Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [conj] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One profession can not successfully isolate and combat infection . |
| 2 | In fact what the members of the Committee wished to do was to alter the law , not expressly to encourage or legalise such practices , but to remove them , like adultery and other sins , from the realm of the law . |
| 3 | They will pay for licences to release substances they can not economically recycle or recover . |
| 4 | This is not to say that at some point such studies may not eventually facilitate or enter into explanations of a traditional theoretical kind , but this is not their point . |
| 5 | Of course we should not endlessly meddle and interfere with the electricity industry in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | Even though the NSDAP was to achieve its majority in the Danzig Volkstag with a very clear mandate from the electorate to do what it thought necessary , most Danzigers were prepared to reap the benefits of being on the winning side without pondering too deeply the significance or morality of their own personal support for a party they did not entirely trust or like . |
| 7 | They do not necessarily reflect or indicate any academic achievement . |
| 8 | This was firmly denied by the Committee , both before and after publication , who argued that to urge a change in the law was not necessarily to approve or endorse homosexual behaviour . |
| 9 | It is not enough to visit or telephone the offices of the local authority , water authority and public utilities , to verify the availability of services . |
| 10 | In the case of other loss or damage , a person can not so exclude or restrict his liability for negligence except in so far as the term or notice satisfies the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 11 | This states that in respect of loss or damage other than arising from death or personal injury ‘ a person can not so exclude or restrict liability for negligence except in so far as the term or notice satisfies the requirement of reasonableness ’ . |
| 12 | We learn not only to give and receive love , but to become Love . |
| 13 | It will have a new independent statutory role , not only to inspect and produce reports , as now , but to advise and monitor the new system for schools with delegated budgets . |
| 14 | Do not only go and see them , but take them out or bring them home . |
| 15 | As tool users , we must not only sharpen and reshape our tools , but sometimes make special ones for particular projects . |
| 16 | A staggering 70 per cent of Britain 's waste comes from packaging alone — plastics , foils , paper and glass — used not only to protect and retain food quality , but also to enhance product appeal , to give them an image which will raise their perceived value . |
| 17 | Investigation will centre on the ability of firms not only to understand and react to the markets in which they operate but also to introduce and develop further new products and processes . |
| 18 | The barn owl can not only hear and locate noises , but can also detect whether they are made by mice or other prey . |
| 19 | As built , the original Time Rotor could not only rise and fall but rotate on its axis as well . |
| 20 | According to Bob Hunt , the ICI Chlor-Chemicals business must aim not only to maintain and enhance its competitive position in traditional high-tonnage products , but also to develop subsidiary businesses through a combination of increasing technical sophistication and aggressive international marketing . |
| 21 | It has been said that the Acts " provided a new cause of action and did not merely regulate or enlarge an old one " . |
| 22 | They can not merely learn and keep maps in their head of the location of hives and sources of nectar , and recognize colours and patterns ; they can communicate such orientations , distances and directions to their colleagues by means of the famous ‘ waggle dance ’ . |
| 23 | They are not words for physical things , like objects or parts of the body , but for states or processes that we can not physically see or feel . |
| 24 | This needs to be coupled with a physical form which does not easily clog and impede water flow . |
| 25 | They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination . |
| 26 | In mid-1990 a law was passed in Delaware that enabled banks incorporated there not just to underwrite and sell insurance , but also to conduct reinsurance business . |
| 27 | Words articulate our experience of things , they do not just express or reflect it ; they give form to what , without language and other sign-systems , would merely be a chaotic and undifferentiated jumble of ideas ; instead of things determining the meaning of words , words determine the meaning of things . |
| 28 | Yes , we do need to fight and I did make reference that we need not just to organize and cooperate with other public sector workers , but we actually need to build a campaign with the users of the services . |
| 29 | Why did we not just stop and camp ? |
| 30 | One way or another , you place your order , but the wise gardener does not just sit and wait for it to come . |