Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister is right — the Government are not wholly to blame for this recession , but they are chiefly to blame . |
| 2 | If the Secretary of State believes that he can get rid of tariffs , why does he support the Common Market , now known as the European Community — that big business club which is essentially a conspiracy against the working class and is certainly not wholeheartedly supported on this side of the House ? |
| 3 | Nevertheless , there was an insubstantial public reaction to these upsurges in recorded crime , and public opinion was not effectively mobilised around these issues in any significant ‘ law-and-order ’ campaign . |
| 4 | Vial did not apparently introduce for some time any regular system of instruction which would have concentrated the labours of the students . |
| 5 | The judges in that case would have answered that question quickly in the negative , for obviously other judges were not all agreed in either direction . |
| 6 | Recording studies are not entirely exempt from these problems . |
| 7 | States can not entirely depend on such measures , however , and must make provision for their own defence . |
| 8 | And the audience of a state radio station is not entirely limited to that state . |
| 9 | To dispel another myth : we have not entirely evolved from this animal ability to use our senses for survival . |
| 10 | But the shape and layout of a house is not entirely conditioned by such things . |
| 11 | In other words , different legal arenas are not entirely severed from each other , and political movements such as the peace movement will have to bear in mind the impact of its legal activities on legal arenas other than those with which it is immediately engaged : for example , does the encouragement of judicial activism by the peace movement , or an invitation to adjudication based on natural law , open floodgates which — although they produce desirable results in the short term — one would in the long term prefer to remain shut ? |
| 12 | Perhaps , as we have seen , members of the public are currently not greatly influenced by such messages ; but there is still something morally wrong about making incorrect moral statements ( cf. von Hirsch , 1996 : ch. 5 ) . |
| 13 | Vacancies advertised by the Unit are not necessarily based in this department . |
| 14 | And it appears from what the county council has said that they are they 're not necessarily opposed to this sort of development that we 're we 're looking at here but that er the case would have to be proven as an exception to normal planning policy . |
| 15 | The standard use of Senokot together with behaviour management is not necessarily indicated in all cases . |
| 16 | As with mangrove forests , they do not consist of a single species that happens to have exploited a particular niche , but of a whole group of species , not necessarily related to each other , each of which is adapted to the rich pickings . |
| 17 | Things are not necessarily done in this order , however , and for good reason . |
| 18 | Any claim that a certain state or government , regime or society is " really " or " in the last analysis democratic , however implausible it may seem , must involve the implication that in some way or other the government , regime or state in question serves or represents the people ; that the " real " will of the people is expressed through it , or that the people support it , even if this support is not necessarily demonstrated through such formalities as elections . |
| 19 | Poor listeners often make irrelevant comments ; the most influential contributions do not necessarily come from those vessels making the most noise . |
| 20 | That would not necessarily apply to all cases , The hon. Gentleman must remember that many people are willing to work overtime , including Sundays , at peak periods . |
| 21 | It appears that highly productive authors will not necessarily publish in those journals which have the highest circulation , and which hence are presumed to be those used for those papers which an author wishes to reach the largest possible readership . |
| 22 | The Editor does not necessarily agree with any views expressed in letters printed , and reserves the right to edit correspondence where necessary . |
| 23 | That employment pattern is not necessarily reflected in many areas these days . |
| 24 | Infection is therefore not necessarily associated with any symptoms and the majority of type I infections probably go undiagnosed and unrecognized . |
| 25 | More and more tents are coming onto the market which do not necessarily conform to these definitions but they will rely predominantly on one system for their stability . |
| 26 | For those whose grounds are not naturally endowed with these facilities , Paul Decker provides , in 1759 , ‘ Gothic Architecture Decorated , Consisting of a Large Collection of Temples , Banqueting , Summer and Green Houses ; Gazebo 's , Alcoves ; Faced , Garden and Umbrello 'd Seats ; Terminari 's , and Rustic Garden Seats ; Rout Houses , and Hermitages for Summer and Winter ; Obelisks , Pyramids , & c . ’ . |
| 27 | In this section we attempt to provide a framework for discussion of a number of special instructions ( or groups of instructions ) , provided in current computers or proposed for the future , which do not naturally fit into these groups . |
| 28 | It is worth noting that the word " religion " either does not naturally feature in some religions , or is regarded by many religious people with considerable disapproval . |
| 29 | Natural daylight is not enough to allow for this process . |
| 30 | The church was not much developed after that date , but its origins lie not only within an earlier area of settlement , but also in its position adjacent to a spring , one of the headwaters of the Duntis Bourne . |