Example sentences of "not [adv] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was great when you were a unit manager for a Directors ' Boardroom , but it 's not right now for a work 's canteen . |
| 2 | I do n't listen , I mean sorry , I 've got a frog in my throat , erm like , she tells me not to stay on the phone too long , but sometimes I have to , okay , not , not necessarily just as a conversation , but , homework and stuff |
| 3 | Equally , TV is — though intrusive — not necessarily anywhere near a completely dominating presence . |
| 4 | I presumed it had once been the school 's dinner ladies ' empire and there was still a stove and tea-making gear but not much else except a funny smell . |
| 5 | When Williams appeared to like the idea , Orton totally changed the part so that it could fit him , not so much like a glove , but like a well-crafted cabinet , one in which Ken could be displayed at his finest and with plenty of space to ensure that nothing got in his way . |
| 6 | Once Russia is a member of the International Monetary Fund , that will make it possible for Russia to receive sustantial assistance in cash to deal not only perhaps with a stabilisation fund but balance of payments support — which I personally suspect will be needed in the Soviet Union . |
| 7 | But it is not easy even for an intelligent candidate in the heat of the examination to show the calm judgment that a problem requires . |
| 8 | Cleaning processes and chemicals do not necessarily kill micro-organisms and a clean surface is not always so from a bacteriological aspect . |
| 9 | It is the slow ones — the young , the old and the sick — that are caught , simply because they are not quick enough over a long enough distance . |
| 10 | That is , they will move forward far enough to collect a loop of yarn ( if we were knitting ) , but not far enough for a stitch to go behind the latch and knit . |
| 11 | Newspapers were not far behind with an Average score of 5.3. party Election Broadcasts on TV and radio scored 5.1 . |
| 12 | No well I mean I can pay for it , it 's just a question of getting it and sort of erm only we 're not often here on a Sunday , if Mr is here , is it |
| 13 | Fine , now just imagine I 'm not here now for a moment . |
| 14 | They are not there apart from an observer , they are rather the tendency of objects to produce certain sensations in one . |
| 15 | They looked as if they had been dressed in a hurry and not very suitably for a long walk on the headland , even in a warm autumn . |
| 16 | As Christian doctrine developed , and it was said that God in Christ took on humanity , in both Greek and Latin the inclusive term for humanity was used , not that specifically for a male human being . |