Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the defendants and the Bank of England , while not expressly acknowledging the link , invite the court to proceed for present purposes on the assumption that without the defendants ' breach the Bank of England would not have issued the section 39 notice in its present form . |
| 2 | Are they not paradoxically reproducing the laws which exclude and oppress them , even as they seem to be escaping and subverting those laws ? |
| 3 | But , even if not properly speaking a science , it is still worthy of systematic pursuit . |
| 4 | He believed it to work in scenes rather than in its entirety , and in a lecture some years later he criticized himself for not properly developing the action and for failing to adapt the classical theme to a contemporary situation . |
| 5 | When we take a belief , desire , or intention to have caused an action , as we commonly do , we are not thereby explaining the action by referring to other actions , let alone mere movements . |
| 6 | 1.3 Conclusion One can conclude that : ( 1 ) The following classes of case are usually subject to the doctrine : ( a ) employment contracts regarding the period after the contract has ended ; ( b ) contracts analogous to ( a ) such as some agency agreements and partnership agreements ; ( c ) business sales contracts which preclude the vendor from competing with his former business ; ( d ) solus agreements ; and ( e ) any situation , not necessarily involving a contract , in which it appears a party has acted unreasonably , unfairly or oppressively so as to restrict another party , usually the plaintiff in the action , in the exercise of his trade , profession or employment . |
| 7 | While not necessarily accepting the fatalism of this argument , it would be wrong to assume that the balance of power between the sexes can be changed simply by persuading more girls to take ‘ boys ’ subjects ' : the issue is clearly too complex to justify simplistic remedies . |
| 8 | Some arranged for consultants to hold clinics on the practice premises , thus improving access for their patients but not necessarily achieving a cost saving . |
| 9 | Our region 's got a free vote on this document so in that sense I 'm not necessarily expressing the views of the region . |
| 10 | A report of what a speaker says , not necessarily using the speaker 's exact words , and without the use of inverted commas . |
| 11 | Here too , while not necessarily denying the merits of the account in other respects , I think it fails as an explanation of consent in leaving out of account its essence as a knowing authorisation . |
| 12 | Objectivists , though not necessarily denying the importance of subjective mental states in the attribution of responsibility , refuse to give the mens rea principle exhaustive sway and look also to ‘ harmful consequences liability ’ as a basis for conviction . |
| 13 | Still there , but not necessarily making a profit . |
| 14 | The fact that the company that sold the policy has gone into liquidation erm claims handlers have been put in who , in my opinion , and it is my personal opinion , are are not necessarily doing the job as well . |
| 15 | An opinion was expressed that such a purchaser under a suspensory condition ( that the money be only handed over on the certificate being got by the purchaser ) is not necessarily committing a violation of the Act , " assuming that he shows proper diligence in endeavouring to obtain the certificate , and is acting throughout in bona fide " : per Lord Trayner , ibid . |
| 16 | I think that its , its often what 's inside that comes out and what we wear and , and make up and I think perhaps its men who have the restriction of not being able to do that , they are not perhaps getting the opportunity to express their inner self . |
| 17 | While Tom played his flute or sang , she played her violin , not much liking the sounds she heard herself making , sometimes even glad there was so much background racket and an undiscerning audience . |
| 18 | This translation will involve not only labelling the subject , but possibly also indicating related subjects , as has been discussed earlier . |
| 19 | At midlife many people are not only facing the death of parents but also coping with difficult teenagers . |
| 20 | ‘ The quarry at Horton in Ribblesdale is not only destroying the landscape but its lorries are turning the neighbouring villages into death traps , ’ he says . |
| 21 | In no circumstances can you set your net on a field inhabited by any farm animals , for these can panic and run into the standing nets — not only destroying the evening 's sport but also destroying the nets . |
| 22 | That 's how serious we are and although Mr er has to give his little laugh but I hope that he is just as much serious er particularly now that the political realities are that we will have a way forward , of not only supporting the delivery and management of community education services in that particular area but a clear focus has now been given , hopefully after this amendment er has been carried to the education authority . |
| 23 | The headteacher has a crucial role in not only convincing the staff of the importance of marketing but in actually getting them to do something about it . |
| 24 | You can do much of the remaining internal work yourself , not only saving a lot of money on labour charges , but a considerable sum in VAT at the current rate of 17.5% . |
| 25 | The recession , not only affecting the UK of course , has hit hardware sales generally , but it has n't had a significant impact on the Unix market , because , IDC believes , that in times of a depressed economy and slow investments , information technology purchases tend to move to less expensive , low-end systems , which ‘ might mean Unix systems . ’ |
| 26 | In this way they 're not only using the clothes in the box but also using textiles and fabrics creatively . |
| 27 | I found myself not only enjoying the birds , but the flowers as well . |
| 28 | Your Royal Highness , Ladies and Gentlemen , I have much pleasure , not only seconding the adoption of the report but complimenting Council on an excellent which I did read . |
| 29 | First , Charles was highly-educated ( and here he seems to have benefited from his mother 's personal concern ) , not only sharing the interest of ecclesiastical contemporaries in theology and political ideas , but learned enough to pose convincingly as a philosopher-ruler and knowledgeable enough about Roman Law to attempt self-conscious emulation of Theodosius and Justinian in his own capitularies . |
| 30 | Gasification involves not only heating the coal ( as in carbonisation ) but also the subsequent reaction of the coke or char produced with air , oxygen , steam or various mixtures of them . |