Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [be] not [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More fertilizer might mean more grain ( and more carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide to add to the greenhouse effect ) , but there obviously comes a point where more fertilizer does not mean a bigger yield or perhaps is not justified on cost grounds , particularly when grain prices are low , as they were for part of the 1980s . |
| 2 | By ill fortune the period of upheaval coincided with a large increase in the volume of work of the higher criminal courts , resulting in problems of delay that still are not eradicated . |
| 3 | They now have responsibilities that formerly were not given or offered . |
| 4 | There is of course no need to be unduly alarmed at these discrepancies ; we should reflect that any normal language presents numerous instances where certain recalcitrant items refuse to fit into a generally acceptable pattern ( e.g. for no very obvious reason the " expected " adverbs difficultly and longly are not accepted in English and have to be replaced by the phrases with difficulty and for a long time . ) |
| 5 | Any increase in price per person payable as a result of a part cancellation is not a Cancellation Charge and so is not covered by Norwich Union Insurance . |
| 6 | They are not Undead , and so are not kept at bay by a Zone of Sanctuary . |
| 7 | But the first two pairs were on adjacent lanes three and four and so were not affected by any inequality in the lanes . |
| 8 | Exchange rates had only been adjusted as a last resort by deficit and surplus countries , and so were not used speedily enough to prevent prolonged payments imbalances and exchange rate crises . |
| 9 | Representatives of foreign governments were persuaded to give large sums to the contras , but were not asked directly , so the story went , and so were not solicited . |
| 10 | The morning rehearsals each day were a Tiller rule not demanded by the management and so were not paid for . |
| 11 | Thus , for example , the items get , next , never did not show the phonetic range of variation characteristic of the /Ε/; class in Belfast and so were not counted as tokens of ( Ε ) ; in fact , they varied between [ Ε ] and [ ? ] , forming a small phonolexical set of which the total membership can not easily be specified . |
| 12 | ‘ We believe that our results show conclusively that neutrinos do not undergo oscillation and thus are not mixed states in a quantum-mechanical sense . ’ |
| 13 | The first of these influences represents the influence of aggregate demand since the key term , m t , is an economy-wide average : its influence is not specific to one particular market — it affects all markets and hence is not indexed on . |
| 14 | Deciduous trees appear less affected than conifers , partly because they offer a smaller area of foliage , and partly because they shed their leaves each autumn and hence are not exposed to air pollution for such a long time as conifers . |
| 15 | Yet what about all those addicts that acquire drugs illegally and hence are not registered ? |
| 16 | In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off . |
| 17 | It was designed to be a communication between experts , discussing technical issues within their own subject field and hence was not intended for ’ public consumption ’ . |
| 18 | It was seen more as a patriotic form of national self-expression than as a pro-nazi organization and hence was not closed down in September 1939 when war was declared . |
| 19 | Lacan 's work is not subject to empirical verification , and indeed is not meant to be . |
| 20 | They moved more slowly in arts and social studies , and indeed were not authorized to develop degrees in the humanities as the English polytechnics were doing . |
| 21 | The reason for the procedure is that the consideration shares issued by the bidder to accepting shareholders are issued for a non-cash consideration ( ie the shares in the target ) and accordingly are not required to be offered to the bidder 's shareholders under the pre-emption provisions of CA 1985 , s89 , because that section only applies to new issues for cash . |
| 22 | Again , infantile masturbation and other sexual practices are tolerated — even regarded as amusing by adults — and certainly are not prohibited or censored . |
| 23 | Clearly , the recipient who does nothing does not enter into a contract to buy the goods and therefore is not bound to pay . |
| 24 | The right hon. Bruce Millan is no longer a Member of this House and therefore is not protected by privilege here . |
| 25 | One of the major differences of the Department of National Savings relative to other financial intermediaries is that it does not hold an asset portfolio to back up liabilities held , and therefore is not constrained by the need to adhere to liquidity , solvency or capital adequacy regulations ( given that funds are backed by the Treasury and are therefore essentially default-free ) . |
| 26 | Conservation techniques do not fit into agricultural and pastoral practices and therefore are not applied by farmers or pastoralists . |
| 27 | A similar proportion of parental and cells died under these conditions ( Fig. 1a ) ; in both cases , the proportions of apoptotic cells were greater than those shown in the figure , as many of the dead cells detached from the substratum and therefore were not counted . |
| 28 | He is small and not particularly bright , but yet is not patronized by people , and is taken seriously and listened to , unlike Lennie . |