Example sentences of "not [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm not little Ms. Middler I 'm not little |
2 | Not un-naturally Tony Blair and the Labour Party have sought to make political capital out of what are pretty damning figures representing a turnaround of frightening speed and proportion . |
3 | In the same vein of concentrated analysis ( and again , with rather an insufficiency of music examples ) Oliver Neighbour considers the authorship of certain anonymous keyboard pieces , most particularly a transcription of Byrd 's ‘ O quam gloriosum est regnum ’ Its procedures demonstrate the activity of a master hand ( not inconceivably Byrd 's own ) even if only to satisfy himself that the exercise was n't worth the candle . |
4 | His first objective was to restore the authority of Soviet socialism by economic reform and political democratisation ; the second , much more ambitious objective was to reposition Soviet communism in relation to the European tradition from which it had originally emerged , seeking to build up a coalition of working class , religious , ecological , youth and other forces which could unite around the slogan of peace and social justice , if not necessarily Marxism-Leninism . |
5 | The UK by contrast requires only that figures are prepared and audited to internationally acceptable standards but not necessarily UK Gaap . |
6 | Well not necessarily Chris . |
7 | Such students graduate at the point when they meet the regulations for the specific award , which is not necessarily July in any particular year . |
8 | The other major story this month concerns the surveying of Loch Ness which titillatingly talks about the discovery of ‘ new species ’ Not necessarily Nessie however , but various small invertebrate worms which may be living in the extraordinarily deep loch . |
9 | The rest of the churches are mine , and the fringe of land south of the Forth estuary , but there are not necessarily Normans in all of them . |
10 | Not necessarily Brussels but Belgium we 're got a joint venture company and we are sending our expertise to help them sort out the I think it 's the erm the Flanders region anyway Brussels . |
11 | We need a good defender ( not necessarily Jobson ) more than midfield cover . |
12 | I can imagine a lot of other people having a framed photo of Linda 's bottom … but not necessarily Linda herself . |
13 | Conversely a wound is not necessarily GBH . |
14 | King James ' Bishop Auckland , made 84 for seven but it was not enough Hurworth , near Darlington , reached 87 for eight with the runs spread around . |
15 | Salmond , Reifer efforts are not enough Harry Pincott reports from South Africa on the opening match of Scotland 's tour |
16 | There are too many Peterboroughs , and not enough Stamfords , in modern England . |
17 | Outdoors : When a couple of cans of epoxy are not enough Brian Moynahan looks at a contest to find a dinghy that will train and tax the young |
18 | Teaching excellent , but too much aid and not enough Christ . |
19 | There 's also something a little cold about the remix on ‘ Why Should I ’ , making it a bit too London and not enough Jamaica . |
20 | Compare Auntie 's " Him and his women " ( a fine , natural contour ) with her That is the sort of weak politeness ' just afterwards , where the thought is dwelt on in a manner quite foreign to real life ; or the inane canonic whining of the Nieces ( not perhaps Britten 's most successful creations ) with Balstrode 's " D' you think we should stop our storm for such as you ? " |
21 | Not much Swindon could do about it either . |
22 | But there is not much Pinter , and definitely no Beckett , about this solid piece of middle-class music theatre by the Canadian composer Quenten Doolittle , which began its short British tour by the Banff Music Theatre at the Chapter Arts Centre , Cardiff . |
23 | Not so Grimm , apparently . |
24 | Not so Constanza . |
25 | Not so Mark James , who 10 years ago had The Open in his sights , only to tail off . |
26 | Not so I. I 'm a natural . |
27 | Not so Nuridzo however . |
28 | Almost anyone else witnessing the achievements of this small child would have been tempted to make a great fuss and shout the news all over the village and beyond , but not so Mrs Phelps . |
29 | Not so CND house designer John Parke , who produced the anti warmongers ' new hallmark . |
30 | Not so Morrissey . |