Example sentences of "not [adv] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The student who seems fascinating across a seminar room , or the sorrowful homesick student in the crowded bar , on whom you take pity — these are not necessarily the ones with whom it might be best to share a kitchen all year . |
| 4 | Skills people bring in are not necessarily the ones they will use as they have to be trained in the needs of the business . |
| 5 | One problem with the above studies which used GSR to different words as a manipulation of arousal is that the words producing high arousal were not necessarily the ones which would have been predicted a priori . |
| 6 | Now that 's something that 's difficult for us to do , because the more dangerous , the more erm , the premises should present the greatest life risk , are not necessarily the ones over which we have strict legislative control . |
| 7 | I think there is a moral obligation on the E C , not necessarily the Americans because it is a European problem , to intervene at least to the extent of ensuring protection for ordinary civilians and ensuring that they get food and medical s provision . |
| 8 | Erm , that is the , I would stress , it 's the maximum contribution that we agreed to make , not necessarily the charges that those homes are levying . |
| 9 | I have negotiated with government on a number of business issues , so I think I have certain special skills to bring in , but they 're not necessarily the skills of someone used to dealing with huge budgets , because my company is quite small . |
| 10 | Public goods are not necessarily the goods the government happens to produce . |
| 11 | For an essay referencing is extremely important but for exams it 's nt but just get the names in not necessarily the years Okay , when you think of erm any , when you 're revising stuff and you want to learn studies , try and put them in a context . |
| 12 | Most law-abiding citizens obeyed it but not so the denizens of the slums , stinking alleys and runnels of Edinburgh . |
| 13 | The trumpets and trombones are , as we have said , ruled out by the nature of the passage , but not so the horns . |
| 14 | Not so the cultivators . |
| 15 | He was a Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean , a man somewhat flamboyant in dress and manner , not only a ladies ’ man but one of the most dedicated womanisers in the University ; a man who patently , almost on first sight , appeared self-centred and self-seeking . |
| 16 | So when he says no plan here , so it 's not only no plans in the day it filtered through |
| 17 | John of Salisbury 's comment that not only the towns but also the fortresses of Gaul feared Henry I of England was revealing of the new situation . |
| 18 | These criteria will include ‘ the material concomitants of the process of mental ‘ domestication ’ , for these are not only the manifestations of thought , invention , creativity , they also shape its future forms . |
| 19 | From our package , we could readily cover not only the proposals I have just described but also our anti-recession measures to kick-start the recovery . |
| 20 | If he is to be totally unbiased when making his observations , then he will be obliged to record not only the readings on various meters , the presence or absence of sparks at various critical locations in the electrical circuits , the dimensions of the circuit etc. but also the colour of the meters , the dimensions of the laboratory , the state of the weather , the size of his shoes and a whole host of ‘ clearly irrelevant ’ details , irrelevant , that is , to the kind of theory in which Hertz was interested and which he was testing . |
| 21 | Arguing against the project , the independent scholar Cesare d'Onofrio has pointed out that ‘ the proposed creation of an archaeological park would involve excavating down five to six metres below the present level and the creation of an immense basin stretching from the edge of Piazza Venezia and engulfing whole areas of the city up to the Porta Appia and beyond , embracing in its metal fences and walls not only the Forums , the Colosseum , the Domus Aurea , the Oppian and Coelian hills , the Circus Maximus etc. but , of necessity , a whole series of churches and medieval , Renaissance and baroque basilicas which would stand wrenched both from their historical context and from their place in the daily life of modern Rome ’ . |
| 22 | The School Development Plans Project ( SDPP ) broadens the basis of audit to include not only the aims and values of the school but also the policy and initiative of central government and the LEA . |
| 23 | It was not only the houses and buildings that were affected , there were also many cars and vans that had to stop their journeys and wait hoping the water start to drain away so they would be able to reach their destination . |
| 24 | Not only the acts of a rapist or batterer but his words too are experienced as terrifying and humiliating . |
| 25 | Kay ( 1988 ) , writing about WHO 's strategy , describes recent developments , current preventive programmes and recommended policies , and highlights not only the epidemics of HIV infection and of AIDS , but also the ‘ global epidemic of social , economic , political and cultural reaction and response to AIDS and HIV infection ’ . |
| 26 | With essential oils we have not only the material substance of the oil with its therapeutic properties , we also have the ethereal aroma , which , according to psychic healers , influences not only the emotions , but also the spiritual aspect . |
| 27 | It was not only the Tractarians who expressed their admiration . |
| 28 | It was not only the cops but the Black Maria as well . |
| 29 | The time budget … may record not only the activities themselves but the people with whom they were performed , and the location of activities . |
| 30 | She carried into the democratic era , not only the institutions , but the social habits and mentality of the oldest and toughest plutocracy in the world . |