Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [subord] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once employed , they became difficult to dismiss either for reasons of inefficiency or economy , not only because they felt that they had acquired a vested interest in the job , but also because they " possessed information which would have been very useful to the union 's opponents " . |
| 2 | And the conservative group is running the council in the sense that labour has scrambled , obviously over the last few days , to reduce its tax level to something closer to the tories and I 'm going to stand with my fellow liberal democrats tonight and vote for a higher figure because , not only because I think that there 's sort of things we want to do in our budget , are b are b are better and and would be better done than not done , but because I think there 's a fundamental political ethical issue here and it 's one which has been confronting this country for a great many years and which is going to be crucial in the next election . |
| 3 | He was a very good teacher of theology , but it was not long before we discovered that he had a dreadful fear that the depression that was sweeping Europe , as well as this country , was becoming the cause of another even worse war . |
| 4 | It was not long before we decided that the question had to be turned on its head . |
| 5 | He joined Guilsfield Amateur Dramatic Society but it was not long before he decided that his interest lay in production . |
| 6 | The figures on schooling and educational background are particularly revealing , not just because they disclose that roughly 90 per cent of the country 's judges received a public school education , or that over three quarters had attended either Oxford or Cambridge universities , but because they also confirm that this social profile has remained virtually unaltered over the last four decades or more . |
| 7 | Not simply because it shows that you are enjoying yourself at that moment but because it actually contributes to your physical and mental health . |
| 8 | But the fact is that the government is looking for a huge expansion in student numbers nationally and we at Birmingham are keen to play our part , not least because we know that there are many more people who can benefit from a university education ( as you have done ) than are able to at present . |
| 9 | He had wanted this change , not least because he felt that the rural Church was being neglected , that progressive Church thinking was forgetting to take into account that huge section of the population whose rhythms were dictated by quite other influences than urban ones . |
| 10 | I did n't relish this : not least because it meant that I did n't break my silence until the cheese course . |
| 11 | After all , we may be learning as we go along but it is n't long before we discover that not everybody has a sylph-like waist or arms that with a little stretch will trail along the floor ! |
| 12 | ‘ It was n't long before I realised that Fabien felt the same too . |
| 13 | He made his press speech this morning saying that she could n't even cos he thought that go down the hospital . |