Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally not all the criticism of the massive demolitions in the 1980s was purely aesthetic . |
| 2 | Yes , so you believe that there 's basically not much difference between a child and a adult ? |
| 3 | Arab and world opinion could not be ignored , and especially not that in Saudi Arabia . |
| 4 | We may therefore conclude in relation to bargaining structures ( whether centralised or decentralised ) that although there are clearly forces making for change in all countries their extent should , perhaps , not be over-estimated — especially not those changes which may appear to produce convergent systems . |
| 5 | Because that 's naughty we must n't chew books especially not those , not those pretty pictures there 's a good girl . |
| 6 | Especially not these days . |
| 7 | These suppliers , having therefore a good stock of P Notes , but perhaps not much cash , will often use the Notes to pay their suppliers in turn , and so the chain builds up . |
| 8 | Life for me would be empty and not life , a mere dragging on of weary time , perhaps not that . |
| 9 | Even Abraham Farrar , pointed out by oralists as the most exalted example of their method of teaching , showed concern that oralism was being carried to too great an extreme at the expense of education but this concern fell on ‘ deaf ’ ears of those in teaching establishments though perhaps not that of Dr. Eichholz the Government inspector for the overseeing of deaf education , as the two extracts opposite taken from the logbook of the Hugh Bell School , Middlesbrough , show . |
| 10 | I suppose about one and a half yards , perhaps not that , square and in the corner there was what they called , what we had the copper for boiling the clothes , make it with small coal and , and coal and wood and paper and boil the water and , and my mother used to do the washing there and we had a big old mangle with wooden rollers out in the back yard , that was always out in the back yard . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , perhaps not that . |
| 12 | His non-ritualism was still , in the early 1930s , perfectly normal and there were many Anglicans who would have shared it , though perhaps not all would have been quite so dogged about it as he . |
| 13 | The indirect costs of making a poor choice are hidden but heavy — perhaps not all that hidden if someone loses an order or makes an avoidable error in design . |
| 14 | JH : It is notable that most of the music that you feel closest to responds ( perhaps not all that surprisingly ) particularly well to Schenkerian analysis . |
| 15 | ‘ What an interesting coincidence or , in view of what I 've just been learning , perhaps not all that much of a coincidence . |
| 16 | So be able to produce er a press release of some description , or some information , that is reasonably literate , then , and it 's reasonable pertinent to the area that they 're th associated with , then they may lift a good deal of it , perhaps not all of it , and plop it into the newspaper . |
| 17 | Allowing then that Handel must have owned several harpsichords , though perhaps not all at one time , the identity of the harpsichord in the Mercier portrait may be of some interest . |
| 18 | At second glance , Thanet , South is perhaps not such a typical Tory seat . |
| 19 | But when you start to think about it in terms of erm sort of psychological explanation as you 're becoming used to , then it becomes perhaps not such a good way of thinking about perception Matlin 's got some very examples in it of this of those sorts of things By and large were concerned with people 's experience , self-reported experience quite often , of the phenomena saying well tell me what you see when you look at it rather than being based on the sort of lovely stuff that we love , good solid empirical data , yeah ? |
| 20 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
| 21 | Perhaps not another break in the ice for … what ? |
| 22 | Perhaps not enough information is sought , the headings are too vague and there is a shortage of space . |
| 23 | I think you wanted them to have some time together but … but perhaps not most of the night , ’ she finished on a whisper . |
| 24 | If perhaps not this evening then if ring me or contact me . |
| 25 | A bald answer to a problem , even though correct , will not earn many ( perhaps not any ) marks , because the examiner can not tell whether the student has knowledge or is just guessing . |
| 26 | Well it seems like that 's hoping for pie in the sky , though , because there 's first of all not enough money , and I do n't think that teachers are that good at well talking about their own emotions , and I asked the Oxfordshire County Council Education Department to send someone along to this programme , and they said ‘ I 'm sorry , there 's no-one to send ’ . |
| 27 | Obviously not all films look better as trailers . |
| 28 | There are many dimensions to the AL of maintaining a safe environment and , obviously not all can be discussed in this chapter . |
| 29 | Obviously not all Home Corners are suitable for the use of water for ‘ washing up ’ , ‘ tea ’ or ‘ washing clothes ’ . |
| 30 | — though obviously not all in one match . |