Example sentences of "[vb base] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On economic development , we have failed to pursue the policies of partnership between Government and industry which are commonplace elsewhere in Europe and which involve not only management but trade unions and workers ' representatives in a much more positive way than anything that has happened under this Government . |
| 2 | For example , changes in the Earth 's climate involve not only winds and clouds in the atmosphere , but also the interactive effect of the biosphere , ocean currents , human influences on atmospheric chemistry , the Earth 's orbital characteristics , the reflective properties of the planet , and the distribution of water between atmosphere , hydrosphere and cryosphere ’ . |
| 3 | First are simple systems which involve not more than three or four variables and can be handled by relatively simple techniques , including regression models and partial differential equations although finite difference methods may increase in the future . |
| 4 | A few large authorities have created these posts , which involve not merely the operation and maintenance of audio-visual equipment and other educational technology , but also the preparation and production of audio-visual materials and the in-service training of teaching staff in the use of the equipment . |
| 5 | If we chronicle not how Eliot 's reputation was advanced , but how Eliot 's poetry ( and all modern poetry ) came to be understood , the part played by Allen Tate bulks very large and honourably . |
| 6 | Those responsible are interested in an effective total process not just an effective interview and all the stages in the process interact . |
| 7 | This means that it would be advisable to deposit such an order in 1911 and that in turn seems to point to the desirability of making a start on the drafting process not later than 1976 or 1975 . |
| 8 | Mr Jefferies is helping the US Government prosecute GAF not merely because he is a public spirited citizen but in order to be able to swap a prison sentence for the privilege of teaching children to play golf in Aspen , Colorado . |
| 9 | It is salutary to learn how we appear not simply through our own eyes , but through the eyes of an objective assessor . |
| 10 | But the promotions appear not only to have brought resentment among officers who were passed over but also failed to overcome unrest at hardship caused by US sanctions . |
| 11 | The duke 's local supporters in East Anglia appear not only disparate but also relatively insignificant . |
| 12 | The duke 's local supporters in East Anglia appear not only disparate but also relatively insignificant . |
| 13 | The multiple disturbances caused by these developments afflict not only the south , but the north too . |
| 14 | Reports on the armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia , however , suggest not only that rape and the sexual abuse of women have been carried out on a massive scale , but that it has been systematic and organised . |
| 15 | Overall , the Census data suggest not only that the standard of living for those already on state benefits in 1971 has fallen further behind , ‘ but that many more of the residents have become dependent upon benefits and have so little disposable income as to be unable to participate in the consumer society at all , ( p. 17 ) . |
| 16 | Several references are presented which suggest not only that drugs that increase central dopaminergic transmission increase locomotor activity and induce stereotypy and hyperkinesia but also that neuroleptic drugs like haloperidol , that block dopamine receptors , induce hypokinesia and rigidity . |
| 17 | Since Jarvella instructed his subjects to recall as much as they could remember word for word , and he scored for accuracy of verbatim recall , these results suggest not only that the last-heard clause has the highest verbatim recall but also that the amount of syntactic information which is being retained about a preceding clause depends on whether or not that clause forms part of a larger linguistic unit which also includes the most recent clause . |
| 18 | Childebert 's tax inspectors then tried to institute the same reforms in Tours , but Gregory claimed that the city was exempt , and related the history of exemption since the time of Chlothar I. However , if reorganization had not threatened Tours , it is doubtful whether we would have heard of the perfectly sensible arrangements at Poitiers , which suggest not only that taxation was normal in the Merovingian kingdom , but also that it could be organized efficiently , and so far as one can see , fairly . |
| 19 | We delight not just in surfaces , |
| 20 | If the public are to be protected from gratuitous affront , then this will involve applying the manners test not only to public displays but to any matter which invades the privacy of individuals without their consent , which of course extends to unsolicited matter sent through the post . |
| 21 | Voice not so loud as Great Spotted . |
| 22 | Voice not too loud — soften the shock of my looks . |
| 23 | The linesman called it wide — Australian umpire Wayne Mckewan , who had been forced to demand ‘ Silence , s'il vous plaît ’ , almost as often as he had needed to call the score , agreed — and Forget not only lost this point but the next two as well to be 15–40 . |
| 24 | In addition to , there will be off-site repercussions , especially on watersheds which supply not only domestic water but also hydroelectric power and irrigation projects . |
| 25 | If Britain guarantees that the Hong Kong government 's financial reserves will be above a certain level come 1997 , and if the airport 's costs are below a certain level , and if Hong Kong neither raises taxes nor issues debt to pay for the airport , and if China has a say not just on the airport but also on other franchises Hong Kong grants and , come to think of it , on other ‘ important ’ matters — if all that is conceded , then Hong Kong can have its airport . |
| 26 | But telescope not far away too . |
| 27 | ‘ It iss not really his fault , Jennifer . |
| 28 | This geological feature is almost unique to the Falkland Islands , and even geologists arc not entirely in agreement about how they were formed . |
| 29 | And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in |
| 30 | The unions want not only a pay rise but a proper pay mechanism for the future , and that 's where the talks could still fail . |