Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The District Chief , who had not altogether followed all this , looked blank . |
| 2 | Then there are many economists who shun labels and who do not wholeheartedly embrace any one school . |
| 3 | Most significant , perhaps , was the absence of a strong British Labour presence : indeed , the party executive had frowned upon participation , dismissing the Congress as a body composed of ‘ unrepresentative interests ’ that could not effectively advance any successful and workable form of integration . |
| 4 | However , even political hostility did not entirely break these old economic links . |
| 5 | Azhag was not entirely Azhag any more , the immeasurably strong personality of Nagash was gradually eating him away . |
| 6 | I am not necessarily holding any brief for some of the activities of certain unions with members working in the North sea . |
| 7 | A partner may be solicited to enable the enlister to achieve dominance in an altercation which does not necessarily involve any disputed object ; such partners were not involved in the incident until they were solicited and thus had a ‘ choice ’ as to whether to collaborate or not . |
| 8 | It does not necessarily describe any intrinsic quality of the market itself . |
| 9 | Perhaps we might all think about those who will not necessarily have that happy , healthy or prosperous time ahead and see if there is anything that we could do to help . |
| 10 | They did not necessarily have any particular treatment in mind , and certainly not forced feeding which is always a measure of last resort , designed to maintain life rather than to cure . |
| 11 | Gd-DTPA is also of value in assessing tumour recurrence after surgery , with the rider that for the first few postoperative months the hypervascular scar tissue does not have a blood/brain barrier and hence enhancement at this stage does not necessarily indicate that residual tumour is present . |
| 12 | ‘ Relevant worship ’ does not necessarily require all present to participate vocally all the time . |
| 13 | This definable zero-point must have some relevance to the archaeological site being dated : potassium-argon dating of a piece of volcanic rock will date the formation of the rock , but it does not necessarily provide any useful information for the archaeologist ; the rock may simply be part of the geological environment of the site . |
| 14 | Most important , of course , was the recognition that , although in the long-term measures to increase income and reduce costs would enable Colleges to become more self-sufficient , in the short-term the finance available would not necessarily allow all desirable changes to be introduced simultaneously , and some prioritising would be required . |
| 15 | The chairman , David Lawson , says , ‘ Our typical customer is someone who is not necessarily having much day-by-day culture intake . |
| 16 | Also Bosanquet has argued vigorously for over a decade — and has not been alone — that this suggests that younger age cohorts are growing up fitter and will not necessarily need such varied and prolonged care in the future . |
| 17 | It does not necessarily follow that decent wages and working conditions with fewer hours mean a higher cost to the consumer . |
| 18 | Significantly , however , Hanson adds : ‘ It does not necessarily follow that Soviet utilisation and diffusion of imported technology is highly effective by international standards ’ . |
| 19 | A chapter is not enough to describe this fine mountain . |
| 20 | Simply to add water to a dry powder was not enough to satisfy this ritual urge . |
| 21 | Because the $17,000 Dustin received for the picture was not enough to ensure any real security for himself , let alone Anne and the child , he was still not prepared to get married . |
| 22 | History indicates that general practice is not so demanding that unqualified people can not pass themselves off as principals for many years and get away with it . |
| 23 | No one is clear where the situation can now lead ; they are only aware that the blanket of fear is suddenly not so suffocating any more . |
| 24 | In pursuance of this nonsense , you not only hear those few callers who succeed in getting through , you 're also subjected to a cheery stream-of-consciousness summary of the grievances expressed by all the rest . |
| 25 | Because not only had all this lot to be moved , but halfway through the removal he suddenly remembered there was something else needed moving , shot to the stairs with a white face , opened the door in under the stairs and out came all the bits and pieces from there . |
| 26 | Not only had most manorial demesnes been let to farm well before the beginning of the Tudor epoch , small freeholds and customary tenements were also regularly managed in the same fashion — indeed , they must frequently have been treated as investments . |
| 27 | The exhibition not only demonstrated many old ideas , but also at least one new one — Mr Preshous ' original idea of hiring a light aeroplane to enable him to take aerial photographs of the route . |
| 28 | From the 1880s the regime made plain its determination not only to halt any further movement in the direction of public participation but in some respects to reverse the reforms of the 1860s . |
| 29 | Children soon take advantage of this inconsistency and the ensuing reward not only negates any potential influence of the punishment ( misbehaviour is likely to increase rather than decrease ) but debases the currency of the parent 's words and deeds . |
| 30 | One obvious problem about the regent 's earlier policy of marrying her daughter to the dauphin is why leading Scottish Protestants like lord James Stewart and John Erskine of Dun had not only accepted this symbolic and political consolidation of the alliance with Catholic France , but had given it positive support , being among those who negotiated it . |