Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter , and notably from the 1780s , the company had to make recourse to fresh stock issue not so much to raise fresh working capital but to release it from debt . |
| 2 | For we have seen that the bad consequences of an action are supposed to consist not just in pain , but also in loss of pleasure , and the good consequences of an action consist not just in pleasure , but in pain prevented . |
| 3 | In between promise and entry lie not only the stories of Isaac and Jacob , but the long story of Joseph and the other sons of Jacob , a period of 430 years spent in Egypt by their descendants , most of it in slave labour , a dramatic escape from the Pharaoh and his army , and forty years of wandering or living in the wilderness of the Sinai peninsula . |
| 4 | The stipulation that the study deal not only with the environmental impact , but also with the social and economic impacts was important . |
| 5 | In some countries a large majority of the electorate do not even exercise the right to vote . |
| 6 | Visitors to the resorts on the Dalmatian coast do not always realise the poverty and backwardness which lie over the mountains only a few kilometres away from the bright lights of Split , Zadar and Šibenik . |
| 7 | Any purely dog-orientated career opportunities within the association do n't really exist . |
| 8 | Mr Cattell said : ‘ Job cuts in the textile industry do not normally attract a lot of attention because it largely employs women , but textiles is a very important part of the North-East 's economy and a very important source of employment . ’ |
| 9 | The gutter press and the entertainment industry do not yet exist here in the way they do in Britain or in the United States . |
| 10 | Contrary to popular belief , long timespans given over to arduous , repetitive practice do not necessarily equate with improvement . |
| 11 | The quality press and the Daily Mail do not so readily create nicknames , although they are willing to use the existing currency — ‘ Yesterday , detectives were hunting a man locals call ‘ the stranger from Devil 's Wood ’ ' ( Daily Mail ) . |
| 12 | Because corporate crimes are hardly likely to be described as heinous in the media , few consciences are outraged and scandalized ; consequently , the ingredients which deterrent theorists argue are necessary to achieve a specific deterrent effect do not typically exist . |
| 13 | They are mentioned here to illustrate that lines of thought and research do not always converge . |
| 14 | Changes of emphasis within art education , which have arisen out of a realization that the skills of response and appreciation do not necessarily result from the practice of art , have led to explorations into the nature of aesthetic experience , enquiries into its patterns of development and attempts to assess the skills and achievements possible within this area ( APU , 1983 ) . |
| 15 | Although claims in negligence for purely financial loss do not generally succeed , it was held that this claim by the owner against the nominated sub-contractor could succeed in negligence ( i.e. even though there was no contract between the owner and sub-contractor ) . |
| 16 | It is necessary to stress that elderly people facing loss do not always have to be overwhelmed by their circumstances , with very little chance of preserving their dignity or sense of self-worth . |
| 17 | The guys running the club do n't really know what they 're doing . |
| 18 | It appears therefore that these types of corporate crime serve not only to reduce environment uncertainty but point to resource procurement ( i.e. grabbing more ) as a particularly important organizational source of motivation to commit these crimes . |
| 19 | Is my hon. Friend aware that many authorities in the south-west have not only used housing resources sensibly , but have sold about 25 per cent . |
| 20 | The implication from the provision and s741 is if the Revenue have not actually charged the income when it arose in year 1 and it is paid out in year 3 , the only charge under s739 would be in year 3 when the monies are paid out . |
| 21 | Details of the programme have not yet been decided but are likely to fall into five main areas of research : Information Processing Systems and Software ; Advanced Home and Business Systems and Peripherals ; Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Engineering ; Microelectronics ; and Basic research Actions . |
| 22 | So the opposition have not quite as long for their inquests and recuperative action as the bleak dawn of last Friday may have made them think . |
| 23 | It had come from the London Group of members , but the Operations Department have not yet come to a decision on this . |
| 24 | Although texts devoted to the human impact ( e.g. Goudie , 1981b ; Gregory and Walling 1979 ) and those devoted to branches of physical geography have not yet emphasized urban physical geography , claims have been made by some writers that the urban environment is sufficiently distinctive to warrant attention as a specific milieu . |
| 25 | Though successful in most things they Turn their minds to , the heavy hitters of Japanese industry have not yet cracked making airliners . |
| 26 | And he says potentially far more damaging excerpts from his tape have n't yet been used . |
| 27 | My son , the casals of the Patriarchate have not even submitted their dues . |
| 28 | Talking to Unigram at Olivetti 's week-long promotional fair in Rome last week , Lucino Pinto , research and development director , said the Italian group ‘ will sign an agreement with DEC for Alpha , ’ though full details of the deal have not yet been worked out , and no time scales were offered . |
| 29 | The Easter Road club have n't even scored against Hearts in their last five games and they 'll almost certainly face the new Hearts strikeforce of Mo Johnston and John Robertson tomorrow . |
| 30 | It was very carefully calculated to maximise support for Iraq in the Middle East , since all the conditions for an Iraqi withdrawal look not only reasonable but also desirable to ordinary Arabs . |