Example sentences of "not [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the days of Queen Victoria the method of choosing bishops for the Church of England had changed , not wholly for the better . |
| 2 | This may have held great promise in its early years but it soon became divided and then fragmented , due largely , if not wholly to the same age-old misconception whereby the basis of the religion is the assumption of the existence of a completely undefined ‘ god ’ , in this case the ancient ‘ god ’ of the Jews . |
| 3 | The inclusion of the former originated less from public concern over any alleged malpractice than from lack of confidence , felt mainly but not wholly within the legal profession , in procedures whereby ultimate responsibility for prosecuting as well as investigating in the vast majority of cases rested with the police . |
| 4 | Although he suggests he is not wholly against the permissive society , all that he can find to say in its favour is that it points to the continual necessity to make traditional values relevant to contemporary society , to the fact that the importance of the family , ‘ the very principles of order itself … are not … accepted by all ’ . |
| 5 | Rowbotham , meanwhile , had been sucked into the paper , but not on to the editorial board . |
| 6 | Was I not right about the wee lass , saints preserve her ! |
| 7 | Arpeggios sound best when placed in the middle and upper reaches of the instrument ( but not right at the very top ) . |
| 8 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |
| 9 | DEPOSITED ABROAD Choosing a suitable foreign currency bank account may mean shopping around , not necessarily for the highest interest rates but for the best service available |
| 10 | All these questions relate to a captain 's last Test as captain , not necessarily to the last Test in which he played . |
| 11 | Noverre called his fourth group character dancers , that is those whose physique and movements were not necessarily of the finest but whose abilities when playing some comic or dramatic role such as a Cyclops or Fury were most valuable . |
| 12 | Sometimes portraits of mature adults were used for children and adolescents , not necessarily of the same sex as the intended subject . |
| 13 | All three are caught from the same swims , although not necessarily at the same time , and in every case there are two-tone specimens . |
| 14 | The stretcher across the back of the chair will similarly have angled shoulders , but not necessarily at the same angle as the seat rail , as the back legs may taper away towards the bottom ; indeed they generally do . |
| 15 | If there is still a sizeable shortage , then further assistance is given , though not necessarily at the same rates and maturities as earlier . |
| 16 | When you have finished your interviews you should leave yourself time , not necessarily on the same day , to make an unhurried and carefully considered decision . |
| 17 | She said I think in practice they will make considerable input in the care of their daughter , not necessarily with the heavy physical work of care . |
| 18 | Generally the people with the heaviest credit commitments do have more than one credit agreement ( not necessarily with the same firm ) going at the same time . |
| 19 | Again , if I call my mother and her sister by the same term ( 'mother' ) , then both behave maternally towards me — though not necessarily with the same intensity of feeling . |
| 20 | Remote or unusual keys are still featured only at extraordinary moments , but , apart from B minor , not necessarily with the same associations as before . |
| 21 | Although not necessarily in the current economic climate . |
| 22 | Not necessarily in the fastest possible time of 30 generations , but very fast , nevertheless . |
| 23 | Buying a soon-to-be-obsolete car can be a saving in the short term , but not necessarily in the long term . |
| 24 | In the first type of case , but not necessarily in the second , the consent is a response to a proposal initiated by another . |
| 25 | This situation went against the grain , as the top brass always needed to be on top of every situation and on top of every executive if they were to do their jobs to their own satisfaction ; not necessarily in the best interests of the Corporation , that is to say , but in their own best interests . |
| 26 | Medical know-how means that people are living longer anyway , though not necessarily in the best of health . |
| 27 | It not only imposes a duty to pay , but also sets up ( not necessarily in the same statute ) the machinery for collecting and distributing the money . |
| 28 | One of the activities ( you do n't know which ) is then described again , not necessarily in the same words . |
| 29 | Those simian , orange-furred Jokaero were forever improvising ingenious equipment , not necessarily in the same way twice , though with an accent on miniaturization . |
| 30 | The expression of synaptic potentiation probably involves both pre- and postsynaptic mechanisms , not necessarily in the same proportion at each stage , the one leading to an increase in transmitter release and the other to an increase in the number or change in the properties of the ion channels which mediate synaptic transmission . |