Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accountants are not professionally qualified to distinguish between the lack of cost effectiveness arising from legitimate political decisions of councillors and that arising from management failures ( The Times 5.4.83 ) . |
| 2 | It is generally accepted that managers are motivated to pursue profits , whereas they are not greatly motivated to keep within a cost budget . |
| 3 | In 1970 , Labour identification was not necessarily tied to support for the party 's ‘ traditional ’ concerns , or at least the concerns of the left-wing : only 39 per cent of Labour identifiers were in favour of nationalising more industries ; only 40 per cent did not believe that trade unions had too much power ; and although 60 per cent were in favour of spending more on social services this represented a marked decline from the 89 per cent recorded in 1964 ( Crewe et al . , |
| 4 | The first is that we are not so tempted to think of the word ‘ afternoon ’ as having a meaning for us in virtue of being the name of an object , as we are to think of ‘ pain' as having a meaning for us in virtue of being the name of an object . |
| 5 | This issue is not only related to access into buildings . |
| 6 | But that that contradicted today , when he 's not only threatened to intervene against the Republics that have been attacking their minorities but erm , since he 's become Russian president he 's constantly threatened and the area of and you know denied it sort of national . |
| 7 | They had turned to longer films to attract better audiences and the device of the fiction film not only served to head off the challenge of reformers but also guaranteed an exclusive hold on mass audiences . |
| 8 | That means you 've not only got to economise in manpower ; you 've got to bring new technology to bear on the problem . |
| 9 | We 've not only got to say to the government , that you 're not coping you 've got to say , if you 're a mother , a worker and a wife , you 've got to say to your husband , look , I 'm not coping . |
| 10 | Other reasons are less obvious , for firms have not merely reacted to change in their external environments ; many have actively sought to create new , internal sources of advantage . |
| 11 | Brenda had not long come to live in the country . |
| 12 | Even if Sonauto had not finally decided to stay in racing and Ruggia had spent the summer at home , his contract would have demanded that Sonauto pay his wages for the 1991 season . |
| 13 | Furthermore , fermentation does not increase the colonic osmotic pressure and diarrhoea is not longer considered to occur as a side effect since most of this osmotic load is rapidly absorbed . |
| 14 | An Englishman is not easily persuaded to dine on snails with an Italian , on frogs with a Frenchman , or on horse-flesh with a Tartar , ’ and then leads into a discussion which philosophically connects the natural foods of nations with the natural development of man 's society . |
| 15 | Conveyancers are not normally expected to act as negotiators and , if estate agents are involved , it is important to make certain that they have fully and finally settled the price , both for the legal estate in the property and for any extras , such as fixtures and fittings , or even any chattels that might be left at the property . |
| 16 | However , candidates from overseas are not normally allowed to enrol for part-time study . |
| 17 | The work is rarely dull or nasty , like police patrol , and consequently field staff are not normally impelled to engage in the policeman 's ‘ easing ’ practices or taking of perks to mitigate tedium and unpleasantness ( Cain , 1973:36–7 ) . |
| 18 | If J. A. Hobson was justified in speaking of a ‘ crisis of Liberalism ’ in 1909 , it is equally if not more justified to think of the Edwardian period in terms of a ‘ crisis of Conservatism ’ . |
| 19 | The idea was not of course original to Wordsworth , but his expression of it is unusually convincing ; and he is ahead of his time in his recognition of the ‘ subconscious mind ’ — this phrase had not yet come into the language , and Wordsworth 's ‘ workings of the spirit ’ — he has many other phrases — are not always seen to refer to this . |
| 20 | Although meetings are not always called to decide upon definite action — the purpose may be , for instance , to do a ‘ raincheck ’ on the progress of a project — everyone involved should have a clear idea of the meeting 's objective(s) and an active contribution to make . |
| 21 | Foster parents were not always equipped to cope with the vagaries of their own children , let alone the problems of outsiders . |
| 22 | a plaintiff accepting money in court is not automatically entitled to cost of pursuing other defendants since costs of action refer only to costs against a specific party.the plaintiff may ask the court to exercise its discretion e.g if defendants liability is joint . |
| 23 | Agencies and landlords are not legally allowed to discriminate on grounds of race but ways are invariably found around this . |
| 24 | One of the reasons behind this seemingly illogical situation in such an over-populated area is that councils are not legally allowed to take into account small sites ( aptly termed ‘ wind-full ’ sites ) that may have become derelict or vacant which actually provide a large amount of free land . |
| 25 | The OSF/1 Unix will also aim for high security ( B-1 level ) , but it is not now expected to appear before November 1990 . |
| 26 | While there are also a number of texts that claim to be fabliaux but which are not now considered to belong to the genre , the common characteristics of the type ( described below ) are sufficiently clear for the same number of texts again to be identified with and added to the self-proclaimed fabliaux . |
| 27 | Implementation of the Community Care Act is now upon us , yet many organisations have not really begun to explain to potential clients and stakeholders in the wider community exactly what care management is , who care managers are , what they will do , and what a care package can include . |
| 28 | It soon became evident that nothing of the kind was forthcoming : the racist strictures of the War Office prevented promotional possibilities , blacks were not even allowed to join in combat with the enemy . |
| 29 | that you would have boys go out with no forewarning , tripping over stumbling blocks here , there and everywhere and girls who are not even allowed to benefit from others ' experience , let alone , have their own . |
| 30 | In Orkney not only did the parents not see or have any access to their children , they were not even allowed to communicate by letter or telephone . |