Example sentences of "not [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arpeggios sound best when placed in the middle and upper reaches of the instrument ( but not right at the very top ) . |
| 2 | All three are caught from the same swims , although not necessarily at the same time , and in every case there are two-tone specimens . |
| 3 | The stretcher across the back of the chair will similarly have angled shoulders , but not necessarily at the same angle as the seat rail , as the back legs may taper away towards the bottom ; indeed they generally do . |
| 4 | If there is still a sizeable shortage , then further assistance is given , though not necessarily at the same rates and maturities as earlier . |
| 5 | Erm the pressures in the E C at the moment , I think , would be better handled if as nations come , en democratically , economically , erm they come into the E C , not perhaps at the right time for those that are inside , because that might be too late frankly , but but they 're not pushed into the E C en bloc , too early . |
| 6 | Not so at the Grand National , where the horses are assembled behind a fibre rope ( call a tape ) some 70 metres long , whose ends are hoisted when the race is signalled to begin . |
| 7 | Not so at the short story length , where humour can be used more gainfully to put over the perhaps dull facts needed to lay out a situation leading to an ingenious switch-over ending . |
| 8 | The horrific murders and woundings of the past week are an example of sheer terror — aimed not only at the Catholic community but at the prison authorities . |
| 9 | In addition there is an aim to enhance public accountability of schools and teachers by making the results of regular assessments available to parents and public , not only at the individual level for the parent , but more widely in terms of the achievement of schools and local education authorities . |
| 10 | This is still clearer with the development agencies , not only at the regional ( or ‘ national , ) level where Cawson would find the corporatist label acceptable , but also at local level , particularly through agencies such as GEAR . |
| 11 | The extent to which such an understanding is justified has been a matter of some debate , not only at the local level , but in terms of national politics , and even politics within the EC . |
| 12 | It is expected that any such changes to be manifested not only at the attitudinal and cognitive levels , but also in behavioural indices such as higher rates of criminal activity , marital problems and disputes at work . |
| 13 | Attitudes to language learning in a society are crucial to success ( Strevens , 1978 ) , not only at the societal level of numbers of proficient learners but also in their effect on the individual learner 's perceptions of language learning . |
| 14 | This significance is visible not only at the ideological and cultural level , but also at the economic and political level . |
| 15 | It is not just at the regional level that the geography of British manufacturing industry has been changing . |
| 16 | We should look not just at the actual drug taking itself , but also at what makes people want to take drugs . ’ |
| 17 | In order to avoid the pitfalls of economism he has argued that classes are defined at all levels , not just at the economic one . |
| 18 | This integration of production across national borders tends to increase the overall volume of world trade because a good changes hands at various levels of production and not just at the final stage . |
| 19 | After 1980 it was possible for charities to reclaim tax paid on money covenanted to them for four years or more , not just at the standard rate of tax , but at the higher rate if individuals paid tax at the higher rate . |
| 20 | When you begin to think about it you grow dizzy , your stomach turns over , not just at the commercialism of it all , but at the aestheticism of it all , not just at the chequebooks but at the Intelligent Conversations , not just at the fifty percent but at the Sensitive Responses , not just at the winks and nods but at the Hushed Silence in the Presence of Art . |
| 21 | All stretching exercises should be practised every day , not just at the weekly or twice-weekly training sessions at the club . |
| 22 | Utilising certain basic contradictions we must pose this essential situation to the people as a problem which challenges them and requires a response , not just at the intellectual level , but at the level of action . |
| 23 | Anyway , so erm he said , but you know he was saying to them that er , it 's not just at the bottom end , he said , in our village in Wales we 've got the Sun have now positioned two reporters who have lived in the village the these the they sit in a car outside his house day and night |
| 24 | Thus , if the class of possible histories includes spaces with singularities , these singularities could occur anywhere , not just at the big bang and in collapsing stars . |
| 25 | They portray the fact that , yes , they come into public consultation — yes the do , not always at the right time . |
| 26 | Since the onset in the late 1920s of severe economic difficulties in areas of coal-mining and heavy industry , there has been a progressive shift of employment opportunities towards the South , albeit not always at the same rate . |
| 27 | So you may omit a parent company p&l account or a cash flow statement , but not both at the same time ! |
| 28 | In most of the early work on quantity constrained models it was assumed that any observed general unemployment had to be either classical or Keynesian but not both at the same time . |
| 29 | Is he not up at the like . |
| 30 | It is no good not following those rules and then worrying when your teenager is not back at the expected time , looking nervously at the clock and twitching the curtains every time a car pulls up in your road . |