Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly they are priests or temple attendants wearing animal masks : the Minoan religion had certainly not developed so far that such things were incongruous . |
| 2 | The bells have far more impact , and tempos are more extreme — to the benefit of the first two fast movements , but to the detriment I think of the following two slow ones ( which reminded me why I had not responded more positively first time round ) . |
| 3 | I think for a lot of people , yes , it does , and though the pile of bricks obviously comes under Art with a capital A , crafts perhaps has not suffered quite as much , but I think there is the feeling amongst people that if they get a pot which is , shall we say non-function and wo n't pour , then is it art or craft ? |
| 4 | By mid-1989 the subject had not moved forward very much , though there were hopeful indications for the repatriation of prisoners . |
| 5 | This was a pilot experiment , not done under fully rigorous conditions . |
| 6 | After all , before he had proposed , she had not seen so very much of Havvie , and she had been so flattered that it had not struck her how banal his conversation was , and how limited . |
| 7 | And what mother of young children , whether she owns a family pet or not , has not felt even more frightened of neighbourhood Rottweilers and Dobermans when she reads of the horrific savaging and killing of children by uncontrollable animals ? |
| 8 | There is a pseudo-sophistication in our understanding of sexuality and its relation to human actions , for we have not grasped how very difficult it is to cope with all its manifestations . |
| 9 | She 'd had a wondrous time with another man , a time that filled her with remembered textures and sensations , that would have left her smiling now if Parr had not become so damned intrusive . |
| 10 | The lateral arm plates are wide and the area where the spines articulate is not raised up as much as in species like O. bidentata but is flatter . |
| 11 | Students usually feel that listening to these unfamiliar voices chopped up into small pieces is hard work , but generally the transcription exercise is not found nearly as difficult as expected . |
| 12 | The latest news on the revised Assisted Areas map is that it has still to be sent to the European Commission for approval ; it is not known how long this process will take . |
| 13 | In reading the bundle of documents relating to this appeal , both before , during and since the hearing before me , I have wondered whether attention was not focused almost as much on the father 's wish to obtain an order for costs against the local authority as upon the important question of making for these children the best decision that was available . |
| 14 | The 27-year-old Spaniard , who has won twice on the US Tour in the past , added : ‘ The rough is still too high for my liking , but is not set up as difficult as I 've seen US Open courses . |
| 15 | you did , you 're the cleverest girl in the world are n't you ? there 's your space suit where are you ? , come here while I pull your pants up , pants up first , pants up first lets run some water wait a minute your trousers are not pulled up right both hands in a little bit of soap on , now rub them together good rinse , get all the soap off , right shake , rattle and roll , hands washed , I mean dried sorry |
| 16 | I can see why he 's not scored so often this year and why we 're now being linked with Ferdinand . |
| 17 | I have not discussed how much worse ICI and GEC 's results would look if they amortised more than 92 £2bn goodwill against profit . |
| 18 | I think many people who have tried to analyse Rottweiler characters have not realized how much this unique mix plays a part . |
| 19 | In The Groove , who runs at Phoenix Park on Saturday , has not achieved nearly as much as Dead Certain , but Elsworth rates them on a par . |
| 20 | If I am not held up too much , I will gladly give way to the hon. Gentleman . |