Example sentences of "[prep] least not " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite possible , he wrote , that it will lead nowhere , even when one has begun at the right time in the right spirit , or at least not at the wrong time , in the wrong spirit , with the wrong plans and having made the wrong preparations , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception . |
| 2 | Could at least think about it , visualize it again , if not with pleasure , at least not with that sick-making horror of the past few weeks . |
| 3 | But there never could be such an observer — at least not if his thought-processes were to be analysed in the same way as ours — because his thoughts about the relations of the particulars would themselves be just a succession of particulars whose relations , which give them meaning , were not directly accessible to him . |
| 4 | The flowers caught Von Lemke 's fancy as ruined but at least not forbidden toys , perhaps . |
| 5 | But this flashback turns out not to represent a memory , or at least not Pistol 's memory , since King-to-be Henry repudiates him in voice-over , without Hal 's lips moving , though Falstaff reacts as if the words were spoken aloud . |
| 6 | Some of Mrs Thatcher 's critics claim that she is not a Conservative at all , at least not in the paternalist tradition of Disraeli and One Nation Conservatism . |
| 7 | No sign of the Cosworth four-valve heads for the turbocharged V8 , though — at least not yet . |
| 8 | The likelihood that , after all the fanfare and ultimatums , it is not going to happen , or at least not for the time being , is another boost for the ‘ rebel ’ general in his lonely defiance of Lebanon 's Muslims — indeed , a good many of its Christians , too — much of the Arab world , and international communities . |
| 9 | At least not until the spring . |
| 10 | And if Germany is destined to become one and inevitably rise to a position of leadership in Europe , let us seriously consider the sceptics ' view that it should at least not happen in our generation . |
| 11 | Mr Jencks argues that while long-term male joblessness and unwed parenthood have got worse , school drop-out rates have improved ; and the number of violent crimes ( other than homicide ) and the proportion of the population on welfare are at least not getting worse . |
| 12 | This meant a brush with solicitors — a strange breed , but at least not monotonous . |
| 13 | Many , if not most , women are not glamorous and feminine — at least not most of the time . |
| 14 | Although differences in wealth were a potential threat to lineage welfare systems the recusants on this occasion did not want to challenge the shaikh 's authority , at least not on these grounds , and after half an hour 's discussion they paid up . |
| 15 | It seems reasonable to say that without Law there would have been no NFCC , at least not in the powerful form it reached in the early years of the twentieth century . |
| 16 | Each of these steps must be an improvement , or , bearing in mind the last section , at least not a deterioration . |
| 17 | There is a four-wheel-drive Safrane Quadra but we did n't have one and it wo n't come to Britain , at least not initially . |
| 18 | Many rude things were said about Mme Cresson by opponents and rivals , but being a woman was not held against her , at least not overtly . |
| 19 | The following chapters in this book will offer the reader a great deal in the way of possible solutions to very specific issues in the management of schools — this one will not — or at least not in the same focused way . |
| 20 | An action does not become good simply because it is motivated by a good will , or by the right kind of ‘ thinking ’ , at least not in international relations . |
| 21 | A huge problem , though , from the conversationists ' point of view , is that it may not be in the interests of fishermen or whalers or hunters of ivory — or at least not in their financial interests — to achieve maximum sustainable yield . |
| 22 | But if ‘ transcendence ’ means not that God is physically distant from the world , but that none of the characteristics of finite human life , like location , duration and change , applies to Him , then it is at least not an obvious contradiction to call Him both ‘ transcendent ’ and ‘ immanent ’ . |
| 23 | The series , called ‘ Horace ’ , met with mixed reactions mainly because the public generally feels that mental handicap is not something one should laugh about , or at least not admit to . |
| 24 | Policy-makers and commentators in many countries of the world have often assumed that small farmers and peasants in mountainous and/or environmentally degraded areas will abandon their hillside plots if given other opportunities elsewhere , so that the state by various means can ease population pressure on steep slopes by encouraging or at least not inhibiting colonisation of new areas . |
| 25 | I know I ca n't run 27:08 , at least not without resorting to recreational narcotics , and I ca n't honestly see myself reaching the real top level at 10,000m . |
| 26 | Although your husband 's penis does n't have a bone in it ( at least not unless he 's a badger or something ) , it does become almost as stiff as a bone when he 's excited . |
| 27 | At least not on foot . |
| 28 | They would n't mellow into CD middle age , at least not as the original band . |
| 29 | In this case , in fact , it has not proved necessary to move to the next stage of passing a statute , at least not for the time being . |
| 30 | I pointed out that I did not limp or at least not so much that anyone had previously noticed . |