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 .
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