ’ . |
| 23 | But the magazine is not entirely about the cube . |
| 24 | Mum 's anger and frustration was based , not entirely on the fact of the girl being a Gentile , but on the great expectations she had anticipated for the boy . |
| 25 | While they may not alter the actual risks that something will happen , they at least inspire the feeling that such events are not entirely outside the hunter 's control . |
| 26 | I suspect it is not entirely for the good . |
| 27 | There does not lurk somewhere a Dorian Gray-like picture of an irascible , opinionated Attila ; although people say he is not entirely without a temper . |
| 28 | OSLO — The leader of Norway 's minority Labour government , Gro Harlem Brundtland , is not entirely without a sense of humour . |
| 29 | Finally , with regard to cl 10 , it should be noted that no obligation to permit alteration of the goods to make them non-infringing is imposed on the buyer , and that the obligation to return infringing goods , subject to a refund of the price , is only imposed on the buyer where it arises not at the option of the seller but because of a judgment or settlement relating to the claim of infringement ( which is presumably not entirely within the seller 's control ) . |
| 30 | The whole House will be very relieved to know that such a matter is not entirely in a Minister 's hands . |