Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] not [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case , the child must not only find a way of getting the adult to notice the object , but she must do this in such a way that the adult is aware of what she is doing and why she is doing it . |
| 2 | The use of metaphor to unsettle a discourse which has widespread authority in our culture demonstrates that metaphor need not necessarily play a coercive role , that it can serve an interrogatory function as well . |
| 3 | Even a disastrous industrial slump would not now bring a major return to the countryside or substantial growth in the relative importance of agriculture . |
| 4 | The London Stock Exchange will not normally grant a temporary suspension for more than 48 hours . |
| 5 | In the beginnings of this second stanza , the poet is describing all the wonderful things the sun can do but then goes on to say that all these great wonders are completely forgotten when the sun can not even rejuvenate a man whose body is still warm and almost living . |
| 6 | I used to look forward to commentary on a Sat. afternoon , but it seems such a tie as Ipswich at home can not even produce a goal never mind a win . |
| 7 | They point out that services need to be aware of carers ' histories and their responses to stress , and that retirement may not necessarily increase a person 's ability or willingness to become an informal carer . |
| 8 | The ex-tech could n't quite achieve a patronising tone . |
| 9 | ( 9 ) Market purchases by the bidder of the target 's shares will not result in an advantage , as the court will not usually allow a promoter of a Court Scheme to vote his own shares on the resolution approving the scheme . |
| 10 | Certain facts need to be considered : ( i ) Repairs — The court can not expressly order a party to pay for or contribute towards the cost of repairs to the house the subject of the court order because its powers are limited to ordering periodical payments and lump sums . |
| 11 | The sweep rate must be very low and an ordinary scope can not then give a steady display . |
| 12 | Exposing oneself to the night can not only have a powerful personal effect , but , in modern cities , be very dangerous for a woman . |
| 13 | Rickie would not even try a sandwich , but instead pushed his plate away and lit a cigarette . |
| 14 | My father would not even allow a radio in the house , and when I suggested getting a TV set for him and my mother he adamantly refused , saying that the wireless had been the death of good conversation , and that TV would be the death of the family . |
| 15 | Firstly , where are the political , legal , and material guarantees that German unity would not eventually create a threat to the national security of other states ? |
| 16 | Mr Shevardnadze told members of the European Parliament that while the German people had the right to self-determination there would have to be ‘ political , legal and material guarantees that German unity would not eventually create a threat to the national security of other states and to peace in Europe ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Money ca n't really make a difference . ’ |
| 18 | Promotion might not necessarily represent a change in class position for all white-collar workers . |
| 19 | ( During the interval he was in fact offered a judgeship , which he declined , but it was made clear that the government could not long countenance a Solicitor-General without a seat in the House of Commons . ) |
| 20 | ND and CD could n't even reach a first-innings decision at Hamilton . |
| 21 | This leads to the following definition of economic earnings per share : subject to the restriction which implies that the present value of new external funds must sum to zero over the life of the firm , otherwise the firm would not effectively have a budget constraint . |
| 22 | Your choice will not only have a profound effect on your future life but also you will have a profound effect on the future life of whichever institution you finally decide upon . |
| 23 | An affair wo n't necessarily rock a marriage |
| 24 | I shall be left here looking ten times as fat as I do already and the poor little bastard wo n't even have a real name . ’ |
| 25 | One might well think that a word can not both label a property or a relation revealed to intuition and its meaning be a construct out of the meanings of other expressions . |
| 26 | It seemed to her that the world could not possibly contain a more boring room . |
| 27 | By 1992 , the League could not even attract a sponsor , and it seems that , sooner or later , British Sky Broadcasting will also forfeit its input . |
| 28 | However , the fact that the other local minima found by the algorithm were all less than 0.15% greater than this value indicates that the path length would not necessarily have a minimum coinciding with the best probe order in other data sets containing many repeats , a fact illustrated by chromosome III . |
| 29 | At its best such a book will not only provide a satisfying solution to the murder puzzle which it still must have , but also at the same time the solution of the mystery should reveal finally what it was the novel had to say . |
| 30 | New funding arrangements for community care will not necessarily put a stop to such perverse incentives and may indeed provide further scope for cost shifting . |