Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In respect of the foregoing it must be understood that the interpretation put upon the word ‘ selfishness ’ in this book is one which does not necessarily brand it as a vice . |
| 2 | A man not incapable of irony , Thorkel Fóstri , it seemed , could not necessarily detect it in somebody else . |
| 3 | In the case , however , of a mandatory life sentence for murder ( into which category all the present appeals fall ) the minister of state takes the judicial view into account but does not necessarily adopt it as the tariff . |
| 4 | There is still a feeling , and rightly so , that every firm owes some responsibility to its members and their dependants in this respect and that it is not enough to leave it to the individual partner to make his own arrangements . |
| 5 | Greenpeace was accused of scientific sloppiness , so it appointed a director of science and two people to work with him , a recognition in its way that zipping over the waves in pursuit of whalers was not enough to keep it in the forefront in these intellectually demanding days of climate change . |
| 6 | There would be men enough left with them to ensure their safe withdrawal , not enough to make it worth his while disabling them . |
| 7 | This not only hides it from predators but ensures that its soft body does not dry out . |
| 8 | This not only brought it into harmony with the existing regime , but also enabled it to further dissociate itself from its Judaic origins . |
| 9 | Instead Arnold smashes it out of that frightening rough , and not only gets it past the cross-bunkers but lands it pin high just on the edge of the green . |
| 10 | As Mr Hart himself asked in a letter to The Times : ‘ In the face of so pellucid a Parliamentary intention , how was it that the Revenue not only thought it worth while to try it on , but actually found two courts to agree with it ? ’ |
| 11 | This not only keeps it in place , but it also feels nice for your partner and means you can stroke yourself at the same time . |
| 12 | Peter not only hears it on this occasion but several times in the future , as the book of Acts shows . |
| 13 | I know that , were it not for Pa , she would not only feed it in her own bed , but have the thing sleeping there with them , in the same room as them , all night , just in case it should wake wanting more . |
| 14 | I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant . |
| 15 | It was a thoroughly tested number as Tiller had not only shown it at the Palace but his La Scala Girls had also performed it at the Winter Gardens Pavilion , Blackpool , the previous year . |
| 16 | I knew that I must live , must embody , this way-of-seeing — not merely hold it as an interesting idea . |
| 17 | Far from being a fault , it may be essential that he should accept massive bodies of conventional knowledge on trust ; not merely assimilating it as a chore , but thoroughly enjoying it . |
| 18 | The brief answers required will oblige candidates to relate and use information across the passage , not merely to reproduce it in sequence . |
| 19 | When Ferrar received it he read it over and over and kissed and embraced it , saying that he could not sufficiently admire it as a rich jewel , and most worthy to be in the hands and hearts of all true Christians that feared God and loved the Church of England . |
| 20 | My free wing hung from the pole for I could not easily close it without terrible pain ; my eyes were fixed on them . |
| 21 | Why not just put it in the reference ? |
| 22 | Generally , infertility does not come as a sudden cut-off point ; rather it declines gradually , and when it is observed we have to look for the cause in the interdependence breakdown , and not just regard it as a shortage of one or other nutrients . |
| 23 | You must have that " something extra " — not just to make it to the top but to get employed in the first place . |
| 24 | Th we must be able to learn from this period , particularly a partial austerity mm but these events are sound events in themselves and that we 're not just doing it for the sake of the sponsor or attracting a sponsor and that it 's not , in itself , completely necessary to have a sponsor otherwise the competition would n't exist . |
| 25 | And they 're not just doing it for the money because , you know , if you just sort of give them a mundane task like trolleys for example , they 're banging on the door , you know , when can I get off this , when am I going to get some responsibility . |
| 26 | You do n't miss it do you , not just putting it in a tin like that . |
| 27 | Why not just do it in the morning ? |
| 28 | Many hospitals including those at Oxford , where some of the research took place , do not normally use it with patients who display no symptoms . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , there are rumours that the single or dual-processor Cobra , currently pegged at under $100,000 rather than the previously estimated $200,000 ( UX No 374 ) , may not ever make it out the door because of overlap problems . |
| 30 | Among ERA stockists — who may not always have it on every day — are the Bon Accord and Tennent 's Bar in Glasgow ; the Auld Hoose , Kinghorn ; the Woodside Inn , Blairgowrie ; and Betty Nicols , Kirkcaldy . |