Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may not always produce a uniquely best action , because a higher probability of lesser utility may equal a lower probability of greater utility . |
| 2 | When all is said and done , there may be no way to avoid the momentary grip of fear descending on you when unusual things start to happen on your computer , but I hope to have shown that this should not necessarily start a panic . |
| 3 | This need not necessarily involve a direct analysis of the effects of colonialism as such , but can also consist of a relentless anatomization of the collusive forms of European knowledge . |
| 4 | Sometimes they will complete tasks more slowly , owing to a slower rate of informational input ( Mason and Tobin , 1986 ) , but this need not necessarily reflect a reduced level of comprehension , although it may be mistaken for this . |
| 5 | A fall in the interest rate on bonds , for example , will lead to an individual rearranging his wealth portfolio , but this will not necessarily involve a shift from bonds to money ( as in the Keynesian case ) ; it may involve a shift from bonds to some other financial asset or into property . |
| 6 | That would not only cost a great deal of money , but put power once again into the hands of the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service Employees , which could then decide how hospitals were to be run . |
| 7 | He knows that that would not only cause a major upheaval in local government but would be followed shortly afterwards by other proposals . |
| 8 | That will not always seem a preferable alternative to the a cappella practice of English cathedrals and Oxbridge chapels , nurtured in a context ( the daily preparation of liturgical services ) requiring certain skills that we may imagine any medieval chapel singer would recognize as his own , whatever the damage that the 19th century may have done to ‘ the English cathedral style ’ and its historical continuity . |