Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] the [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 | 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | Our region 's got a free vote on this document so in that sense I 'm not necessarily expressing the views of the region . |
| 7 | A report of what a speaker says , not necessarily using the speaker 's exact words , and without the use of inverted commas . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This translation will involve not only labelling the subject , but possibly also indicating related subjects , as has been discussed earlier . |
| 14 | At midlife many people are not only facing the death of parents but also coping with difficult teenagers . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | In this way they 're not only using the clothes in the box but also using textiles and fabrics creatively . |
| 21 | I found myself not only enjoying the birds , but the flowers as well . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | At present he was with a party of police officers visiting the United States and Inspector Blakelock was totally in charge doing the two jobs , not only receiving the exhibits , making out the register of court attendances and preparing the statistics , but discussing the cases with the detective in charge , explaining what the Laboratory could hope to do , rejecting those cases where the scientists could n't help , and checking that the final statements for the court were complete . |
| 26 | Ideally , the community physiotherapist takes on the wider responsibility of not only teaching the carers , but also assessing and treating the patient 's particular problems through a progressive rehabilitation programme . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Jane , who is not only chairing the meeting but also closely involved with ‘ Project Henry ’ enlightens him . |
| 29 | The BBC is seen by Mrs Whitehouse as not only reflecting the changes that were occurring in that period , but also as actively encouraging or even precipitating them . |
| 30 | 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 . |