Example sentences of "[is] not necessarily a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble with all these lines is that when you get to a length exceeding about fifty miles ( 80km ) , the curvature of the Earth begins to become significant : a straight line on the map is not necessarily a straight line on the ground . |
| 2 | This is not necessarily a straightforward procedure ; some goals may not be initially apparent . |
| 3 | But this is not necessarily a simple task . |
| 4 | Pareto is clear that political activity is not necessarily a moralising activity ; on the contrary , the governing elite has to be able and willing to use violence , corruption , guilt and deceit to ensure public order , national independence and social conditions for the growth of national prosperity . |
| 5 | This is not necessarily a central problem , but the Kingman Report does recommend that pupils should understand something of the systematic nature of languages other than English . |
| 6 | Is not necessarily a poor reader . |
| 7 | As experience in the US or UK during the 1980s shows , a small state is not necessarily a weak state despite the rhetoric of claims that a limited state sector restores individual freedom and personal initiative . |
| 8 | Home burial is not necessarily a practical option available to all pet owners . |
| 9 | Being big is not necessarily a good thing : most organisms are bacteria and very few are elephants . |
| 10 | Complete freedom is not necessarily a good thing , as the newly retired often discover , nor is it easy to use effectively . |
| 11 | The study merely shows a positive relationship between market share and ROI and this is not necessarily a causal connection . |
| 12 | Commenting on this guideline in Capricorn Inks Pty Ltd v Lawter International ( Australasia ) Pty Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 Qd R 8 , at 15 , McPherson J said : … the existence of a " dispute " , although a factor , is not necessarily a decisive factor in determining whether arbitration or appraisement is involved . |
| 13 | However , compliance with the code is not necessarily a complete defence . |
| 14 | Use is not necessarily a major factor , and Peasgood 's article describing changes in allocations between faculties according to past use probably reflects the exception rather than the rule . |
| 15 | There is not necessarily a direct correlation between government ownership and the degree of government control . |
| 16 | A time-varying magnetic field creates an electric field as suggested by eqn ( 4.3 ) , but this is not necessarily a local relationship . |
| 17 | But this is not necessarily a bad thing . |
| 18 | writing in 1972 seemed in no doubt that UK graduates then constituted an elite ( which is not necessarily a bad thing ) . |
| 19 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 20 | It must be accepted that what we are collecting is people 's answers to questions , which is not necessarily a true picture of their activities . |
| 21 | This , however , is not necessarily a fair test of the family 's unpopularity . |
| 22 | This , however , is not necessarily a fair test of the family 's unpopularity . |
| 23 | A quiet life is not necessarily a rewarding life . |
| 24 | It is not necessarily a soft option to tame wild animals , for to do so involves understanding their nature , being at one with it and drawing it into new forms of behaviour . |
| 25 | Most people never have any trouble so there is no need to be paranoid , but do be aware of the facts : the little word ‘ taxi ’ or ‘ minicab ’ written on a car is not necessarily an official certificate of good character . |
| 26 | ( Carol ) Coming to the Arbour is not necessarily an easy option , despite its positive results . |
| 27 | It is not necessarily an accurate description of the demands of the job , and the skill label may result more from the strength of the trade union or occupational group in maintaining that its members should continue to hold that position , than from a dispassionate assessment of the skill content of the job . |
| 28 | The size of the dog is not necessarily an accurate reflection of its barking abilities . |
| 29 | In this context , although Mr Lawson supports the ERM , he too would be , no doubt , a narrow-minded nationalist when faced with the prospect of European Monetary Union , as would increasing numbers of German economists who argue on the basis of economic research that EMU is not necessarily an attractive option . |
| 30 | It is not necessarily an ideal blue-print ! |