Example sentences of "not [adv] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , one has to be careful in this context to recognise that many of the infractions I 'm referring to are not necessarily offences AGAINST others — but represent errors of performance , imperfections which reflect badly on the offender — so that one undertakes remedial work , NOT for the purpose of making amends but to re-draw the picture of oneself so that it corresponds more closely to the one which one would like to project to the world at large .
2 These are not necessarily forces for continuity but they may act as barriers to government attempts to impose a new line of policy .
3 The locally stable strategy in any particular part of the trench lines was not necessarily Tit for Tat itself .
4 It is only now that men and women are beginning to realize that representative institutions are not necessarily guardians of freedom but can themselves become engines of tyranny .
5 North listened to this impassively ; when it was over his eyes filled with tears , but these were not necessarily tears of compunction .
6 But when such rifts occur , they are not necessarily evidence of lack of love ; they are more often due to the temporary emotional instability of the mourners , and usually heal swiftly , family unity being restored as the grief is worked through .
7 At this point the social worker introduced the notion of emotional reasoning , which suggests that ‘ feelings of guilt are not necessarily evidence of guilt ’ .
8 A lump , abnormal bleeding or a change in a wart or mole are not necessarily symptoms of cancer , but they should be checked out , so consult your doctor without delay and avoid unnecessary worry .
9 ‘ ( They ) are not necessarily men of judgement . ’
10 The reason this figure was produced is erm because one of the comments we had back from the other induction courses er Gareth , the reason we had produced this video was erm structure you 've never shown it , so it 's not necessarily tongue in cheek but it is a strictly sales structure but it will give you a clearer idea of our guide what to do to the role plays this morning , Saturday and tomorrow .
11 Not only north of Leeds , but here in Hoyland — if you can see .
12 On the 1st May an odd selection of individuals , myself included , set out to travel not only South to Totnes Castle , but also back in time about 530 years .
13 It should not escape our notice that it was not only successes on land but those associated with aspects of the war at sea which had contributed towards the satisfactory situation which he described .
14 BTEC had to call on FE colleges to create closer working relationships with schools than most existing links provided — and the Council would only authorize a school to run a First Diploma course if it was satisfied that it could provide not only teachers with experience in working in business or in industry but also specialized accommodation and equipment .
15 Well , I , I , the way I see it going is that the E C will expand to not only Lithuania about being but also other , other , er forms of Soviet Republics .
16 For a fuller understanding of the factors affecting divorce , we have to consider not only changes in rates over time but also differences between social groups in rates of divorce .
17 In the 1980s there were not only changes in product demand and in imports and exports , but large-scale changes in investment and in the occupational structure .
18 Extra-sensitive radars are continually detecting not only tensions among countries and peoples anywhere on Earth , but also the smallest disputes among friends , or even among parents and children .
19 Trade unions and their officers — and , indeed , groups of workmen , official or unofficial — are entitled to induce others to break their contracts — not only contracts of employment but other contracts as well — they are entitled to interfere and prevent the performance of contracts by others — all with impunity .
20 But it 's not only components by Vox which feature in Roberto 's cache ; his Wembley warehouse is chock full of interesting bits and pieces .
21 They were not only evidence of disagreement amongst abolitionists but perceived by contemporaries to have different religious and political characteristics .
22 Future trials comparing the most commonly used IVIG preparations in marrow transplantation should measure not only differences in infection but in the incidence of GVHD , to further elucidate the mechanism of immune changes due to IVIG .
23 Structures of social relationship are not only structures of indebtedness , they are also structures of power .
24 A village essentially consisted of a group of ie sharing not only location of residence but often occupation .
25 The King placed before him not only works of Wagenseil , but those of [ Johann Christian ] Bach , Abel and Handel and he played off everything prima vista …
26 Plotting functions encourage experimentation , allowing not only trials of equations other than that selected as optimum , but also zooming parts of plots to amplify relevance of the fit and resizing the graph to judge extrapolation effects .
27 Sir Ralph Sadler , for instance , was not only Secretary of State from 1540 to 1543 , he was also Master of the Great Wardrobe from 1543 to 1553 , Keeper of the Hanaper in Chancery from 1535 until his death in 1587 , and notary in Chancery from 1534 .
28 Local groups , joined in a network , together and with St William 's and its agents , should be not only validators of priorities ; they should also become centres of influence and information in local communities , in a stronger position than ever before to influence institutional government .
29 Not only lack of skill , but lack of opportunity to utilize those skills , depressed women 's rate of pay .
30 It seems to me that these dreams were not only manifestations of hunger , but that they also evinced a desire to be normal and part of the natural world .
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