Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson-Barnett differentiates between teaching ( involving a change in behaviour ) and information-giving ( a process , and having less concern with how it is received … and not necessarily involving interaction or assessment of individual need ) . |
| 2 | In context , grammaticality does not necessarily ensure acceptability or coherence . |
| 3 | It is not only that those extreme means of attempting to extort confessions , for example the rack and thumbscrew , which have sometimes disfigured the system of criminal justice in this country , are abhorrent to any civilised society , but that they and other less awful , though not necessarily less potent , means of applying pressure to an accused person to speak do not necessarily produce speech or the truth . |
| 4 | It does not necessarily imply essence or totality , but merely a derestriction of the stances of knowing and doing . |
| 5 | But inevitably , it was not enough to kiss fingers or allow a caress at arm 's length : she wanted much , much more . |
| 6 | Despite their greater poverty , lone mothers may not always see marriage or cohabitation as improving their access to resources . |
| 7 | extra help is available for elderly and disabled persons if they and their partners ( if any ) did not formerly pay rates or rent . |
| 8 | The Irish enforced a ‘ Ban ’ on British sports in the sense that those who wished to play Gaelic football or hurling under the aegis of the Gaelic Athletic Association could not also play football or cricket . |
| 9 | Candida albicans and related yeast-like fungi are commonly found in the genital tract , particularly in women , and do not often produce infection or symptoms in the male . |
| 10 | The low level of unionization did not simply reflect apathy or a lack of militancy . |
| 11 | Forest landowners could not even erect fences or hedges unless they were low enough to allow the deer to enter and leave , consequently crops were often destroyed by them . |
| 12 | However , the contested takeover of Imperial by Hanson was not referred to the MMC as it did not adversely affect competition or the ‘ public interest ’ . |
| 13 | Its heroes do not characteristically commit suicide or ride off into the sunset : they settle down , marry , and make comfortable and elaborate treaties with the world they live in . |
| 14 | Microsoft Corp said last week it has started ships of the beta test version of the Windows NT operating system : the beta version has not yet been tuned for performance or size , and does not yet include scheduling or the electronics mail . |
| 15 | They can not significantly alter labour or commodity markets at a scale relevant to a national , let alone an international , production system . |
| 16 | This group are not currently paying rent or rates to a private landlord or the Council , so can not currently apply for help . |
| 17 | But I did n't really have time or the ability to sit down and think about their whole term 's work which is what I had to do really . |
| 18 | A good idea if you do n't often use pans or baking dishes . |
| 19 | I do n't even smoke cigarettes or touch alcohol . ’ |
| 20 | You have n't actually mentioned biologists or applied scientists . |