Example sentences of "not [adv] the [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cash and carry 's : tend to offer a ‘ no-frills ’ service on a price basis although they are not necessarily the cheapest and to their prices must be added the cost of collection . |
| 2 | So it is not only the visible and active exercise of power that needs to be equalized , but also the possession of power , which , where it can not be redistributed , must at least be made accountable within the framework of democracy . |
| 3 | It is the juxtaposition between these three strands which will influence not only the industrial and geographical pattern and form of MNE activity ; but how it affects the international allocation of resource and the world economic welfare . |
| 4 | Those helped were not only the elderly and unwell but could include people like young mothers with toddlers . |
| 5 | What accounts for the complexity of the problem of evaluation is not only the economic and social costs involved themselves , but the interests , conflicting or in harmony , of those who pay the costs and those who reap the benefits . |
| 6 | I entirely agree that a successful outcome is important to not only the British and European economies but the economies of the developing world . |
| 7 | Once again the movies learnt that it was not only the wealthy and respectable who liked to think that they were being given the best . |
| 8 | Do remember that it is not only the signed and sealed contract that helps to concentrate people 's minds on their commitments . |
| 9 | And I think this , you know , to have a classless society all these things have to be covered , not just the rich and poor , oh and getting rid of the monarchy . |
| 10 | What infuriated not just the British and Americans , but also France 's five EEC partners was the manner in which , without consultation , de Gaulle announced a fait accompli " as though France were somehow the custodian of the Community 's purity " . |
| 11 | It was not simply the well-rehearsed and deeply felt arguments for and against abolition which exercised and divided its members , but the proper role of the Government on what was seen as a question of conscience . |
| 12 | In summary , the Pacific is not simply the biggest and the deepest quarter of the world ocean . |
| 13 | But for one other person , perhaps , Isambard had cared in his time , before affection changed to anger and hate ; and not even the last and holiest stone cell of all had kept Master Harry safe from his insatiable enmity . |
| 14 | Those dramatic figures reflect several things , not least the steady and progressive reform that the Government have undertaken in industrial relations . |