Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [prep] [noun] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The previously taken-for-granted principle of social responsibility for the survival — and indeed well-being of that part of society not directly engaged by capital as producers has suddenly come under attack . |
| 2 | More often , perhaps , some kind of friendship not closely akin to modern ideas of marriage subsisted between husband and wife , and many men ( in particular ) were unfaithful . |
| 3 | Er it gives us when when we actually set the thing up and make the presentation , it gives us another opportunity for publicity not only in the local papers o of our own area but the local papers of wherever the school was . |
| 4 | In 1977 ( more or less as in 1969 ) only 12 per cent had considered this , and only a very small proportion of these had done anything about trying to get some type of credit not actually used in the end by them . |
| 5 | Advocates of this type of curriculum not only have the problem of deciding who can speak for the culture ( or cultures ? ) and making an appropriate selection from it , but of deciding to what extent the curriculum should attempt to conserve , reform , revolutionize or even reverse cultural patterns and trends . |
| 6 | Willis is at pains to point out , however , that this breaking of rules not only relies on having the rules there to break but ensures that ‘ the lads ’ condemn themselves to the worst jobs once they have left school . |
| 7 | This approach to children not only makes them precocious ( more so in America than Europe ) but ‘ precious ’ . |
| 8 | Some species of caterpillar not only sever the veins in this way , they also gouge out a circular trench on the underside of the leaf and then feed only within this protective moat . |
| 9 | We may see in this encouragement of scholars not only an attempt to improve the status of the realm , but a genuine curiosity for learning on the part of Charles himself . |
| 10 | Waiting in the Methodist Hall to rehearse the roles of CS Lewis and the woman he spent three blissful years with before her death , Joy Davidman , were Nigel Hawthorne and Jane Lapotaire , another pair of stars not usually to be found out west . |
| 11 | Second , this lack of focus not only renders policy less effective , but crucially the absence of clearly stated rules and guidelines introduces great uncertainty for firms . |
| 12 | At this time of year not much , it 's been a dryish summer , and there 's not a lot of water coming down . |
| 13 | A full range of types of rented accommodation is also found : in addition to houses , bungalows , flats and bedsitters of all ages , there are some types of dwelling not as commonly seen in urban areas — caravans and mobile homes , winter-lets and tied accommodation . |
| 14 | At Pilkingtons and Ford , benchmarking exercises were confined to manufacturing costs and work organization , whereas RX instigated a more profound organizational benchmarking , isolating competitive gaps in all aspects of organization not simply as a sporadic trigger exercise to prioritize change areas but as an on-going process . |
| 15 | There 's all sorts of accidents not only having the computer switched off , you might accidentally mess the file up or erase it or whatever , er , you 've still got the original copy on the disk so if you keep saving it every ten minutes or so , then you always lose more than ten minutes ' work . |
| 16 | However anyone is welcome to these meetings , we do discuss all sorts of things not just topics related to work . |
| 17 | They , they 're sort of like a probation officer , social worker , that sort of thing , erm most people come to us with all sorts of problems not just not particularly housing problems . |
| 18 | Mrs Sutton sold all sorts of items not only tea , sugar , butter and other essentials but also innumerable medicines , corn cures , pot menders and suchlike , all displayed on hanging cards at the back of the shop . |
| 19 | It is the reasonable foreseeability of harm arising from one 's conduct which in many types of cases not only gives rise to the duty of care to avoid inflicting such harm , but also provides the test for determining whether a person injured by the careless conduct of another falls within the class of persons to whom a duty of care is owed . |
| 20 | If the clause is ambiguous , the court will adopt the meaning less favourable to the seller and any ground of liability not clearly excluded will remain . |
| 21 | Membership Dean ( chair ) Assistant Dean Modular Course Co-ordinator Field Chairs Heads of Departments offering fields within the Modular Course Senior tutors Senior Administrative Assistant ( secretary ) Examinations officer Library representative Four students ' union representatives Any member of MMRC not otherwise qualified . |