Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [be] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( And why should n't the kind of holism that I am espousing not help to make processes such as mental imagery more intelligible to us — Piaget published a number of experiments on the development of imagery . ) |
| 2 | I must emphasize that I am thinking not of antiracism as a political objective , or a goal which emerges alongside other issues from the daily struggles of black people , from the practice of community organizations and voluntary groups , even from the war of position which must be waged inside the institutions of the state . |
| 3 | It was the kind of illogical fear of the supernatural that in others made me sneer ; but all along I had felt that I was invited not out of hospitality , but for some other reason . |
| 4 | In class , it was less easy to convince others that I was coping not only adequately , but brilliantly . |
| 5 | His own queen , whom Surere had revered so deeply , when she requested that she be buried not in the new City of the Horizon , but near her old home , in the Valley of the Dead across the river from the Southern Capital , had been granted her wish , though it had hurt Akhenaten deeply . |
| 6 | It seemed that she was determined not to take him seriously . |
| 7 | Remember that you are reading not only for historical information but also to increase your historical understanding . |
| 8 | And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high ; until you find that you are playing not for counters or sixpences but for every penny you have in the world . |
| 9 | The truth is that we are dealing not with one-off exceptional cases of hardship , affecting only a small minority of students , but with a widespread and damaging problem affecting thousands of students . |
| 10 | It is important to note that we are given not simply a description of a scene , but an account of the relation between the visual world and its observer , who strives to comprehend and interpret it . |
| 11 | The fact is that we are contemplating not a two-tier health service but a better health service . |
| 12 | The problem was that we were firefighting not just for ourselves but for so many of our clients , and firefighting takes up a lot of time and emotionally is a strain . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth , East ( Mr. Atkinson ) made an eloquent speech about compulsory competitive tendering ; and I was heartened by the fact that my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester ( Mr. Nelson ) also realised that we were talking not about compulsory contracting out but about compulsory competitive tendering , which means that there is an opportunity for the in-house team to make a bid . |
| 14 | To think they are , shows that they are governed not by the Spirit but by the attitudes and outlook of their unregenerate days ( 3:1,3 ) . |
| 15 | If people accept that they are governed not only by explicit rules laid down in past political decisions but by whatever other standards flow from the principles these decisions assume , then the set of recognized public standards can expand and contract organically , as people become more sophisticated in sensing and exploring what these principles require in new circumstances , without the need for detailed legislation or adjudication on each possible point of conflict . |
| 16 | It may be difficult to identify a precise boundary and it is essential that they are defined not only legally but practically on site in the presence , and with the agreement , of adjoining owners . |
| 17 | Well quite a lot of the lakes and streams have lost their fish , of course that 's the , that 's the most important thing , between , particularly salmon and trout , and we have discovered that they are killed not so much by the acid , but by the aluminium which has leaked out of the soil by the acid water , the acid rain , and er that er the fish find this very hard to tolerate . |
| 18 | Then , as they approached , he realized that they were looking not at him , but past him at something farther off . |
| 19 | Many broadcasters felt that they were expected not to say anything on the air which was in contradiction to Government policy . |
| 20 | She says that they were told not to come out , it was frightening . |
| 21 | So , all that you need to think , to remember things like , do n't , is that it 's do not , and you 've got to put the apostrophe in where the letter 's been missed . |
| 22 | You are asked to complete and return it to the Company 's Registrars in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and , in any event , so that it is returned not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting . |
| 23 | And it is the fact of being the written form which means that it is used not only in Britain but by all writers of English throughout the world , with remarkably little variation . |
| 24 | It was a tall , thin , almost clownlike man with large destroyed teeth in a long mobile face who was the unlikely source of so commanding a voice ; and it was a relief to find that it was directed not at us , but at our surrounding mob . |
| 25 | Priestley supported them and made it well known , so much so that he was asked not to attend the dinner — just in case . |
| 26 | And a proclamation went out to everyone who lived far and near to say that he was looking not only for a beautiful wife , but also the most worthy wife that could be found . |
| 27 | He was a brave little fellow and one could see that he was trying not to be scared by the Gorgon who towered above him . |
| 28 | He looked straight at her , and she could tell from the way his lower eyelids were drawn up at the inner corners and his nostrils distended that he was trying not to cry . |
| 29 | Stephen 's voice had risen , as it had that morning in the garden , and again Kate thought that he was trying not to cry . |
| 30 | She had no way of knowing that he was thinking not so much of the next photo story she would submit to him as the necessary therapy it might provide . |