Example sentences of "not necessarily a " in BNC.

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31 Central units did not commonly tailor courses to library requirements , although this is not necessarily a disadvantage .
32 Hard conditions were not necessarily a bar to enjoying hostel life as Martha Levy discovered :
33 The church planter needs to be a strong , visionary leader with a clear sense of call , not necessarily a nurturer or pastor , although these gifts may be present to a lesser degree .
34 Not necessarily a diary , but perhaps a note of particular answers to prayer , special acts of guidance , amazing experiences of provision ?
35 Byron may have been exaggerating a little when he wrote , ‘ Man 's love is of man 's life a thing apart , 'T IS woman 's whole existence ’ , but obviously there is more than a grain of truth in it , and not necessarily a painful or unacceptable one either .
36 The ‘ toughness ’ of plants is not necessarily a characteristic of either angiosperms or gymnosperms. as it seems that plants struggling to make themselves ever more unpalatable , grew ‘ tougher ’ as time passed .
37 Geoff Nicholas has proved that being disabled is not necessarily a handicap on the golf course .
38 The back and sides are laminated rosewood , not necessarily a bad thing , as solid backs and sides have a far less obvious effect on an acoustic 's sound quality than a solid top .
39 Ex-Fini Triber , Ministry Man and Revolting Cock Chris Connelly team up with the Tribe once more in a long and slow shuffling expedition that 's not necessarily a club-oriented track but is constructed from the fundamental elements of the club scene at least .
40 The Reporter , although not necessarily a lawyer , must ensure that the Hearings stay within the legal framework .
41 After turning the Disc you have a tighter fit , but not necessarily a better one .
42 Perhaps more of us would have accepted that marriage was not necessarily a licence for eternal happiness if those in the position to influence us — such as agony aunt Marje Proops — had been as honest as Mr and Mrs Toye .
43 It is not necessarily a soft option to tame wild animals , for to do so involves understanding their nature , being at one with it and drawing it into new forms of behaviour .
44 This is not necessarily a central problem , but the Kingman Report does recommend that pupils should understand something of the systematic nature of languages other than English .
45 A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems .
46 The popularity of a newspaper is not necessarily a guide to the opinions of its readers .
47 There is not necessarily a direct correlation between government ownership and the degree of government control .
48 by knowingly making a false report to … ( specify person , not necessarily a constable )
49 ‘ by knowingly making a false report to … ’ ( specify person , not necessarily a constable ) This point has to be proved and in common with other offences where ‘ what a person knows ’ has to be proved difficulties can arise .
50 Thus , in moral deliberation it is not necessarily a confusion of validity and truth to give weight to the way in which a decision is reached as well as or perhaps rather than to the content of the decision reached .
51 A guess , sir , but not necessarily a wild one .
52 Naturally , her tennis and school regimes changed also , although as she sees it , this was not necessarily a bad thing !
53 The most vital resource for stressed professionals is at least one other person , preferably but not necessarily a colleague , to whom they can tell the truth .
54 HIGH BIDS are given here , these indicate where bidding stopped and not necessarily a sale :
55 Russia 's Poles were not necessarily a military asset .
56 First , it is pointed out that a most preferred sexual partner is not necessarily a spouse ( e.g. Solomon , 1978 ) ; however , it is difficult to see how this perfectly valid point is relevant to the evidence given above .
57 It must be accepted that what we are collecting is people 's answers to questions , which is not necessarily a true picture of their activities .
58 Thus there have been changes over time in patterns of support between generations , but these are not necessarily a result of individuals ' changing beliefs and values about family responsibilities .
59 It was not necessarily a kindly mood — the number of types of crimes that carried the death penalty went up steadily in the early eighteenth century — but it was practical rather than cruel .
60 As experience in the US or UK during the 1980s shows , a small state is not necessarily a weak state despite the rhetoric of claims that a limited state sector restores individual freedom and personal initiative .
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