Example sentences of "to [pron] [not/n't] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ white ’ of the sky and clouds appears to me not as pure white , but as a very pale tone , so I start with a wash of cadmium orange fading out from the horizon upwards . |
| 2 | She is plainest to me not quite dressed , in white bodice and petticoat , her arms and shoulders rounded and creamy smooth . |
| 3 | I have not wavered in the slightest degree in my attitude to this war , nor have I changed my mind as to the need of a final and complete settlement , but I want to say that in a war in which losses of such terrible magnitude are being imposed on all the Nations it appears to me not only wise but imperative that every country should use its political weapon to supplement all its military organisation , if by so doing it can defeat the enemy . |
| 4 | There it issues in a way which seems to me not only acceptable but poetically extremely valuable . |
| 5 | The Government 's aim is to decide all cases within a matter of months so that all those affected do not have to wait an inordinate length of time to ascertain their legal status in the U K. It 's obvious to everyone not too blind to see that such changes are vital to the mounting pressures on the existing system |
| 6 | I heard some months later that he was organising a Bible study in his quarters in North Africa to which not only fellow subalterns were coming but even such exalted members of the Army hierarchy as majors ! |
| 7 | At the in which he is involved and does have a part in shaping : these processes will appear to him not as broad generalities , but as a collection of micro-processes , the technicalities and particularities of daily life . |