Example sentences of "[art] [not/n't] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the not yet accurate linen |
| 2 | It 's almost always about the sort of fringe things that happen in schools , the not strictly educational erm organisational matters about when to bring bits of equipment and which day the term 's going to finish , but very few schools put much into writing about how they teach maths , or what the children are going to be doing that term as a topic . |
| 3 | Taken as a piece , these describe the not altogether calming preoccupations of this ‘ golden ’ Edwardian era . |
| 4 | These matters are important because they explain how Pound and Eliot , who had campaigned as a team and would help each other for many years to come , radically differed not just in themes and attitudes ( of which something will be said hereafter ) but at this deep level , in the not altogether conscious interstices of their craft . |
| 5 | The not altogether clear provisions regarding audit , finality and certainty mean that adjustments could well take place long after a partner has left a firm . |
| 6 | ‘ You have been very clever — in fact , too clever ’ and the goodie saying , ‘ Kill me , but let the girl go ’ must be taken as read , but Casaubon does not fail to intone after the not tremendously exciting climax , ‘ Maybe I imagined the whole thing . ’ |
| 7 | The time-honoured method has been by urine testing , but with the renal threshold in the not so elderly being of the order of 10 mmol/1 glycosuria is only going to occur when the blood glucose is in double figures . |
| 8 | THE NOT SO LAZY LIFE OF LARRY & LILY |
| 9 | The remains of stocks and the whipping post serve as uncomfortable reminders of the not so good old days . |
| 10 | Now this year what I 've done is actually going to see the form teacher and look at the classes and they 've actually given me a lot more information this year and hopefully , keep our fingers crossed , the classes are very varied and we have good , we have middling , and we have the not so good and we 've tried to keep those like that . |
| 11 | The implication is that the early Australians may have imported their basic mythology at some distant time or had experienced cultural intercourse with visitors from India in the not so remote past . |
| 12 | The dainty Lillian suspended by her toes … the not so dainty Betty endures her first ballet lesson … the amazing dexterity of the Juggling Jennies … and the mind boggling manipulations of the Magic Marys with Angela De Castro |
| 13 | In the not so distant past , North Dalton 's church was well supported . |
| 14 | Nurses are no longer expected to sublimate their feelings behind starchy officiousness as has been the case in the not so distant past . |
| 15 | Nor are the blight years which affected potato crops in about one year in three , in the not so distant past . |
| 16 | In the not so distant future Wimpey 's decision to run its Middle East operation from Dubai under the directorship of Hugh Hayden will give a massive fillip to our ability to secure work in the region . |
| 17 | Romeo is a good choice , and there are many speeches to look over and consider , but think also about the not so familiar young lover Troilus ; Bassanio , Lorenzo and Graziano , from the Merchant of Venice all make good choices too . |
| 18 | Mona was loved and tolerated for such ethics by a great many people , the young as well as the not so young . |
| 19 | For example Radium C " obliged after only a thousandth of a second whilst the not so different Thorium took , on average , ten thousand million years . |
| 20 | In this paper the focus is to be on the not so conscious aspects of the relatedness between those who are designated managers and those who are called workers . |
| 21 | Marche is for the traveller who wants to turn off the tourist trail , to give the show places a miss , and get to know the green heartland of Italy , the not so self-conscious Italy . |
| 22 | The order was supported , a trifle ingenuously , by a claim that the government was trying to broaden the scope of the RCM to take in more of the not so urgent cases . |
| 23 | Aware of the not quite familiar atmosphere which had surrounded Martha and Heinrich and detached her sister , she felt , for the first time , somewhat adrift . |
| 24 | No more than the answer she gave in the Crime and Punishment which did get printed , to the not quite taunting question ‘ And what does God do for you ? ’ |
| 25 | The not always obvious selection ranges from Gluck to Giordano , taking in en route Handel , Mozart , Boieldieu , Rossini , Donizetti , Thomas , Flotow , Verdi , Goldmark ( a particularly enjoyable version of ‘ Magische Tone ’ from The Queen of Sheba ) and Bizet . |
| 26 | The not always well-focussed objections of the liberationists to talk of indirect duties reflects an intense dislike of what they see as the arrogance of thinkers like Kant and Ritchie . |
| 27 | The not always Rt Rev David Jenkins speaks out without giving much thought to what he says . |
| 28 | In the circles of Moscow 's collectors I acquired the not entirely flattering nick-name of the Odd-Bod Greek who bought the rubbish that no-one needed . |
| 29 | But relations between the quiet , let's-get-on-with-it Cooder and the not entirely sane Captain proved too much of a strain , and after this brief walk on the wild side Ry immersed himself in session work — much of it bread-and-butter stuff , although he did play for Randy Newman and Phil Ochs , began to learn about music for films , and became a friend of The Stones , a period he does not generally discuss . |
| 30 | Another picture er of the not very good , but erm best I can do , best I 've got . |