Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [not/n't] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the latter seems to be chosen overwhelmingly testifies not to the existence of coercion , but to careful selection procedures for placing persons in corporate positions coupled with successful methods of persuading them that their interests and the corporation 's interests happily coincide — or at least , that that is the most sensible , pragmatic way of looking at it . |
| 2 | The objective henceforward became not to be a loser by using the benefits of a bourgeois education to tight the cause of all those losers in the world who , like his father , had been smashed by the bourgeois system itself . |
| 3 | These differences are better explained not by that kind of analogy , but by a recognition of the complex history of the text within the history of an ancient tribe — a history that is sometimes romanticized , sometimes idealized , and in which past and present are sometimes confusingly mixed . |
| 4 | In my own university , for instance , the number of first year students of biology that we have been able to accept this year has been entirely constrained not by the quality of our applicants but the physical size of our teaching laboratories . |
| 5 | And it was as she hesitated , thinking of Liam , touched as so often , and usually at the wrong moment , by the silence and sadness of him which so troubled her , wondering if a sugar stick would lighten it , that she felt herself suddenly surrounded not by the usual ebb and flow of the market day crowd but by something much more purposeful . |
| 6 | Suddenly decided not to page properly |
| 7 | This was when the need to live together came not from the older generation , but from the child 's own family . |
| 8 | The next time lesbians and gays are involved in any attempt to effect major change , we will be better served not by fitting on to the agenda of others , but by organizing independently and making alliances with other groups seeking progressive , structural , social changes . |
| 9 | So try not to be too rigid or too carried away ; a happy balance will help the general feel and atmosphere of the room in the end . |
| 10 | When you look inside try not to be put off by the decor — if it 's hideous , you can always redecorate . |
| 11 | You 're sure to spend a good few hours at the time playing this fun sports sim — so do n't for get the suntan oil ! |
| 12 | What we as a family were unanimous about was that he adopted no pose of being the distinguished writer , and even gave the impression that he much preferred not to be treated as such . |
| 13 | Although use will be made of the concepts discussed above , the experiment reported below does not in any way test various theories of plural reference resolution . |
| 14 | ‘ Then I 'll go at once and cook it , ’ said Lydia who was adamantly determined not to be thwarted of her bird . |
| 15 | The reason they would not otherwise do so becomes apparent from the biographical sources , from which it is clear that though it was possible to obtain mevleviyets from these medreses , men who did so tended not to rise much higher but to spend the rest of their lives in relatively low-ranking mevleviyets . |
| 16 | For example , we know that some people eventually decided not to be recorded because of painful secrets in their lives , while there were others who for just this reason found it helpful to talk : but how far these two groups balance out can only be guessed . |
| 17 | ‘ I just expect not to be leered at and not to have my correspondence read . |
| 18 | The creation or destruction of atoms or of energy was held to be impossible , at any rate for mankind — the beginning and end of the universe was generally accepted not to be the concern of scientists , down to very late in the century . |
| 19 | Such an exercise is , therefore , best done not in isolation but in co-operation with the other churches . |
| 20 | The Glorious Revolution is best seen not as a victory for one party , but as a compromise . |
| 21 | ‘ Thank you nursie … you old cow , ’ he 'd say , desperately pretending not to be naked in the bath . |
| 22 | He said , ‘ Sister , that boy has got to run his course to crisis , and whether he survives or not depends not on myself or on any other member of the medical staff of this hospital . |
| 23 | Among all ants , of course , the young are normally fed not by parents but by workers , so it is workers that any would-be cuckoo must fool or manipulate . |
| 24 | The captain may put on a very good act , convincing not just himself but even some of the passengers ; though whether their floating world will come through depends not on him but on the mad winds and sullen tides , the icebergs and the sudden crusts of reef . |
| 25 | Thus a gold or purple-leaved shrub is best used not as an alternative to green foliage , but as a specimen highlight whose beauty depends on the contrast with its green neighbours . |
| 26 | But he pointed out that Borders and Highland regions had already agreed not to back a referendum and he did not see that position changing . |
| 27 | WITHDRAWN FROM CARDIFF PUBLIC LIBRARIES DO NOT RETURN NOT FOR RE-SALE |
| 28 | Why not decide not to be ? |
| 29 | Similarly , your subconscious can not try not to be a failure without first of all picturing failure . |
| 30 | Yes , you must have many people who do n't claim at all on this insurance , they have no need to claim or just decide not to . |