Example sentences of "not [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wandered off to the north-east a bit but not badly enough to get really lost , and after a while made a correction to drift back to north . |
| 2 | It 's not right not to see your sister . ’ |
| 3 | She could hear voices , but not loud enough to distinguish what was said . |
| 4 | But not loud enough to waken Riva , who has temporarily escaped captivity by falling asleep in her chair . |
| 5 | When this exploded , fortunately not fiercely enough to breach the wall of the vessel , the operators realized what was happening . |
| 6 | He added : " It is a strange world we live in where it is not all right to kill some animals because they are prettier or more intelligent than others . " |
| 7 | It follows that it is not enough simply to appeal to the " differentiating power " of spatio-temporal relations within an objective framework . |
| 8 | The directors of this project found that it was not enough simply to do what is usually done when there is a desire to maximize the performance of paraprofessionals , that is , to provide them with appropriate training . |
| 9 | It is not enough simply to take into account the conditions at that particular time . |
| 10 | On the other hand it is not enough simply to say that Libyans were inconsistent because they could not change their ideas fast enough to keep up with their changing society . |
| 11 | If reclaimed land is to be made part of a living landscape it is not enough simply to plant vegetation on it . |
| 12 | To be a fashion writer , you must have good writing skills — it 's not enough simply to like clothes . |
| 13 | But it is not enough simply to reject the MacSharry package . |
| 14 | It is not enough simply to suggest justifications for the existence of private ownership . |
| 15 | ‘ To be a successful teacher it 's not enough simply to know . |
| 16 | This means that it is not enough simply to make SMEs aware of sources of technology or of development programmes which are underway . |
| 17 | Not enough surely to make her blind ? |
| 18 | It is not enough just to provide the equipment and the opportunities ; the relaxed and warm feeling must be created between adult and child that will help them both to enjoy making discoveries together . |
| 19 | For most established museums and picture-galleries , simple representation does not suffice : it 's not enough just to have a very good Raphael in the collection ; it 's how many Raphaels you have . |
| 20 | It is not enough just to have a common foreign policy . |
| 21 | It is not enough just to have that prioritised list . |
| 22 | But it 's not enough just to show that you 're incompatible sexually . |
| 23 | In many cases when creating this effect , it is not enough just to tie a bow in a piece of ribbon , and you may have to actually create a bow from a piece of material in order to produce the right effect . |
| 24 | Not all the personal pronouns in the Sonnets , of course , are significant of personal relationships , and for this reason it is not enough just to tot up the figures in a computer-made concordance . |
| 25 | When the public respond to your advertisements or because they have heard that you do personal injury work , it is not enough just to tell them that you do and expect them to come into the office . |
| 26 | As with any catalogue , it 's not enough just to add new items to attract new customers — the items already there have to be reviewed and updated to make sure that they continue to meet today 's needs and standards . |
| 27 | All in all , there is not enough here to found a conclusion that the debtor has an arguable counterclaim for damages for negligence . |
| 28 | He felt that it was not enough merely to preserve isolated buildings , but that their setting should be protected and improved as well . |
| 29 | Yet it is not enough merely to draw attention to the growth of what Marx called the ‘ light cavalry ’ of capitalism , without also observing a significant distinction within the developed countries ; or more precisely between the Old and New Worlds . |
| 30 | But if we try to use the same two adjectives with the same two nouns in a predicative construction we shall find that the result is ungrammatical : ( 49 ) that rival was possible those two sailors are occasional As in other instances , it is not enough merely to record that possible , occasional and certain other adjectives are ungrammatical in predicative position when constructed with certain nouns . |