Example sentences of "not [adv] [conj] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You 'll forgive my rudeness , but I an naturally concerned for your welfare , not only because Tom Rooney requested it — and I have a great respect for Tom . |
| 2 | Samuel arrived in Algeciras late in 1939 , after a journey of three months , not long after General Franco announced that Tangier would become a Spanish territory . |
| 3 | Not long after Mrs Bloomer 's crusade , the women favoured by pre-Raphaelite painters also took up the cudgels on behalf of dress reformers and wore loose-fitting dresses with low-set sleeves and dropped shoulder lines for maximum movement and comfort . |
| 4 | The first rang the second at nine fifteen — not long before Hilary Frome died . |
| 5 | It was not long before Mrs. Farr used to look out for me , I would be invited in , a slice of cake was waiting and Bess , the black spaniel , would be fussing around , licking my knees . |
| 6 | Finally , I came up with a plan which , while perhaps not exactly as Mr Farraday had requested , was the best , I felt sure , that was humanly possible . |
| 7 | It 's not just that Fleet Street is n't where it was . |
| 8 | It 's not just that Mr Parnham knows the count , it 's an idea the old boy 's been floating for a while , so he tells me . |
| 9 | He knew this not just because Uncle Titch said he had — you could n't believe anything a grown-up told you , and Uncle Titch belonged to the world of grown-ups even if he was n't — but because of the tricks he could do . |
| 10 | Other countries will smell British self-interest in these directives , and not just because Sir Leon Brittan is the commissioner who dreamed them up . |
| 11 | Cut out and send with your entry to Mr Greg Rigby , Managing Director , Pendle Consultants Ltd , Pendle House , Long Preston , North Yorks BD23 4PU ( 072 94615 ) to reach him not later than Monday October 16 . |
| 12 | It is not simply because Mr Murdoch interferes with editorial policy , which he does , but because his staff , from the moment they are employed , know what is expected of them . |
| 13 | The wound was not deep and Mr Bowler discharged himself from hospital . |
| 14 | They were nervous all day and could n't concentrate on their schoolwork ; not even when Mr Litmus spilt a chemical on the floor and it started to fizzle , turning an incredible glowing blue , then splattered against the wall . |
| 15 | Not even when Pam Wright went 4-up on me after four holes in the final of the Scottish at Troon did I feel in any danger . " |
| 16 | Not least if Mr Mandela means to live there . |
| 17 | Not least because Gary Ablett , another player who was a victim of Souness 's clearout when he arrived at Anfield , had exchanged passes to enable Beardsley to find the space to hit his decisive 25-yard shot . |
| 18 | The miners themselves were deeply divided , not least because Arthur Scargill had refused to carry out a ballot prior to calling a strike . |
| 19 | Not least because J Danforth Quayle was grinning inanely in the wings . |
| 20 | In the September 1981 party conference it was revealed that Healey had indeed won , by the narrowest of margins , with 50.3 per cent of the popular vote ; the star of Tony Benn began to dim somewhat thereafter , not least because Michael Foot was able subtly to mount a movement of the old ( or ‘ soft ’ ) constitutionally-minded left against the ‘ hard left ’ of the neo-Marxist , unilateralist fringe . |
| 21 | The case was a strong one , not least because Leonard Arthur had admitted that if parents rejected a mentally handicapped child ( which they had ) it was honest and ethical from his standpoint that the child was better off dead . |
| 22 | It was a self-contained project , not really suitable as the basis for other , more prolonged activities , not least because Rolls Royce and the college were too far away from each other , literally if not metaphorically . |