Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " 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 But , even if not properly speaking a science , it is still worthy of systematic pursuit .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Some arranged for consultants to hold clinics on the practice premises , thus improving access for their patients but not necessarily achieving a cost saving .
8 A report of what a speaker says , not necessarily using the speaker 's exact words , and without the use of inverted commas .
9 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 .
10 Still there , but not necessarily making a profit .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 This translation will involve not only labelling the subject , but possibly also indicating related subjects , as has been discussed earlier .
15 At midlife many people are not only facing the death of parents but also coping with difficult teenagers .
16 ‘ 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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% .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 If workers were spending their time in this way , they were not only exercising a leisure preference but were consuming a non-essential .
24 Thus law often has a dual role to play , not only providing the basis for the ‘ smooth ’ functioning of society , but also forming part of an interrelated system which functions to provide legitimacy , cohesion , integration and unity .
25 Jane , who is not only chairing the meeting but also closely involved with ‘ Project Henry ’ enlightens him .
26 This involved not only training the student , but also persuading often nervous parents to permit their offspring to travel to and from the college , in a small Wiltshire town , independently .
27 So those gentlemen were not only infringing the Sale of Goods Act they were committing a criminal offence as well by infringing the Trade Descriptions Act so they ended up being prosecuted by Trading Standards .
28 The key man of the new venture is Ryoji Yamazaki , a 42-year-old who is not only financing the project through his business activities in Japan but is also acting as chief designer .
29 So they an invidious position in this country , that they are not only catching the suspect , but they 're also siding against the suspect even before he 's gone on trial .
30 From the yellow pages of the Preston Directory comes the shock revelation that NIRVANA are not only paying the price for their enthusiastic espousal of the rock lifestyle but even have their own nursing home !
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