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Example sentences of "not [prep] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He feels that the choice is really between hi sā and ahi sā , and not between doing one 's duty or not doing one 's duty .
2	It will achieve this not through seeing itself as a piece of concrete , proprietary estate , as an end in itself ; rather it is a moving organisation for progress , existing for its future not its present , and achieving its future , and so fulfilling its raison d'etre , in aspiration for , and achievement of , improvement .
3	A BT spokesman said : ‘ It 's not worth getting your woggles in a twist over . ’
4	Sometimes you may feel that it is really not worth repeating what seems trivial or unimportant ; the effort is tiring , even exhausting .
5	An aspect of the problem related to ignorance is that of apathy in the sense that a person says ‘ it 's not worth pursuing it ’ or ‘ let's just forget about it ’ or ‘ it 's just one of those things . ’
6	As a result it is not worth discussing them fully here .
7	If , in defence of your own attitudes , you do n't wish to examine them and believe that they are fixed , it 's not worth exposing yourself and listening to anything that might make you think differently .
8	The leaves are spectacularly large and green but frankly not worth doubling your mortgage for .
9	whatever you want to do , but it 's not worth doing anything else other than we 're going to play a few games but they 're
10	See I sometimes wonder whether it 's not worth giving them some kind of er a proper test .
11	It 's not worth giving it up if you have n't chosen to give it up .
12	Probably the person will conclude that ‘ it 's not worth finishing my work quickly , all that happens is I get stuck with twice as much ! ’
13	It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom .
14	Oh I bet it 's it 's we all have and trying to look , not worth have it done is it ?
15	‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with .
16	It 's not worth extending your hours cos you might get one any minute
17	If we need each other in order to grow then the Christian pilgrimage is not about footing it alone .
18	Aggressive , aggression might be tied it with getting your own but being assertive is not about getting your own way .
19	This book is meant for people who live alone , so this chapter is not about sharing your living accommodation permanently , but temporarily : perhaps with a pet , which will last as long as their lifetime , perhaps with a guest or a short-term lodger .
20	It 's not about proving it ; it 's a moral question . ’
21	Develop will be erm , shown , but it is not about running it 's about medieval Shrewsbury , many towns have these , the Yorvik one 's been spectacularly successful , and has been copied in places like Canterbury for those that saw Songs of Praise last night , with even , erm , it is evident that this will be a new visitor attraction for the town with a generation of jobs , permanent jobs in , in that er , facility , it will improve the erm , appearance of main entrance into the town centre , very important in terms of attracting other people in the future , unfortunately the Borough Council have n't quite got enough money , or they tell us .
22	It is not about explaining what is , but rather seeks to give an account of what is as the basis for developing a set of practices for getting us to what might be .
23	So having introduced the idea that I S O Nine Thousand is about improving our management competence , it 's not about improving our technical competence , we are technically very good .
24	‘ For us , it is not about losing your job .
25	There were thus good reasons for holding dollars but not for holding them in the USA .
26	When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) .
27	( One holding my position might well want to say that , given the masculinist nature of the religion , no wonder women have been excluded from its ministry — but that is an argument as to why women should leave Christianity , not for ordaining them . )
28	the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ?
29	In this chapter I shall give reasons for rejecting this approach , or if not for rejecting it then for supposing that the questions it raises can never be answered and so that it leads directly to scepticism .
30	But the direct quotes from disabled interviewees are vivid and richly imaginative , suggesting that the authors at least have a talent for selecting their subjects , if not for presenting their material in book form .