Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The adoral shields are rectangular to wing-like just or not quite separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 2 | Dealers at one licensed dealer would habitually sell a stock whose price would rise for a couple of weeks or so although not enough to cover the spread — before reverting . |
| 3 | Although not quite running the place now , was in good spirits and still looking very smart in a collar and tie . |
| 4 | But there are now several recognised cooking methods that not only maintain the standards of traditional cooking , but improve on them . |
| 5 | In consequence it is becoming increasingly accepted that not only does the anthropologist have his own social history and subjective stance , but more importantly , that those accounts which ignore this seem to lose something in the telling . |
| 6 | It is claimed that not only does the implant allow local treatment of the tumour but also acts as a bone filling bioceramic . |
| 7 | The point here is that not only does the present design of a missile invite , or call forth , a suitable antidote , say a radio jamming device . |
| 8 | This example illustrates an important consideration which is that not only does the risk of any position increase dramatically with the length of time to maturity but also that the hedge ratio is only valid for very small increments of time . |
| 9 | This evidence shows that not only does the identity of a particular unit constrain what follows that unit , it in turn is modified by subsequent higher-level information . |
| 10 | We were told that not only had the Argentinian fleet continued on their route to the Falklands but there was now every reason to believe that Argentinian troops had landed . |
| 11 | The authenticity of the film was stressed in all the publicity and much was made of the fact that not only had the trial scenes been shot at the same time as the judge was carrying out the Detroit sentences but the film actually used his own words . |
| 12 | He concluded that not only had the respondents agreed negatively not to sell other petrol but that they had agreed positively to keep their garage open for the sale of the appellant 's petrol at all reasonable hours throughout the period of the tie . |
| 13 | Mr McLeish said the figures showed that not only had the constant bleeding-away of Scottish jobs continued unabated , it was accelerating at an even more alarming rate . |
| 14 | Mr Major said that not only had the Budget extended the export credit guarantee scheme but : ‘ Mr Lamont has also cut premiums over the last few months by as much as 27 per cent to help exporters . ’ |
| 15 | The best alternative use is likely to be one that not only leaves the exterior of the building unchanged , but one that involves minimal subdivision of the interior . |
| 16 | In discussing Brian Way , I have suggested that not only has the emphasis placed by him on the individuality of the individual been misleading , it has also put some teachers in a position of distorting the medium of drama itself ; and that Brian Way in practice overcame this problem by including in his seminal publication a system of training in life skills . |
| 17 | That first sentence setting up the idea in the reader 's mind that not only has the narrator committed a murder but that something has gone wrong and he has , despite all precautions , been found out . |
| 18 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that not only has the Conservative party demonstrated that it is willing to spend a greater proportion of gross national product , but , by continuing to expand our economy , we have surpassed the Labour party bid at the 1987 election — when it said that it would increase spending on the national health service by 3 per cent . |
| 19 | A second problem is that utterances like ( 101 ) Harry can only speak this loud are token-reflexive to the physical properties of the utterance itself , so that not only do the enormous technical problems of dealing with token-reflexives in a logical manner have to be solved , but all the physical properties of an utterance will also have to be available as indices ( requiring , again , an indefinite number of indices ) . |
| 20 | Fanciful spray patterns can be created with special adaptors that not only vary the height and shape of the traditional fountain , but also produce unusual water patterns . |
| 21 | However , the figures in Table 6.1 indicate that not only have the amounts of extra income received by those on higher incomes been greater than those on lower incomes , but so too have been the percentages . |
| 22 | Professor de Bono , there are well-established scales , particularly in the States , measuring long term stress and anxiety that we can use in rehabilitated patients to demonstrate that not only have the cardiologists given them years , but Doctor Bethell and his team have given them quality . |
| 23 | He argued that not only did the technology bring safer products , but it could cut the number of chemical steps in production , and simplify the manufacturing process , lead to more effective use of chemical plant and improve return on capital investment . |
| 24 | This meant that not only did the boots weigh more than a small car , but I was obliged to wear four pairs of socks to stop my feet moving about in them and turning my heels into chilli con carne . |
| 25 | Wilkinson points out that not only did the system of job rotation create immediate psychological advantages ( ’ … the staff like it , they like the change … ’ was one comment ) , but there were also direct economic advantages for management . |
| 26 | It had become clear to the garrison that not only did the doctors sometimes apply different remedies to the same illness , in certain cases these remedies were diametrically opposed to each other . |
| 27 | An investigation by Allan ( 1979 ) , for instance , found that not only did the middle class have more friends , but they were also drawn from a greater variety of social settings and over a wider geographical area . |
| 28 | He found that not only did the States that failed to ratify the amendment have larger populations of both religious fundamentalists and political conservatives , but also that States which had opposed earlier civil rights amendments ( the 19th on women 's suffrage and the 26th on youth suffrage ) also tended to oppose the ERA . |
| 29 | The main point here is that not only did the Labour leaders reject the left 's version of the social contract with its new emphasis on a radical industrial policy , but also they increasingly came to question even the Crosland/Fabian/ ‘ Keynesian ’ version of socialism , so that their politics in the latter half of the 1970s became more and more of a mere holding operation — mere ‘ government ’ lacking any social purpose with a broad popular appeal . |
| 30 | The Government has an overriding duty to implement balanced defence policies that not only meet the country 's strategic military interests , but also provide a reasonable quality of life to those men and women who are expected to serve on our behalf . |