Example sentences of "certainly [not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is certainly not stocked by any of the main homoeopathic suppliers in this country and I can assume therefore that it is most likely not homoeopathic but a herbal product — unless it has been imported from abroad , possibly Europe . |
| 2 | She had certainly not planned on saying that , it was just that there was no reason to hate an old woman just because you hated her insufferable grandson , especially when she reminded you , in some indefinable way , of your own grandmother — but why should she explain any of that to this man ? |
| 3 | The late '40s means ‘ bebop ’ , much harder and faster than the ‘ swing ’ tempos of the '20s and '30s , and certainly not intended for dance halls . |
| 4 | He is certainly not intended to be regarded as divine . |
| 5 | It has certainly not led to a greater family stability . |
| 6 | Furthermore , despite a recent recovery , the fact that the value of our investments fell very sharply in the calendar year illustrates that we are certainly not insulated from our country 's economic problems ; this must never be overlooked in planning for the future . ’ |
| 7 | But they were not successful ( Queen Wilhelmina and the government escaped ) and they were certainly not disguised as servant girls . |
| 8 | Now what , what was left was a guideline for economic development other , of sixty five thousand , which happens to be equivalent to pollution prevention schemes at one , but was certainly not earmarked to anything in particular , it was just a guideline that they were thinking of , and I , I think it would be a help to Policy Panel and Policy and Resources Committee , to obtain a response to that non-identified sixty five thousand pound item . |
| 9 | It is certainly not priced for any surprise setbacks . |
| 10 | Andrew Stavanger was not on board , and her Master said that he had certainly not sailed in her . |
| 11 | We have , in particular , a modernized sector of production which is certainly not organized on the basis of locality . |
| 12 | They 're certainly not run with any notion of an actor 's potential and actors get unhappy because they spend an awful lot of time feeling creatively unused . |
| 13 | DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative . |
| 14 | Second messenger gated channels are very widely distributed , they 're certainly not limited to excitable tissues . |
| 15 | I was furious , and said the guy had certainly not caddied for Cotton when he won , and that in his later years Cotton had had several caddies . |
| 16 | Certainly not compared to the time he got caught messing around on the roof of Battersea Power Station trying to nick the lead . |
| 17 | Course measuring , which has been one of the most important areas of work in road racing over the past few years , has certainly not suffered for want of funding . ’ |
| 18 | The number of UK groups reached 300 in the early 1980s and has remained around that level ever since — groups of very high quality and certainly not based on ‘ ephemeral enthusiasms ’ ! |
| 19 | Mr Stone 's film is certainly not dreaded by all . |
| 20 | EMC is said to have plans of its own to bring out a new generation of Symmetrix , and is certainly not daunted by the hot breath of competition — it just announced a two-for-one stock split to be effected via a scrip dividend . |
| 21 | The irony of this is certainly not lost on him . |
| 22 | The possible implications of this last remark struck Desmond himself as he was making it , and they were certainly not lost on Viola , who compressed her lips together grimly . |
| 23 | His reluctance to use the slogan of " French Algeria " ( apart from on one occasion at the end of his first trip ) was certainly not lost on the integrationists , who were grumbling by July . |
| 24 | Not that Melissa cared two hoots whether it was making money for Bonard or not — whatever Iris might claim , he was certainly not strapped for cash — but it was essential for Iris 's self-esteem that it should go well . |
| 25 | Timbrel groups were almost unknown in Great Britain , and the few instruments around were certainly not played with the vigour and movement familiar to the Australians . |
| 26 | However , he was certainly not cast in a common mould . |
| 27 | Wittgenstein 's discussion is certainly not peppered with references to narrow-front migration , smoke-bathing , or Skinner boxes , ( nor is that of Regan , Singer , Frey , or Midgley herself , come to that ) , since his concern is to clarify the implications of our everyday ways of attributing psychological concepts like hope , fear , belief , understanding , and so on . |
| 28 | It is certainly not justified on the basis of the 1991 earnings per share — 2.58p — or the outlook for 1992 . |
| 29 | The demand fur such a common culture rests either on an altogether over-optimistic belief in the educability of the majority that is certainly not justified by experience or on a willingness to surrender the highest standards of taste and judgement to the incessant demands of mediocrity . |
| 30 | Your relationship is certainly not dominated by the man in your life ; you feel very positive about your sexuality , have no problems with leading the way in the bedroom and are well able to cope with any indiscretions in your marriage . |