Example sentences of "n't [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course the text itself had n't literally all been erased . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ I confessed , ‘ it was n't only that . |
| 3 | But it was n't only that . |
| 4 | It was n't only that . |
| 5 | The Hook was a part of it , but it was n't only that . |
| 6 | ‘ It is n't only that , ’ she confessed . |
| 7 | That is n't only that school . |
| 8 | In fact , hip hop and body pop are n't so much concerned with pure aggression as with survival . |
| 9 | It was n't so much as how to achieve a new social order , but how can I ensure that my son or daughter gets a better job than I did . |
| 10 | It was n't so much as how to achieve a new social order , but how can I ensure that my son or daughter gets a better job than I did . |
| 11 | Prince does n't so much build bridges between categories as create music that exceeds each category simultaneously . |
| 12 | We did n't so much run as squelch , slosh and slither up to the marching camp with the electric storm raging about us . |
| 13 | But for the children running up and down the aisles in church or the yobs in leather jackets barging the queue at petrol stations , the elderly are n't so much objects of deference as obstacles to be pushed peremptorily aside . |
| 14 | But what they were getting at was n't so much that the coverage was favouring one party over another but that it simply did n't relate to them , the actual voters in the constituency . |
| 15 | It was n't so much that she looked old and wrinkled ( if you could discount the gleaming white halo of hair ) since her complexion was as smooth and pink as an infant 's . |
| 16 | But it was n't so much that she was scared as bewildered and full of shame , then ashamed of her tears and one thing hard-tailing the other her head fuzzed and the classroom swam . |
| 17 | By that time I was n't so much listening to that kind of stuff — I had gone through it and stopped . |
| 18 | He had n't so much as asked . |
| 19 | He was n't so much concerned about the men or this particular job , because his work as a corporal instructor was to teach his squads the theory and practice of wireless communication , and especially the operation of the transmitters and receivers used in aircraft . |
| 20 | Yet , over the space of two days while waiting for Ryder to appear , guitarist Mark Day shows me his holiday snaps of Barbados , drummer Gaz Whelan is more preoccupied with the hassles of having a broken foot , while PD and Paul Ryder do n't so much brag as baulk at the very mention of drugs , seeming far more at home with talk of ‘ middle-eights ’ , ‘ mixing desks ’ and ‘ jamming grooves ’ . |
| 21 | During the Olympics there was n't so much as a hint of nookie between her and her hunk . |
| 22 | ‘ I did a lot of research into what the characters were like , I was n't so much interested in the facts of the case of the dates and specifics , but , I actually got to know Susan Atkins pretty well , one of the Family members who is now in prison . |
| 23 | At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard , which is a much bigger bird , and its claws are strong enough to allow it to grip on to my glove , so this is n't so much of a problem . |
| 24 | I think you find it with most West Indian parents … it was n't so much lack of enthusiasm , they just did n't have the time . |
| 25 | It was n't so much that Kefalov appeared already to be a more sordid city than the capital , as that this particular city had n't been devastated at all . |
| 26 | She had been tortured by his closeness , knowing she could n't so much as touch his hand . |
| 27 | images or whatever , are n't so much to do with misogyny , some horrible male plot , some patriarch or conspiracy , it 's to do with the way our society is run and I think that 's , we look far more at class . |
| 28 | It was n't so much the fact that of parking on the footpath it was the consequences of parking on the footpath . |
| 29 | Jezrael could n't so much as shudder . |
| 30 | As she bustled about the mess , he did n't so much as look at her , which meant she would have to comer him to talk to him . |