Example sentences of "[noun] not [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broader approach that we advocated covers not only sentence structure but also larger patterns of organisation , not only the forms of written academic English but also a range of stylistic and dialectal varieties , not only language structure but also meaning and use . |
| 2 | The administration 's response to these dilemmas is , first , to keep as secret as possible what the state is doing and , second , to operate through organizations not formally part of the state apparatus . |
| 3 | The high quality of the Gulf pearls and the fact that the fisheries were controlled by Arabs ensured that from the market at Bandar e Lengeh on the Iranian coast not far west of the Gulf of Hormuz they entered into the trade network of the Indian Ocean and adjacent areas . |
| 4 | Decisions on these matters ( whether taken by the parties , their legal advisors , or the Court ) involve critical value judgements , bearing in mind not only considerations of justice between the adults involved , but also the needs of the children . |
| 5 | In saying this , it is likely that he had in mind not merely Lessing 's criterion of beauty , but his fundamental contrast between poetry and the visual arts . |
| 6 | In this sense the picture of the housewife which emerges in the present study not only bears on an understanding of the situation of women in society today ; it also illuminates one face of urban family life . |
| 7 | Still , it is far from unlikely that both Swegen and Cnut did have relations with the Scandinavian colonies in Ireland , and there is just enough evidence to suggest that when the Encomiast named among the latter 's dominions not only England , Denmark and Norway , but also Brittania and Scothia , he was not necessarily exaggerating . |
| 8 | Chairman wants his tea not yet Mr . |
| 9 | Many tutor-librarians were also required , as a condition of appointment to teacher-scales , to teach a minimum number of hours in the Liberal Studies programme , and this often included the teaching of subjects not essentially part of the librarian 's speciality . |
| 10 | An International Commission on unprotected children on city streets called it a growing urban tragedy needing concrete action not just concern ( Agnelli , 1986 ) . |
| 11 | An employment contract not only individualises what is essentially a class relation , but it individualises it in such a way that it expresses the dominance of the employers and their ideological grasp of the apparent relations between individuals . |
| 12 | It is part of the great skill of the storytellers and the compilers of this material that they repeat events or speeches , but with subtle changes that give the larger narrative not just variety , but tension and further layers of meaning . |
| 13 | We 'd like a change in the law er for under fourteens really , to get guns locked away in cases in houses not so children can just go and pick them up . |
| 14 | You might get a bit of a mixture a few other birds not always sparrows . |
| 15 | However , by these Soviet standards of judgement not only Afghanistan but a number of African and Asian states in the Non-Aligned Movement have breached the principles of non-alignment in the 1980s through various forms of military cooperation with the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | Held in the mad intensity of their village idiot 's gaze not only enjoyment but saunas and vindaloos begin to seem implausible . |
| 17 | WEU Foreign Ministers , meeting in the margins of the summit , adopted a declaration which included commitments to ( i ) elaborate and implement decision and actions of the Union with defence implications ; ( ii ) invite EC countries not then WEU members ( i.e. Denmark and Greece — which were NATO members — and neutral Ireland ) to join ; and ( iii ) move the WEU headquarters from London to Brussels . |
| 18 | In addition , these changes in the law not only concern property stolen within Holland but also property which was stolen elsewhere in the world and arrived in the country during the twenty year period . |
| 19 | Under these circumstances not even Valiance could blame him for abandoning his quest . |
| 20 | You were right , Nigel , to say that there are talented individuals not yet part of a team — and you were right to say that Western Samoa are a bit useful . |
| 21 | ‘ 'Eeza not here aza well izzy ? ’ |
| 22 | Insufficient cleaning not only helps encourage pests , it also makes it much more difficult to control them . |
| 23 | Bartholomaeus is obviously Bartholomew , but Aluredus is less apparently Alfred , and Matilda not self-evidently Maud . |
| 24 | A number of pitfalls have to be considered when looking at diversification not least lack of experience in a new venture , the capital cost and working capital requirements , the cautious attitude of banks , and the marketing side . |
| 25 | They worked outward from the city to a point not far south of the Souk al-Gadira and then returned , thus making two sweeps of the river bank . |
| 26 | Archbishop Theodore was to appoint his own choice , Eorcenwald , abbot of Chertsey , as bishop of London in succession to Wine , probably in 675 ( HE IV , 6 ) , but there can be no doubt about the reality of Mercian power in Wulfhere 's last years not only north but also south of the Thames , facilitated in all probability by the death of Ecgberht , king of Kent , in 673 ( see above , p. 44 ) and the disintegration of the overkingship of Cenwealh among the western Saxons across the years 672–5 ( see above , pp. 52 ff . ) . |
| 27 | As women escalated their campaign of militant action in 1912 and 1913 they were acutely conscious that male attitudes-deeply embedded in the legal profession , the police and the courts-sustained not just men 's political power but also women 's sexual oppression . |
| 28 | Disenfranchisement not only results from these practical difficulties ; disillusionment among disabled people is widespread . |
| 29 | However anyone is welcome to these meetings , we do discuss all sorts of things not just topics related to work . |
| 30 | There are some things not even money can buy though and even in the cash fuelled world of Formula One , that something is success . |