Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In rugger , it would seem , praise is like football 's vote of confidence , not entirely what it seems . |
| 2 | Mr Stanforth was not entirely what she had expected , but neither , she deduced from the covert glances he was using upon her like measuring instruments , was she quite matching up to his preconceived picture of her . |
| 3 | As already noted , the library service , the educational administration and the inspectorate all make inputs , but the relative weight they carry is not necessarily what one would expect . |
| 4 | As Lazaris puts it , we always get what we want — but not necessarily what we asked for . |
| 5 | there is a hardcore , see , it 's not necessarily what they 've done , but when you meet them there 's something instinctively repulsive about them |
| 6 | Remember that what you think a word means is not necessarily what it meant for the writer . |
| 7 | So what Rabbit will tell Pooh is not necessarily what he actually believes , but what he believes he believes . |
| 8 | It 's not necessarily what you see , but what you experience . |
| 9 | This form is actually quite good for analysing how you pay for things , not necessarily what you pay , paid for , erm , I , again , er , almost certainly useless to you . |
| 10 | And similarly of course when you want to lie or to mislead — to give someone a false belief — what you 'll say is not necessarily something you disbelieve , but rather something you believe you disbelieve . |
| 11 | Indeed it is often the case that a powerful person is not necessarily somebody who is physically strong but will depend upon the extent to which that person can get others to do as he or she wishes . |
| 12 | Well , he 's not perhaps what you 'd expect . ’ |
| 13 | Not perhaps what you want to hear , particularly when you know that so many obstacles could be removed if loved ones or colleagues would be more honest and alter their stand just a fraction . |
| 14 | Not much it I 'm honest . |
| 15 | A successful and popular war was not only one which brought victory and profit , but also one which was fought well away from home . |
| 16 | Mr. Stubbs , who lives at Corry Road , Hindhead refers to the great environmental writers and adds , ‘ I salute these noble men and women and hope that people will read their work and learn not only what we have lost but also what can still be saved in our beautiful world . ’ |
| 17 | There it was laid down clearly and definitely not only what they aimed at , but how they were going to secure it … |
| 18 | I feel quite firmly that the only way forward is to move to the situation where marketers control not only what they spend but also the presentation of sales results in terms of changes as a result of alternative contributory factors . |
| 19 | Look your best , take that little bit of extra care ( it 's not only what you wear but how you wear it ) , look at the world squarely and confidently , and other people will expect something good . |
| 20 | Now the choices and values are not only what I trust are right choices and correct beliefs ; they are my choices , my beliefs , my convictions |
| 21 | And as I become … and as I remain … more relaxed … and less tense each day … so I will develop much more confidence in myself … more confidence in my ability to do … not only what I have to do each day … more confidence in my ability to do whatever I ought to be able to do … without fear of failure … without fear of consequences … without unnecessary anxiety … without uneasiness . |
| 22 | As we have stressed repeatedly , the understanding Christian knows not only what he believes but why he believes . |
| 23 | What basically emerges from the planning point of view is the number of objectives that need to be considered in terms of pupil performance — not only what he will be able to do at completion ( on which educational technologists have understandably concentrated ) but also what he will have to be able to do in the process . |
| 24 | Not only what he is , what he will be . |
| 25 | Probably Jordan had n't really spoken at all , he was a kind of doppelganger telling Coffin not only what he ought to do , but what he also knew . |
| 26 | That is why Jesus in St. John 's Gospel can promise that through the arrival of the Paraclete not only he himself will come back and indwell the disciples , but so will the Father ( John 14:17,18,21,23 ) . |
| 27 | It 's not only who you know , but what you know about who you know that counts … |
| 28 | Because the Antichrist is not merely somebody who comes along and er and ten times the the violence and persecution and all that . |
| 29 | In brief , the good leader , the man who could inspire his army , not merely he who could avoid the obvious pitfalls of generalship which Frontinus had pointed out , might be born with certain inherent qualities , but these had to be developed in the only way that could lead to success , through practice and experience . |
| 30 | It was not exactly what we were after but that is the way things often happen in our job . |