Example sentences of "not [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be emphasized that they were not serious attempts to take her life but cries for help . |
| 2 | Not many women reach her years and have as much — for everything he can imagine her wanting he hastens to provide ; and it is bestowed as if she were a young and lovely creature at her first ball , and when he helps her down the stairs or into a taxi — for she is getting frail — he turns her into Gloriana . |
| 3 | It was many years since Selwyn 's wife had persuaded him that it was not good manners to pick his teeth in company , but his lips still made the motions of mouthing a toothpick . |
| 4 | The problem for the schools is that not all parents accept their share of the authority . |
| 5 | Since 1987 it has been possible to ask your employer to deduct regular sums from your pay through the PAYROLL GIVING SCHEME up to a maximum of £600 per annum ( not all employers offer their employees this facility ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Not all men cause their wives to submit to their will you know . ’ |
| 7 | At the same time , however , it should be recognized that not all parties retain their vitality , or even survive at all , that new parties emerge , and may quickly become powerful , as happened with the socialist parties in Europe , and that parties may change their character and their policies without necessarily changing their names . |
| 8 | Not all prospects state their objections . |
| 9 | Well not all trees lose their leaves . |
| 10 | Not all cathedrals have their own choir schools . |
| 11 | Not very men have their Sunday dinner on Sunday . |
| 12 | Even if he seeks to deploy fewer warheads per boat than the maximum possible , why should not other countries follow his example and say that that is also their ideal of a minimum deterrent ? |