Example sentences of "not [det] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What a lovely little room ’ , ‘ I 'm not that keen on the food here ’ , ‘ You have done well'– ‘ I prefer your hair that way . ’ |
| 2 | They were relieved to be told that they had done well , and also that these tests were not that accurate after all . |
| 3 | The plates , therefore , though clearly not quite right in colour , are not that noticeable in normal viewing . |
| 4 | It 's not that distant from an act of war ; at the very least , it 's extremely unfriendly . ’ |
| 5 | I just had to tend to him when it got too much for someone who is not that involved in drugs . |
| 6 | He was the justification for the war , particularly in the eyes of neighbouring princes whose intervention might have been decisive but who were understandably not that involved in the quarrel over the succession to Angoulême . |
| 7 | Not that easy at my age . |
| 8 | Not that dissimilar from the other meter considering I had been swapping and mixing the two tank 's water . |
| 9 | I believe it 's not that common for the artist to compile the songlist … |
| 10 | There is no point at all in my talking to those people , except on a preliminary basis ; they 're not that interested in my views . |
| 11 | The Minister must realise that the public are not that interested in boring details about procedures — for example , about whether a public utility is supposed to take a maximum of two weeks or three weeks to reply to a letter of complaint . |
| 12 | 30 is not that old for a defender . |
| 13 | They were not that concerned about the health of the merchandise ; a certain amount of wastage was only to be expected . |
| 14 | Parents are not that slow on the uptake , and his father is a doctor . ’ |
| 15 | White did not look very crisp ( pure white , not this modern off white ) . |
| 16 | There 's not much wrong with having to undo three screws at the back , although those machines with a lever or clip system are obviously easier to get into . |
| 17 | And , when all 's said and done , there 's not much wrong with a little wantonness here and there . |
| 18 | There 's not much wrong with having a tan — it 's part of our natural defence against sun damage — but we should try to prevent the damage getting out of hand . |
| 19 | When allowance is made for the hours needed for sleep and eating and keeping fit and carrying out Union and Society activities , you would be pardoned for thinking that there are not many left to be used for organising a study programme . |
| 20 | Jimmy Kirkwood improved greatly as the tournament went on while Rick Johnson was a revelation in midfield — so it certainly was not all negative in Poznan . |
| 21 | ‘ I would have thought a photographer came prepared with much film , ’ Felipe grated , not all pleased to be spoken to like this . |
| 22 | And they 're , I mean they 're not all good at the environment because what 's his name David Bellamy was out there when because they were gon na do something were n't they ? |
| 23 | But better than that , Mr. Deputy Speaker — I am sure that you will allow 30 seconds indulgence here — I remind Conservative Members , although they were not all present at the time , of a Bill introduced way back in 1976 , if we can have a trip down memory lane . |
| 24 | This was not all due to difficulties at Olivetti . |
| 25 | It was as difficult for her to see Troy 's bad qualities , which he kept carefully hidden , as to admire Gabriel Oak 's good ones , which were not all obvious at first sight . |
| 26 | Not all thick like me . |
| 27 | But it was not all sweet at Naxos . |
| 28 | Schools represent a relatively powerful series of environments , not all concerned with formal learning . |
| 29 | It 's not all rosy in the retail business — especially when it comes to the more ‘ difficult ’ customers . |
| 30 | Life is not all bad for Sugar , though . |