Example sentences of "not [adv] [det] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not necessarily all living at the same level on the shore . |
| 2 | In saying that an event c caused an event e , or that e was the effect of c , we typically have in mind but do not say that a set of things including c , but not necessarily all occurring at the same time , was required for e . |
| 3 | Either staff or other residents may initiate this segregation , and it is usually based on behaviour that is seen as disruptive , so those who are segregated in this way are not necessarily all suffering from dementia . |
| 4 | Scientific Correspondence is a relatively informal section of Nature in which matters of general scientific interest , not necessarily those arising from papers appearing in Nature , are published . |
| 5 | We 're not so much looking to Wembley . |
| 6 | ‘ What you are saying is that I am not so much searching for Harry , rather , Harry is winding me in , like a fish on a line — ’ |
| 7 | It was , in the first place , a world not so much consisting of factories , employers and proletarians as one transformed by the enormous progress of its industrial sector . |
| 8 | At the recent JANE 'S ADDICTION gig at The Marquee , people were not so much holding onto their ears as trying to stop their eyeballs standing out on stalks , so plenteous were the glittering celebs out to cheer the visiting Americans on . |
| 9 | We are therefore not so much talking about a single meaning as a true one versus all the others which are false . |
| 10 | Thus progression means not so much going from before to after , as from the more immediate to the more remote circumstances which impinge on the central character 's consciousness . |
| 11 | Given this to be so , under the influence of the new analyses ( of poverty and of the youth labour-market ) , it was appreciated that the critical features of the youth question were not only those relating to church attendance , unorganized leisure , absence of esprit de corps and , at the extreme end of the spectrum of anxiety , juvenile delinquency . |
| 12 | However , an outline is offered because it is important for all teachers to be aware of the legal framework of special education , and not just those working with the disabled in special schools . |
| 13 | I turn first to my opposite number , the hon. Member for Stretford ( Mr. Lloyd ) , who made some interesting statements , not least that relating to his spending commitments . |
| 14 | There was n't too much grumbling about the prices interestingly enough . |