Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world is not altogether reformed by cheap tours , nor is the inherent vulgarity of the British Philistine going to be eradicated by sending him with a through ticket and a bundle of hotel coupons to Egypt and the Holy Land … |
| 2 | [ *Pollidori also informs us : ‘ Liability to possession arises from Original Sin not wholly effaced by inadequate Baptism … and sometimes from other sins , great or small . |
| 3 | Therefore Kirknewton is not badly served by local bus services in comparison with Ratho . |
| 4 | Drive around Cornwall during the winter months , and many of the cars and vans you see are sporting SAS window stickers — and they 're not all driven by young blond wave riders . |
| 5 | This is not entirely explained by huge increases in population , as is widely propagated by the mass media and widely believed . |
| 6 | But the shape and layout of a house is not entirely conditioned by such things . |
| 7 | Otis Ferguson was not entirely convinced by Black Legion as he thought it too gloomy ( with appeal only for the ‘ O'Neill audience ’ ) , too jerky in its action , ultimately too indecisive and somewhat lacking in political specifics . |
| 8 | Perhaps , as we have seen , members of the public are currently not greatly influenced by such messages ; but there is still something morally wrong about making incorrect moral statements ( cf. von Hirsch , 1996 : ch. 5 ) . |
| 9 | Even those who demand equality for others but nothing for themselves are not necessarily motivated by pure altruism and disinterestedness , as the following clinical example shows : |
| 10 | This also shows that the ejections are not necessarily triggered by solar flares , a view that has recently been gaining support . |
| 11 | We reiterate : the dominant beliefs of the alliances which we have termed historical blocs are not necessarily shared by all but are promoted successfully by dominant groups and have some grounding in the consciousness of the wider membership . |
| 12 | It is also important to recognize that our basic beliefs ( our espoused version of the ‘ truth ’ ) are not necessarily established by rational analysis . |
| 13 | When the fury in the bedevilled infant is not constantly mediated by proper care , comfort and attention , it festers and finds expression in later life . |
| 14 | Even at the most practical , simple level , those concerns and aspects of their lives ‘ which are not highly valued by external observers may well be amongst the most significant . ’ |
| 15 | Kurecolor Marker Inks are not much disturbed by subsequent overlaying and it does not make any real difference whether line or broad colour is put down first . |
| 16 | There might be some advantage if anthropologists regularly wrote about " cosmology " rather than about " religion " , if only because the former word is not much used by ordinary speakers of ordinary English . |
| 17 | And furthermore , went on the priest , was it not so proven by Holy Scripture ? |
| 18 | In the first place the division of trade between intra- and extra-trade is not only affected by economic integration . |
| 19 | Upon a sale of land the purchaser is normally entitled to have produced to him and to investigate the deeds recording previous transactions in the land going back for fifteen years ( Law of Property Act 1969 : formerly the period was thirty years ) ; and though this period is sometimes reduced by agreement , the shortening of the period throws a risk on the purchaser , who is not only bound by all legal interests in the land which actually exist whether he discovers them or not , but also by all equitable interests which he would have discovered if he had insisted on an investigation for the longer period . |
| 20 | A system which has the intelligence to acknowledge that people are more than just a bag of bones dressed up in a birthday suit and that ill-health is not only caused by biological factors , but social , political , economic and environmental ones as well . |
| 21 | Finally , we come to a group of countries in which state policy on education is not only constrained by external economic and political pressures but also starkly reflects the priorities of a small and exclusive élite . |
| 22 | It should also include an analysis of what modern people understand by the very concept of ‘ prejudice ’ , for it is a concept , which is not only used by social scientists , but which is also significant in ordinary discourse . |
| 23 | Moreover , this lever is strengthened by electoral democracy , which legitimates the promotion of locally preferred policies , and in this way local states , and especially electoral local government , are not only used by those dominant at the centre to enable them to manage uneven development , but can also represent specifically local interests . |
| 24 | The structure of knowledge in higher education is , however , not only implied by broad notions such as arts , science and subject balance ; it is embodied in the very structure of institutions and the academic professions . |
| 25 | In each of the three ballets discussed movements are not merely coloured by natural emotional expression but often by conventional and occupational gesture , which appear to spring from each dancer 's physical and mental reactions to each situation as it arises . |
| 26 | The reason is that with Van Gogh art and life are not merely conditioned by each other to a greater degree than with any other artist , but actually merge with each other . |
| 27 | There is a specific Open Learning Scheme which can assist organisations in areas of training not already covered by existing schemes of assistance . |
| 28 | The argument here is that a high correlation between an item and the overall test score means that the item contributes little new information which is not already tapped by other items . |
| 29 | The place itself provided few clues , only that he must be entirely devoid of imagination and not overly bothered by cold and lack of comfort . |
| 30 | In conclusion , our findings show that gastrointestinal symptoms are not generally explained by secondary infections as the pathogenic relevance of most agents detected in HIV infected patients is doubtful . |