Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sources also said that intervention in the currency markets was not expressly aimed at averting an increase in interest rates . |
| 2 | There is little doubt that the coalition was returned to power mainly on Unionist votes , although this was not widely recognized at the time ; the Unionists had never won so many votes before , and it was perhaps natural to attribute their success to their new asset . |
| 3 | However , assembly is not widely used at present and as more companies develop RISCs it is likely that this architecture will dominate the CISC design in the future . |
| 4 | This galloping course will suit his action and he is not badly treated at the weights on his best form . |
| 5 | ‘ She is not big headed at all , ’ he says . |
| 6 | If sources of income are not all taxed at equal rates , there is obviously an incentive to convert income into the untaxed form . |
| 7 | They were not all written at the same time , or in that order : I had to keep struggling to write my own work as Dana 's poetic demands became more and more insistent . |
| 8 | Oh let's not all talk at the same time ! |
| 9 | After all , we live our lives for the ability to indulge in pleasurable activities — and believe me , they are not all found at work ! |
| 10 | What characterises these speaker-initiated insertion sequences , then , is that the London English part of the speaker 's turn is a sequence embedded in the turn but not part of the mainstream ; it does not necessarily start at a syntactic clause completion point ( for example ( 8 ) , where it begins after a subject pronoun ) and its purpose is to elicit information , or check on information to make it possible for the speaker to complete the current turn ( Sebba and Wootton 1984 : 4 ) . |
| 11 | Police have said the men were not necessarily killed at the same time . |
| 12 | The team usually comprises a number of subject specialists who either build up major collections in their specializations ( often , but not necessarily located at the central library ) or allocate titles to appropriate service points throughout the authority . |
| 13 | Who can actually fight the war , and I 'm just wondering , politically is it going to be a good idea to knowingly , not necessarily aim at the general population , but in the process of taking out the targets , extend it to the general population , well what do you think of that ? |
| 14 | Audrey Baker , tutor for the National Marriage Guidance Council ( address on page 153 ) , says that although long-established marriages do not necessarily founder at retirement , many couples make themselves miserable by not communicating . |
| 15 | It is not enough to look at the company 's accounts : the nature of the market , the stance of competitors , likely technological changes have all to be considered . |
| 16 | Igfets have strange characteristics , which mean that they are not much use at frequencies of below a few kilohertz . |
| 17 | This was an activity not much favoured at Verdun , as it invariably attracted a tornado of enemy fire . |
| 18 | This is the ‘ truest cause ’ of Thuc. i.23 , a famous and deeply original statement which is the first conscious attempt to develop a theory of historical causation : ‘ The truest cause ’ , he says , ‘ was one not much admitted at the time : it was the growth of Athenian power , which frightened the Spartans and forced them to war . |
| 19 | fresh leaf stems , seeds , of use in respiratory conditions such as colds , bronchitis and coughs ; a stimulator of appetite and a digestive , not much used at present ; dried root anti-flatulent |
| 20 | you 're right about that as well , not much used at all . |
| 21 | A similar situation outside any other town would almost certainly have been used for such a purpose ; it would seem , therefore , that there was some special reason , at present unknown , why this land was not so used at Rochester . |
| 22 | Moreover , this skilled incompetence not only operates at the individual level , it permeates the entire organisational culture as well . |
| 23 | One of the most important areas of credit management is risk assessment , not only looking at the individual customer companies concerned , but also at the current financial background in which they operate . |
| 24 | But Miss Dallam would not only feel at ease with it but would look well in it too . |
| 25 | The ability to organise a classroom , a group or an individual child , to structure experience so that learning not only occurs at the moment of teaching but remains ; the sensitivity to perceive the world from a child 's perspective , the understanding to build for tomorrow upon the child 's present , and to know and appreciate a child 's weaknesses and strengths — these are the skills which are the basis for a teacher 's claim to ‘ professionalism ’ . |
| 26 | If you have decided not only to start at the starboard end , but also to tack onto port as soon as possible , then a different set of priorities apply . |
| 27 | They were then left with a hole to fill but they came up with a rider who not only won at Kirkistown but also showed a lot of talent . |
| 28 | The notes that have been prepared for us go over er , rather briefly the legal systems in our land , and er , even references made to France , which has a slightly different legal system , which may be a bit better than ours and so that , in the notes , we not only look at the High Court , the High Court , the Criminal Court , the County Court er er , and realise what an important part of legal proceedings er , these courts fair , as well of course , as the largest courts of all , , the Magistrate 's Court . |
| 29 | Thus she not only shouted at him , she once took his best blowpipe , broke it in two and stamped on it . |
| 30 | ‘ For instance , as far as nature and wildlife is concerned , there are parks , nature reserves , wildlife centres , aquariums , beaches and waterfalls that are not only aimed at the tourist but at local people too , ’ he added . |