Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] what [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem is that we do not necessarily know what a particular wavefunction looks like , and it is here that the LCAO approach to the construction of molecular orbitals is very useful . |
| 2 | It is not generally realised what a tiny percentage of our current dollar bill would be sufficient to buy another 100,000 houses ' worth of dollar timber . |
| 3 | We have not just heard what the official Opposition have to say , or what the Government have said in the autumn statement ; we have heard what the Opposition 's opposition suggest , in the form of the amendment tabled by the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) . |
| 4 | It is not always clear what the public interest is or what serves it . |
| 5 | In fact , of course , we can not even measure what the initial state was , because to do so we would have to take the brain apart . |
| 6 | ‘ We did not even know what a computer-controlled lathe was before we started , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Still , I have no intention of prescribing a correct attitude towards difference , even less a correct theory of difference ; I do not even know what the latter could possibly be . |
| 8 | ( Note that where the errors do not immediately show what the correct word is , it 's best to write a reminder of the word beside it . |
| 9 | My fantasies were never about specific sexual activities , they were always on the level of some emotional transcendence — someone would come along and embrace me and that would be it ; I could n't really envisage what the nitty gritty practical things were . |
| 10 | Oh , mm , I do n't , I do n't really know what the hot wax does . |
| 11 | ‘ We do n't even know what the bloody thing looks like , ’ Julie added . |
| 12 | ( Not , by the way , that I have my heart particularly set on a boy but , having grown up with only brothers , I do n't quite know what the female clichés look like . ) |