Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | While it was possible to identify a group of 27 libraries with staff members whose title included ‘ training ’ , ‘ development ’ or ‘ personnel ’ , they did not uniformly devote a major part of their time to training , and there were instances of authorities who named individuals apparently spending more of their time on training than ‘ named ’ training officers . |
| 3 | As Professor Goode has pointed out , the fact that the charge has crystallised will affect the relationship between the chargee and the company but it does not necessarily affect a third party since if the company is left free to deal with the assets in the normal course of its business then the chargee should be estopped from denying the company 's authority to do so . |
| 4 | An ability to help bring a child into the world and care for it does not necessarily create a good parent . |
| 5 | The rapid rise in tenancy in the mid-Meiji period and its maintenance at a high level thereafter may not necessarily mean a wholesale polarization of rural wealth , but a keenness on the part of those who were able to work more land to rent extra plots to take advantage of improved market opportunities . |
| 6 | Although mountaineers will not need reminded , the less experienced need to be constantly alerted to the fact that a hot , sunny car park does not necessarily mean a benign hill-walk . |
| 7 | This did not necessarily mean a dramatic change in the substance of French policy : in its last phase the Fourth Republic had asserted French independence through a nuclear policy and a far from submissive attitude towards the US and Britain . |
| 8 | There was a robust denial of those allegations from Borders Regional Council 's assistant education director , Kenneth Paterson , who said the temporary closure did not necessarily mean a permanent shutdown . |
| 9 | But , just as with the word processor , the content and presentation of those documents do not necessarily reflect a similar improvement . |
| 10 | Sometimes they will complete tasks more slowly , owing to a slower rate of informational input ( Mason and Tobin , 1986 ) , but this need not necessarily reflect a reduced level of comprehension , although it may be mistaken for this . |
| 11 | Jacobite candidates did well in the elections to Anne 's last two Parliaments , although it must be remembered that Tory candidates in general did well , so that the absolute rise in the number of Jacobite MPs did not necessarily reflect a relative rise in the strength of Jacobitism within the Tory party as a whole . |
| 12 | There are , of course , points where one speaker stops and another starts speaking , but every speaker-change does not necessarily terminate a particular coherent fragment of conversation . |
| 13 | It became clear in the operation of the first category that , for example , strong social conscience or interest did not necessarily bring a concomitant skill in criminal advocacy . |
| 14 | However , participation in a CU does not necessarily represent a freer trading regime for all participating countries . |
| 15 | This need not necessarily involve a direct analysis of the effects of colonialism as such , but can also consist of a relentless anatomization of the collusive forms of European knowledge . |
| 16 | The availability of higher wages did not necessarily produce a commensurate increase in consumption . |
| 17 | First , a variation in rate poundage across the country did not necessarily imply a corresponding variation in rates actually paid . |
| 18 | The case of Etruria warns us that the assimilation of many techniques and notions does not necessarily imply a real understanding between two civilizations . |
| 19 | The name does not necessarily imply a simple circulatory motion , but one can often identify characteristic features of particularly the large eddies . |
| 20 | A feeling of the ultimate national identity , even if displaced in terms of a united Europe , does not necessarily imply a negative connotation . |
| 21 | This parallels our finding of a higher incidence among women , but does not necessarily imply a causative role of anal intercourse . |
| 22 | Although there was a significant reduction in ipsilateral neurological events in the group who had endarterectomy , these events included transient monocular blindness and transient ischaemic attacks , which do not necessarily have a major impact on patients ' wellbeing . |
| 23 | It came as a shock to find that the Englishman 's home did not necessarily have a spare bedroom or a bath or inside lavatory . |
| 24 | There is a tradition that the cattle of eastern England have Scandinavian origins , but the West of England influence was strong and during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Devon blood was widely used in Norfolk ( especially , of course , by Coke of Holkham and his tenants ) , though it did not necessarily have a direct influence on the future Red Poll . |
| 25 | The latter has said that he could not necessarily turn a blind eye to this … especially if there were complaints from other parties ; as you are well aware the commission have the power to seek repayment . |
| 26 | The use of metaphor to unsettle a discourse which has widespread authority in our culture demonstrates that metaphor need not necessarily play a coercive role , that it can serve an interrogatory function as well . |
| 27 | It is important to appreciate that a stable instrument reading does not necessarily indicate a stable flight condition . |
| 28 | On the other hand , some social survey projects do not necessarily require a great deal of theoretical background reading and the emphasis in this case will be less on the library and more on fieldwork . |
| 29 | It must be emphasised that the results for an interim period do not necessarily provide a reliable indication of those for the full year . |
| 30 | Classification of functional gut disorders is proliferating at present , but there is much overlap of various functional symptom clusters and labelling these does not necessarily prove a common cause and may lend a false validity to the diagnosis . |