Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in a recent reply to Weber and Bradshaw ( 1981 ) it was suggested by Levy ( 1982 ) that the earlier findings she reported with Reid may relate not so much to language ( or speech ) representation in general as to reading and writing — that is , visual aspects of language , in particular . |
| 2 | The quality of food she serves at home may influence not only her own health but also her children 's growth and development , as well as her husband 's cholesterol level . |
| 3 | However , if biographies of artists are carefully examined , it will be found that they do not necessarily contain much art criticism at all ; a biographer may prefer not to express personal views about the artist 's work ; a book 's main thrust may be to describe the artist 's own aims and ideas . |
| 4 | It is difficult to say that such a vast group of people has special needs , and indeed many older people may prefer not to be separated out from the rest of the adult population . |
| 5 | You may prefer not to do so because of the risk of breach of confidence or discrimination . |
| 6 | They may well limit the uses to which property may be put and hence affect its value , even to the point where owners may prefer not to allow it to be used at all ; but they do not alter the fact that ownership confers the licence to use , or not to use . |
| 7 | If they ca n't be moved ( for example you may prefer not to call in a plumber to move the sink ) , stick them down . |
| 8 | No , let's concentrate not the spectacular disasters — the dysentery and drug busts — but the everyday , inherent hellishness of the holiday perse . |
| 9 | Traders do well to be careful in describing their merchandise for the section may catch not just the deliberate liar but also the honest trader who carelessly misdescribes his goods . |
| 10 | The contract documents , however , may include not only drawings and specifications or a schedule of work but also bills of quantities . |
| 11 | Life-chances : that is , all those material advantages which improve the equality of life of the recipient this may include not only economic advantages of wealth and income , but also benefits such as health or job security . |
| 12 | Under the present definition of such schemes , the beneficiaries of them may include not only present employees of the company concerned , but also employees , or former employees , of it or any company in the same group , and the spouses , widows or widowers , children or step-children under the age of 18 , of any such employees . |
| 13 | Such a profit element may include not only a straightforward management fee but also a hidden profit , such as a discount , which may be given to the headtenant under a block policy of insurance . |
| 14 | When we include uncertainty , er , we ought to acknowledge that farmers may behave not as profit , profit maximizers erm , but as profit satisfiers , and that 's reflected in their , in their risk-aversion . |
| 15 | Ultimately , this poem may demonstrate not so much the frailty of Leapor 's beliefs , as the importance of Bridget Freemantle as her implied reader . |
| 16 | This imposes a very onerous obligation on the defenders ' agents and their insurers because the list must cover not only those documents in the hands of the solicitor or the insurer , but also those held by the insured . |
| 17 | Elizabeth looked consciously unmoved , as though someone had paid her a compliment which , in modesty , she must affect not to have heard . |
| 18 | I should prefer not to . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Should think not , the amount of feed he gets through , ’ Uncle Knacker said . |
| 20 | The nurse gave a small laugh as he said , ‘ Well , not until he 's ready , and I should think not this time . |
| 21 | ‘ I should think not , ’ she snapped . |
| 22 | They should think not only of convenience , especially for women who have young children to look after , but of safety . |
| 23 | " I should think not , my lass . |
| 24 | ‘ I should think not , ’ Sarah agreed . |
| 25 | I should think not either . |
| 26 | Well I should think not . |
| 27 | Information should relate not only to the country as a whole but should apply to the locality where the expatriate is to live and work . |
| 28 | The section describing the operation of the system should cover not only how the system operates but also how the user can operate it . |
| 29 | " The school should seek not to make primary reading the fetish that is has been . |
| 30 | In debating it today the Labour Conference should focus not on its tactical advantages but on the kind of political system it wishes to see . |