Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The key is not so much to end up with the right plan as to engage in strategic thinking . |
| 2 | A Home Secretary needs one , not so much to stand up to criminals as to stand up to people with damaging non-solutions to crime . |
| 3 | The latter has a lyric set round an argument which Bob not so much gives in to , but agrees to differ on … |
| 4 | Talking about his selection he said : ‘ I think that most of us look at paintings not so much to find out about them , but to find out about ourselves , for like a great novel or play , a great painting offers us a unique opportunity of investigating our own experiences . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Look , I 'm not so anxious to go up there . |
| 6 | Not so many went out to work as they do now . ’ |
| 7 | Crocodiles are being preserved in some parts of the world by farming them , because that means that it is not so worthwhile to go out and kill the wild ones . |
| 8 | But the memory of September 12 , 1986 is not so easy to rub out . |
| 9 | But it is not so easy to legislate out of existence the cultures which produce these practices . |
| 10 | While gonadal material can easily be obtained from mice , testicular samples for the study of human meiosis are not so easy to come by . |
| 11 | It was easy enough to get the front door open one-handed , not so easy to switch on the hall light with no hands at all . |
| 12 | Everyone is happy to jump-to and work hard on a new factory opening or a big product launch , but they are not so eager to rush off and fulfil the everyday requests which come in from the media . |
| 13 | The safety factor was also important as older people were not so able to jump out of the way of stock or swinging gates . |
| 14 | when you 're it 's not so bad sat down . |
| 15 | We want to safeguard the special beauty of our countryside and make sure that it is not only pleasant to walk in but that it is safe too . |
| 16 | You will tell me that the milkman has refused to continue deliveries , but this only adds weight to my earlier submission that the boat is not only unfit to live in but actually unsafe . " |
| 17 | In the same way it is possible to learn further shaping methods to produce garments not only quicker to make up but with the actual machine-made shaping as a feature of the completed garment . |
| 18 | Not not this going off . |
| 19 | In practice it is not always easy to stand back from the mass of information and choose a main message and a few submessages . |
| 20 | It is not always easy to get up to date information on which to set the quotas , especially in a small area sample . |
| 21 | For this reason , it is not always possible to carry out the preferred size or type of investigation until certain data or resources become available . |
| 22 | As we have said , it 's not always possible to pin down the exact reason for Cystitis attacks , or why some women suffer so repeatedly . |
| 23 | Even when children care desperately for their elderly parents and have to put them in a home because of lack of personal resources , they are not always able to keep up regular contact because of moving to find employment . |
| 24 | However , such concerns are beyond the scope of this article , and although we are not always able to separate out the different areas of linguistic interest in the characterisation of an individual in a dramatic text ( many individual character traits are receptive to a number of different linguistic approaches ) , the large number of insights into characterisation offered by discourse and pragmatic analysis indicates the large extent to which they may be used effectively by the student of dramatic texts . |
| 25 | We did have we worked a six team but it 's not as easy to work out . |
| 26 | Another drawback is that while in most respects it is a well finished program it is not as eager to show off its own advantages as say Lotus Freelance for Windows which has a very slick presentation which serves as an introduction to the program . |
| 27 | and I mean I 've got s it 's not as bad going back from here cos it 'll only be about a six hour then . |
| 28 | She works ordinary hours so Anne 's not often free to go out with her now . ’ |
| 29 | Both clubhouse and course are candidly described — ‘ although not an imposing building the clubhouse is comfortable and contains a lounge , dining room , card room , etc. ’ and as to the course the following is typical — ‘ The 8th green is not particularly easy to putt on , being faster in some parts than the others ’ . |
| 30 | Under normal circumstances , the time-cues come as a package and is not particularly useful to separate out any one from the group ; all play a role and act in harmony to adjust our daiLy rhythms . |