Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [adj] [coord] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was not perhaps natural but it had served him well , Nicholas knew , from the beginning .
2 There is a pouched mouse in Australia , though in this case the resemblance is not so close and it does not make its living in quite the same way .
3 This interest has kept the Mannheimian tradition alive if not exactly thriving and it seems as if every few years there is a revival of interest .
4 The company said business in the first quarter was not fully satisfactory but it expects results for the full year 1993 to show an improvement over 1992 .
5 In Geurrero State this waiting period was apparently not too long but it appeared that in other areas delays and crowded court lists inevitably meant some people spending a considerable time in custody .
6 This was right up the top and there were a tiny attic bedroom thing was made into a not very salubrious but it had a cooker and a sink .
7 Academically , this test is not very accurate but it does have some value as a rough comparative test between different materials .
8 That would have created jobs quickly , it 's not very inflationary and it does n't suck in large amounts of imports .
9 Our Susan and Vera saga in Bewley 's is not that far-fetched and it replaces negative comment in many cases .
10 But initial reactions are n't always right and it seems to me that people are split down the middle .
11 The article was n't particularly poignant but it did , in places , slide too near to home and too close to the bone .
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