Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb pp] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst most commentators are agreed that the Children Act 1989 is in the main a good Act , all of them , all of them Councillor are critical of the fact that the Government has not properly provided Local Authorities with sufficient resources to implement the Act . |
| 2 | They have not properly read appendix A in their own report . |
| 3 | Very soft water is not suitable , as there is not enough dissolved calcium carbonate , the main material of the shell . |
| 4 | Five years ago DIP entered its second phase , thanks to the development of software that not only handled image storage and retrieval but actively managed the routing and movement of images around an organisation . |
| 5 | They not only outplayed world champions Australia , but did so with panache , spirit and skill that will send shock waves throughout the game . |
| 6 | The second form of associative learning , operant conditioning , was developed by the contemporary American psychologist , Skinner , who not only conducted laboratory experiments with animals , but , unlike most other theorists , also developed from his findings teaching procedures for use with people , especially programmed learning and teaching machines . |
| 7 | So , on their recent visit to the UK , they not only performed club dates but also lectured at London 's Africa Centre , holding a cultural convention ‘ to promote communications between London and New York ’ , and to introduce Blackwatch — X-Clan minus the music . |
| 8 | Interest groups not only prompted state intervention , but that intervention in disturbing the established equilibrium did much to draw-out still more activity as interests fought to defend their patch in the face of other interests jockeying for advantage . |
| 9 | He had not only cuckolded Richard Sharpe , but in the process he had effectively stolen Sharpe 's fortune , and now he discovered that his enemy was mot lost in France , but alive and close to Brussels . |
| 10 | The tournaments have not only provided performance players ( 12–16 years of age ) , with realistic , intensive and challenging winter competition , they have also provided emerging new competitors aged 10 and 11 to the joys and pressures of competition , some for the first time . |
| 11 | The animals not only provided dairy products , meat , leather and wool for clothing ; bone was used to make such things as combs , weaving tools and netting needles . |
| 12 | During the Late Carboniferous the proliferation of plant growth on land not only provided coal seams but contributed abundant particulate and dissolved organic matter to the pro-delta and deeper marine areas . |
| 13 | Very few men do have any moments whatever , and for the benefit of such readers as have not sufficiently respected Mr Binyon for his , it would be well to set forth a few of them . |
| 14 | But have you not already briefed Mr Major , have you not already briefed Downing Street about those talks , and given that you have , what else is there , what else can you offer Mr Major , that you have n't already offered ? |
| 15 | But have you not already briefed Mr Major , have you not already briefed Downing Street about those talks , and given that you have , what else is there , what else can you offer Mr Major , that you have n't already offered ? |
| 16 | However , no one over the age of 66 who has not already claimed mobility allowance can now do so , even if they were unable to walk well before 65 and there is good cause for making a late claim . |
| 17 | The resulting report was believed to have established that while Olivetti had not directly breached COCOM guidelines , the company 's technicians working in the Soviet Union may have " upgraded " equipment which the USA claimed was used in developing the Soviet supersonic fighter , the Yak-41 . |
| 18 | However , they are not always offered study leave or proper in-service training to achieve these qualifications , and so they tend to use school hours to do their own work rather than concentrating on their students . |
| 19 | But , privatization had not dramatically affected core areas of local government activity by the end of the 1980s , and in those areas where it was implemented it seemed unlikely significantly to undermine bureaucratic power . |
| 20 | At Chantilly , news of the first two days ' fighting had not particularly upset General Joffre . |
| 21 | The ‘ piecemeal ’ entry of the former colleges of education and some other colleges which had not previously secured polytechnic status was not quite along lines that the Robbins Committee had proposed , but the picture of higher education that had been developing from the early 1960s was now broader and more complex . |
| 22 | The gradual extension of banking — coupled with the trend to monthly rather than weekly pay — to those in lower socio-economic groups who have not previously had bank accounts could help here , in time . |
| 23 | For a centre which has not previously offered SCOTVEC awards , approval as a SCOTVEC centre will be assessed against centre-related criteria . |
| 24 | One profitable approach , arising out of the close contacts which the Survey maintains with universities , is in its readiness to host conferences and seminars relating to particular major research fronts , during the course of which young researchers , who have not yet completed Ph Ds , can meet and discuss problems with senior geologists from the Survey , and from other universities . |
| 25 | He may have received psychotherapy , but has not yet undergone conversion surgery even if he is contemplating it . |
| 26 | Although fish traps have been designed , I have not yet undertaken field tests . |
| 27 | The report also said that the people were unhappy because the King had not yet asked Princess Flavia to marry him . |
| 28 | In the younger age range , there may also be spouses who have not yet reached retirement age and are still in paid employment . |
| 29 | Indeed , in the H1 proximal promoter region canonical sequences for the binding of SP1 , H1-box , oct-1 , HNF-4 , TATA-box-factor and other not yet characterized transcription factors are found . |
| 30 | The race started life , in a similar way to the World Coal Carrying Championship , as a bet between the locals in the pub , but this race has not yet acquired world championship status . |