Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | S so the position as of say the summer nineteen forty seven when , when you 're , you , this law was being formulated the reports coming back are that although there is the opportunity for the poor to do better , as a , as a matter of course they 're not all doing better . |
| 2 | The other thing that 's important to bear in mind which is in the report is you 're not necessarily comparing exactly like with like , when you compare your provision with what we 're currently buying in the independent sector . |
| 3 | Other people , who are perhaps close to , or even at the right weight , are still not necessarily eating well . |
| 4 | In the first category we work to prevent effects which might otherwise take place , not necessarily working directly with the child . |
| 5 | Erm not enough drinking well hung |
| 6 | ‘ Not much wandering off above in the convent . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The most striking thing is that despite all the talk there is still not much clothing around yet . |
| 8 | Just a thought … not much going on here ! |
| 9 | Actually it is redder than Betelgeux , but it looks so much fainter that the colour is not so striking even in binoculars . |
| 10 | In pre-Big Bang times there existed a widespread belief that the then existing regulatory framework was not only propping up an inefficient system but that it was also outmoded and fast becoming inadequate for the protection of investors . |
| 11 | After a recent holiday to Cyprus , assistant straights and grain trader , returned to work , not only looking extremely sun-tanned but sporting a sapphire and diamond engagement ring given to her by driver , while they were away . |
| 12 | ‘ I was not only speaking out on behalf of Manchester United but their thousands of fans as well . ’ |
| 13 | In 1766 she arrived in London to become one of the leading figures in the art world of London , not only proving remarkably successful as a portrait painter , but winning high esteem in the most prestigious form of painting — history painting , namely large-scale compositions based on historical and mythological subjects which provided a lesson in heroism , tragedy or morality . |
| 14 | The refinement of concepts and the steady march of trial and error depends upon not only thinking up good indicators for our concepts , but also on measuring them appropriately . |
| 15 | It 's previous incinerator was old and inefficient , not only belching out smoke but also the half burnt remains of used surgical dressings , and even patients confidential notes , which rained down on nearby gardens . |
| 16 | More men and women are not only living healthily into their seventies , but into their eighties and nineties . |
| 17 | Refusing to pay the army 's wages risks not only throwing away all that has been achieved , against the odds , but also consigning Cambodia to renewed civil war . |
| 18 | Additionally , thanks to an increasingly enlightened climate , occupational pensions are not only becoming more widespread but most schemes have been steadily improving . |
| 19 | This means not only spending substantially larger amounts of money but also providing the administrative framework for ensuring such policies are pursued uniformly and consistently . |
| 20 | Remember that you are not only burning up calories while you walk , but your increased metabolic rate will keep burning up calories when you finish walking . |
| 21 | In playing mothers and fathers , hospitals , and school , children are not only finding out what people do but also how they feel . |
| 22 | Some nuns and priests chose to go into the FMLN controlled zones where they are not only carrying out religious work but also helping in the educational campaigns . |
| 23 | Our own central social services inspectorate will be not only carrying out its own inspections , but also checking on the quality and systems of the arm's-length inspectorates that have been set up by the local authorities . |
| 24 | ‘ We are seeing British scientists not only going abroad but also spending far too much time in this country chasing funds , ’ Sharp said . |
| 25 | The industry had responded to the great challenge of a whole era of ‘ Busybodies and Meddlers ’ by not only cleaning up minor abuses but by becoming itself an agency of social improvement . |
| 26 | It was therefore important to check that in embryonic wounds the epidermis was actively moving over the mesenchyme and not merely riding passively on mesenchymal contraction . |
| 27 | The theory seems to be ( 1 ) that some act — noticing a resemblance — must precede uttering the word ‘ white ’ for the person who utters the word genuinely to be describing the object , and not merely coming out with the words , ‘ It 's white ’ as might a parrot , no matter what it was shown ; and ( 2 ) that the resemblance the theory requires one to have noticed , which is supposed to justify one 's calling it white as opposed , say , to blue , is what one is referring to when one calls the object ‘ white ’ . |
| 28 | While at the same time as not merely coming out of the closet about his sexuality — in fact , by hardly admitting there was a closet there at all — he was also locking so many of his innermost thoughts away . |
| 29 | Were they not merely carrying out a required social service ? |
| 30 | Foreign art historians were not exactly queuing up to come , although there were , of course , some notable exceptions . |