Example sentences of "not [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The phenomenon of popular authoritarianism is not altogether the invention of frightened bourgeois liberals . |
| 2 | But that , as you see , is not altogether the point ! ’ |
| 3 | The Labour party has attracted largely but not wholly the support of the working class , and the Conservative party that of the middle class . |
| 4 | The Labour government , then , was not wholly the prisoner of dogma . |
| 5 | Shildon reminded him that it was not wholly the fruit of his investigation for Eliot , he had a head start because he used to work for MacQuillan in Detroit . |
| 6 | A visiting fossilist from Aberdeenshire drew Johnson 's attention to a species of ash tree , enabling the great man to support his recurring arboreal obsession : ‘ The present nakedness of the Hebrides is not wholly the fault of Nature . ’ |
| 7 | Thus in the light of much which has been surveyed here , it is impossible to view overmanning — the bane of British industry — as mainly if not wholly the consequence of union power . |
| 8 | I think , I think we need a meeting to get it laid down , we need a meeting to clear the air or not clear the air necessarily but get some definitions some definitions down yeah ? |
| 9 | Watching herself very carefully as the shaping increased at the neck , she realised how easy it was to stop just short by an inch or so and not clear the selector . |
| 10 | Such was not apparently the view of the bulk of the membership however , and the chance was lost to try an experiment in creating greater unity while the numbers of women were still comparatively low . |
| 11 | Never buy a sleeping bag without first finding out whether or not all the drawcords can be pulled from the inside and the zip can be pulled freely from inside too . |
| 12 | It is open to debate whether or not all the designs traditionally ascribed to Persia are in fact Persian in origin , and there is some evidence to suggest that a number may have had earlier links with Anatolia , India or Central Asia . |
| 13 | Contrary to popular belief , the problem of fertility is not entirely the responsibility of the woman . |
| 14 | A general degree is sometimes seen as an alternative for students who are not up to honours standard ; this is largely though not entirely the case with the Scottish ordinary degree . |
| 15 | His response to the captain 's surprised question , 'so you came to Czechoslovakia to go to the football match , Professor ? " ( p. 71 ) is , initially , to violate the maxim of quality ( " Certainly not " ) and then to imply that this is not entirely the case by violating the maxims of quantity and relevance when he provides three excuses for not attending all the sessions of the Colloquium instead of admitting the truth . |
| 16 | Furthermore , since the Crown had earlier inherited Hatfield subject to the maintenance of rights of common , it was not entirely the king 's to either sell or drain . |
| 17 | This is not entirely the result of political control , since the privately owned press shows no greater inclination towards investigative journalism . |
| 18 | It is not obviously the twitch but he does admit to a ‘ fear of missing . ’ |
| 19 | Sterling eurobonds , which are a part of the international eurobond market described in Chapter 5 below , are normally issued as bearer securities and are usually unsecured but with a negative pledge ; they are listed on an exchange but not necessarily the London Stock Exchange and they pay interest gross . |
| 20 | But not necessarily the procedure itself . |
| 21 | After that it will be time for some home improvements , but not necessarily the DIY kind . |
| 22 | It is not necessarily the Secretary of State 's definitive view , it is the view that erm the regional office have come to given the erm evidence presented presented at the time . |
| 23 | The Americans and their allies have always made it plain that January 15th was merely the point after which war would become authorised , not necessarily the date for attack . |
| 24 | The " Green Movement " is not necessarily the friend of religion — it can displace it as understood within the great religious traditions , giving rise to a neo-paganism which challenges them . |
| 25 | A development plan may , for instance , show the line of a proposed road , though not necessarily the year in which it is to be constructed . |
| 26 | In The Family , Sex and Marriage he was careful to retain an open mind on affective individualism , emphasizing first that it was not necessarily the way of the future , family change not being linear , and second , that it did not necessarily result in greater happiness than other forms of family organization . |
| 27 | He says , the wicked are like the tossing sea , and you know , as far the bible is concerned , the wicked is not necessarily the man or the woman who does terrible deeds , the wicked is not necessarily who is , who is a murderer , or a child molesterer , or a thief or or or a wife beater or something like that , the wicked is the person who rejects God , who turns their back on God , who says thank you , I can go through my life without , I do n't need you , I do n't even believe you exist , and even if I do believe you exist I 'm gon na do things my way , I 'm gon na go through life as I choose . |
| 28 | It might be imagined by those who are not themselves Anglican that the habit of ‘ going to confession ’ is limited only to markedly ‘ High ’ churches , but this is not necessarily the case . |
| 29 | However , this is not necessarily the case in the Sole Pit Basin where there are areas of Zechstein salt swell and piercement which underpin and penetrate the overlying Triassic section . |
| 30 | It is not necessarily the case that similar patterns are being repeated in the quite different social context of the UK . |