Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foregoing , while not entirely eliminating such cases , would probably reduce them . |
| 2 | Do n't forget that we are not necessarily recommending any of the therapies mentioned but we would like to hear how you get on if you try any of them . |
| 3 | Often , people who hesitate to come into the world of education — perhaps because English is not their first language , because education has not been highlighted as important in their households or because they missed an opportunity earlier in life — can come into adult education , not necessarily taking vocational courses in the first instance , but going on to take such courses , which provide them with the training and self-assurance they need . |
| 4 | You wan na be careful there because I 'm not tak I 'm not necessarily taking those . |
| 5 | Yes , we want to try and improve resource allocation in the economy and one way of doing that is not necessarily subsidizing agricultural production , but remove the taxes on agricultural growth . |
| 6 | ( d ) There are practical situations as well as practical activities : situations such as those in everyday life which may involve mathematical skills , although not necessarily using concrete apparatus . |
| 7 | I am not necessarily holding any brief for some of the activities of certain unions with members working in the North sea . |
| 8 | While for those thrust into a position of ‘ ritual liminality ’ there is the possibility of becoming ‘ men apart ’ , of standing aside and though not necessarily following political alternatives posed by any counter-culture , undertaking the hero 's journey merely by seeking to comment on the social condition they now see with new eyes . |
| 9 | Subsequent study , while not necessarily endorsing all of the ‘ incremental thesis , ’ has been directed towards understanding which factors an official will take into account . |
| 10 | The chairman , David Lawson , says , ‘ Our typical customer is someone who is not necessarily having much day-by-day culture intake . |
| 11 | In other technical areas , despite not personally possessing relevant expertise , judges are fully prepared to determine questions of professional competence . |
| 12 | History indicates that general practice is not so demanding that unqualified people can not pass themselves off as principals for many years and get away with it . |
| 13 | No one is clear where the situation can now lead ; they are only aware that the blanket of fear is suddenly not so suffocating any more . |
| 14 | President Roe Tae Woo is not only facing such demonstrations , but an economy that is under severe pressure . |
| 15 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
| 16 | Having said all that , there have been some very nice dogs bred in Australia , not only achieving high show placements , but also major obedience awards . |
| 17 | Few people could possibly realise that their actions are not only benefiting local charities but saving millions of gallons of precious oil . |
| 18 | Marx believed that the history of human societies was to be explained first of all by the nature of man as an animal who had to obtain a living from his geographical environment , which meant not only staying alive , but also being able to look after one 's offspring until they could look after themselves . |
| 19 | The many days spent not only taking oral and written evidence but taking part in the interesting innovation of seminars in which all the participants in the criminal justice system could come together and discuss the issues convinced him that there was no call and no advocate for the creation of a specific offence . |
| 20 | Animal portraits at this time can therefore be appreciated as not only accessing many artistic currencies but also as moving between the needs of several classes located in both rural and urban populations . |
| 21 | In fact sir , the County Council 's figures produced in another appendix , ca n't lay my hands on it at the moment , had put this figure in as three thousand six hundred and fifty , but the nub of those two things are , that over that six month period , we 're not only seeing more houses built but we have more consented , and that has n't affected the residue that appears in the rest of these schedules . |
| 22 | But the Poles had an outstanding side then — not only featuring Lubanski but Deyna , Lato , Gadocha , Gorgon and the goalkeeper , Jan Tomaszewski , who was to defy a barrage of attack in London . |
| 23 | The present study is not only covering new ground in concentrating on a single age-group — teenagers — but is also the first study in the U.K. to extensively interview both parents and children from a sample of divorced and intact families . |
| 24 | These writers are not only giving varying assessments of the likely impact of the Reform Act . |
| 25 | ‘ We are not only doing smarter things in our plants , but also looking downstream to see how we can use our products in new and more profitable ways , ’ Ewart explains . |
| 26 | Not only doing unnecessary jobs , but actually creating work by transferring cooked food out of saucepans into dishes before serving it , decanting milk into a jug and margarine on to a saucer . |
| 27 | However , the exercise highlighted the value of the Procedure Audit approach for not only identifying procedural flaws , but also for encouraging the commitment of staff to making improvements effective . |
| 28 | Case law has issued an expansive web of liability , with recent statutory provisions not only confirming these boundaries , but also marking out some of the potential penalties which may be imposed . |
| 29 | Those who adopted the third and final position — although the arguments were rarely in practice as clear as this — went further still to argue that pupils should be brought together not only under one roof , not only studying one curriculum , but also within mixed-ability groups . |
| 30 | This may mean not only placing specific contractual obligations upon his supplier but also making tests on more than infrequent random samples of the goods supplied , Riley v. Webb ( 1987 D.C. ) and Rotherham M.B.C. v. Raysun ( 1988 D.C. ) . |