Example sentences of "this [verb] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involves not only reflecting on why certain types of behaviours are defined as criminal in some historical periods and not others , but also why a particular criminal law comes to incorporate from relatively homogeneous behaviour patterns only a portion and exclude the remainder , even though each and every instance of this behaviour causes avoidable harm , injury , or deprivation . |
| 2 | This involves not only asking ‘ What is taught ? ’ but ‘ How do we ask what is taught ? ’ |
| 3 | This has not yet turned specifically against the institutions of the EEC . |
| 4 | The fact that this has not yet led to a fundamental delegitimisation of the state 's role has led some Marxists to develop a more sophisticated awareness of the divergent forces operating upon the growth of government . |
| 5 | But even this has not yet arrived . |
| 6 | No doubt the field will eventually clarify and mature and the terminology will be designed with precision so that meaningful concepts , tools and methods are unambiguously clarified and distinguished but this has not yet happened . |
| 7 | In most Second and Third World countries this has not generally happened . |
| 8 | However , this has not necessarily proved to be the case when the time has come to commit the words to celluloid . |
| 9 | I fear that this has not necessarily taken place in every case . |
| 10 | NME , for instance , has always included substantial coverage of black popular forms — soul , reggae , hip-hop — although this has not always met with their readers ' approval . |
| 11 | This has not always happened , as is examined later . |
| 12 | Surprisingly this has not directly affected the rate at which interrogation produces admissions . |
| 13 | This has not only created severe problems for the national parliaments , who are finding the huge quantity of legislation difficult to scrutinise , it also represents a seepage of power to Brussels , since the best way of attaining power is simply to grab it , whether or not you have a mandate . |
| 14 | This has not only exposed the underlying differences between Likud and Labour which the initiative papered over . |
| 15 | It 's not got the creative thing , which , I mean , competition , to get a a ten , or a nine , you 've got ta really have some creative element in it , this has n't quite got that , but it is a very strong picture and , and very nicely photographed so I 'll give this one , eight . |
| 16 | What about all that 's gone before , like Delta 5 , Au Pairs , Raincoats — this has n't suddenly happened . |
| 17 | Now this has n't really got going yet . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This includes not only documenting the sectoral pattern of activity in cities , but also an appraisal of the consequences in terms of job opportunities for different groups within the economically active population . |
| 20 | We launched this draw not only to encourage more people to enjoy ‘ old York ’ , but also to give them the opportunity to experience the excitement of New York . ’ |
| 21 | This applies not only while out on contract but also on returning to the home country . |
| 22 | This applies not only to work that is strictly social scientific , but also to that with , for example , a more medical or demographic orientation . |
| 23 | ‘ I take it this did n't exactly catch on ? ’ |
| 24 | This did n't necessarily mean hostility to religion as such . |
| 25 | But this did n't necessarily mean , from my point of view , that we had to go around with Oliver . |
| 26 | I know I 'll wake up in the morning and think this did n't really happen , but I am thrilled to bits . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Generally speaking most tradesmen have some ways peculiar to themselves which they either derived from masters who taught them or from the experience of things or from something in the course of business ’ , but this did not strictly apply to undertakers , |
| 28 | This did not however make sufficient difference for the system to be feasible . |
| 29 | This did not however imply that recovery would follow in every case where a mistake had been shown to exist : ‘ If the defendant can show that the payment was made in settlement of an honest claim , or that he has changed his position as a result of the enrichment , then restitution will be denied . ’ |
| 30 | Although they had been told to counter this objection with the fact that this was a single instance or two of older machines and new machines could be serviced almost immediately , this did not altogether convince a potential customer and it was felt that many sales had been lost . |