Example sentences of "not [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her face was thinner , not altogether a good thing , and she 'd had her hair coloured too , a sort of pale version of the colour it used to be . |
| 2 | My position as a leader of a great party was not altogether a comfortable one . |
| 3 | These men , with stories of their womanizing , boozing and brawling , were dubbed the ‘ Rat Pack ’ by the press , not altogether an affectionate term . |
| 4 | This is not wholly a sociological . |
| 5 | What she really meant was that the child 's affections were being alienated ; this was not wholly a fair charge . |
| 6 | Not thereby an unimportant art , but not an art which yields something which could be a proper object of worship . |
| 7 | The case is not entirely a private family matter since it has very serious implications for society as a whole . |
| 8 | In the view of many discerning pop fans , The Farm are , of course , shite , the most recent and worst atrocity being their ‘ reading ’ ( or should we say brief flick through , glancing at the pictures ) of ‘ Do n't You Want Me ’ , which , contrary to popular belief , is not entirely a third-rate copy of the Human League original . |
| 9 | This was not entirely a semantic shift , and was to foreshadow a much wider change in attitude to the relationship between the state and the economy , which was to be felt throughout the 1980s . |
| 10 | Arthur de la Mare of the British Foreign Office remarked that one of the most noteworthy features of the broadcast by Hugh Borton and Edwin Martin was Borton 's admission that the failure of the Joint Commission was not entirely an American responsibility , ‘ nor was it entirely the Russians ’ . |
| 11 | However , compliance with the code is not necessarily a complete defence . |
| 12 | The trouble with all these lines is that when you get to a length exceeding about fifty miles ( 80km ) , the curvature of the Earth begins to become significant : a straight line on the map is not necessarily a straight line on the ground . |
| 13 | In a compliance system , in contrast , the victim is not necessarily a specific , readily-identifiable individual suffering obvious loss or harm , but a collective — often distant , diffuse , and indeterminate . |
| 14 | But this is not necessarily a simple task . |
| 15 | Pareto is clear that political activity is not necessarily a moralising activity ; on the contrary , the governing elite has to be able and willing to use violence , corruption , guilt and deceit to ensure public order , national independence and social conditions for the growth of national prosperity . |
| 16 | Commenting on this guideline in Capricorn Inks Pty Ltd v Lawter International ( Australasia ) Pty Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 Qd R 8 , at 15 , McPherson J said : … the existence of a " dispute " , although a factor , is not necessarily a decisive factor in determining whether arbitration or appraisement is involved . |
| 17 | Could that mean a great view , but not necessarily a great approach walk ? |
| 18 | Use is not necessarily a major factor , and Peasgood 's article describing changes in allocations between faculties according to past use probably reflects the exception rather than the rule . |
| 19 | Being big is not necessarily a good thing : most organisms are bacteria and very few are elephants . |
| 20 | ( Not necessarily a good thing as McCullouch , esoteric as always , often attached a McCullouch stigma to his favoured acts . |
| 21 | Complete freedom is not necessarily a good thing , as the newly retired often discover , nor is it easy to use effectively . |
| 22 | He is in other words a model student though not necessarily a good one . |
| 23 | Brothers sisters , they 're the same age as you more or less , not necessarily a good idea . |
| 24 | And not necessarily a good one . |
| 25 | You know , on the surface it 's not necessarily a good bargain . |
| 26 | It 's not necessarily a good deal . |
| 27 | This is not necessarily a straightforward procedure ; some goals may not be initially apparent . |
| 28 | This represented a significant increase in Gloucester 's power in the region , but not necessarily a corresponding decrease in royal authority . |
| 29 | This represented a significant increase in Gloucester 's power in the region , but not necessarily a corresponding decrease in royal authority . |
| 30 | Is not necessarily a poor reader . |