Example sentences of "not [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's the real distinction between people : not between those who have secrets and those who do n't , but between those who want to know everything and those who do n't . |
| 2 | The way to convince this Matron of my mother 's extreme need of a hospital bed is not through any show of carelessness on my part . |
| 3 | Men like Pericles controlled policy not through any power vested in them but only so long as they could persuade the people . |
| 4 | I am happy that he is receiving education suitable to age , ability and aptitude at home , in fact , between ourselves , it is probably more appropriate and worthwhile than that which he is likely to be receiving at school — not through any fault in the local schools but because schools can not always provide ideal circumstances for all learning and certainly can not provide the context in which John is operating . |
| 5 | For most diurnal raptors it was difficult to obtain large enough samples , not through any shortage of pellet collections but because they contained so little bone . |
| 6 | The most important development in English ecclesiastical architecture , however , during the post-Restoration period came about not through any new religious initiative , but as a result of the ever-present danger of fire . |
| 7 | He took slightly more interest in his two sons , Arthur and Alan , but not through any natural preference for them ; it was simply that with them he knew better what questions should be asked . |
| 8 | Higginson , crowning his " busy life among " the Stockport boys ' ventured to make some comments to the Governors in a letter on 14th June , " not through any belief that , in your present position in financial and other matters , you can act upon them soon ; but when and if the ability comes " . |
| 9 | This was not through any idealistic belief in unity for its own sake , but because of the way these states viewed their national interests . |
| 10 | And Fry and the other new pop stars ( Human League , Kid Creole , Soft Cell , Culture Club ) also realized that pop works not through any old combination of sound , image and personality , but through their combination as a commercial package . |
| 11 | There can be little doubt that , in the aftermath of the crisis of 1916–17 , Nizan gradually , irreversibly began to perceive his father as a loser ; a loser not through any fault of his own , other than a selfconfessed lack of bourgeois schooling and culture . |
| 12 | Commonly enough , melodies are accompanied by harmonies which create atmospheric colour , not through any specific movement of parts ( i.e. rhythmic designs ) but through the beauty of the harmonies themselves and their special relationship with the melody . |
| 13 | One of the changes she made was to include a check in the action , abandoning what had become a ‘ bouncing ’ action , not through any fault in her father 's design but because the technique of those whose ‘ strength ’ knew ‘ no moderation ’ had superseded those whose playing was ‘ soft and melting ’ Between 1796 , when von Schönfeld used those words , and 1809 when Reichardt wrote his letter , the potential of the new instrument became generally accepted in Vienna . |
| 14 | This is not through any lack of distinction on the part of the writers of the time or those of their works that show the Greek influence ; nor is there any lack of such works . |
| 15 | The possibility of mutually advantageous trade which standard competitive theory would associate with point A is devoid of operational significance , not through any unwillingness on the part of workers or employers to exploit such an opportunity , but through their impotence to affect the only price that matters in this market , the real wage rate . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ When police officers attended the scene it became apparent that the media were also in attendance — how they came to be in attendance is not known and not through any action on our part . |
| 17 | that 's the reason they went out with those particular mailings , not through any great process of choice . |
| 18 | Lifeboats were called out 555 times to people who were in distress but not aboard any craft or vessel , and 185 lives were saved on these calls . |
| 19 | The common currency exchanged between strangers was not worth much . |
| 20 | Rocky may have more vision but if the team has n't got the ball it is not worth much . |
| 21 | I mean the fact that they 're peasants means that , you know , they 're not worth much |
| 22 | Personally I liked it , but felt it was not worth all the publicity I had helped create for it . |
| 23 | Batman Returns ( Warner 15 , out now ) is better but still not worth all the hoo-hah . |
| 24 | You 've never done it so you wo n't bloody start now , it 's not worth all the hassle , for god sake , you know damn well it 's wrong oh there 's another load next door now , in a white van |
| 25 | " Not worth that . " |
| 26 | It 's not worth that |
| 27 | The girl was well enough — all the better for hating and fighting him ! — but not worth that risk . |
| 28 | The loan was refused after a valuation proved the house was not worth that amount . |
| 29 | It 's not worth that |
| 30 | ‘ Your family is not worth this £81.84 you have spent . ’ |