Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The claim that a class may or may not allow itself to be exploited is another case of Poulantzas ' belief that the course of the class struggle is not altogether determined by the structural constraints of a particular phase of capitalism . |
| 2 | Successful selling to Japan requires patience and a sensitivity to customs and business practices not altogether appreciated by Westerners . |
| 3 | Bailey shrugged , not altogether convinced by Kolchinsky 's outburst . |
| 4 | The world is not altogether reformed by cheap tours , nor is the inherent vulgarity of the British Philistine going to be eradicated by sending him with a through ticket and a bundle of hotel coupons to Egypt and the Holy Land … |
| 5 | Head almost buried in the keyboard , he worried at the chords , arpeggios and flourishes , producing a big yet unforced sound and a sense of re-creative excitement and scope , not wholly matched by the orchestra . |
| 6 | As they stumbled down the stairs , Larsen 's heart was full and his watering eyes were not wholly caused by the thickening clouds of stinging smoke billowing up from below . |
| 7 | The subversive implications of Lamarck 's thought — in particular the implication that a person 's character , destiny and deserts are not wholly determined by his breeding — aroused some disfavour : Napoleon did not like Lamarck . |
| 8 | In Moss v. McLachlan for example , the setting up of road blocks , etc. , was clearly part of a coordinated police strategy , not wholly governed by the decisions of the policeman on the spot ( although , as the quote from Moss v. McLachlan illustrates , it was the assessment of the senior police officers present that was being made the subject of review ) . |
| 9 | Despite its easy flow I was nevertheless not wholly convinced by No. 4 . |
| 10 | Balfour ( who was not wholly convinced by the plotters and who refused finally to do their bidding ) sent a message to Baldwin to say that the constitutional course was to meet Parliament . |
| 11 | In past centuries , when few statutes were enacted , common law constituted the main body of English law ; today , it has been largely but not wholly displaced by statute law . |
| 12 | [ *Pollidori also informs us : ‘ Liability to possession arises from Original Sin not wholly effaced by inadequate Baptism … and sometimes from other sins , great or small . |
| 13 | Although the most commonly used traffic-calming measures , road humps , are governed by statute and are subject to clear regulations , other techniques such as chicanes , road narowing , different road surfaces , shared road surfaces , rumble strips and gateways are not properly covered by legislation . |
| 14 | Further , KPMG alleges in the letter that the control mechanisms that were in place were not properly operated by management , and KPMG 's recommendations for them to be strengthened were accepted but not fully implemented . |
| 15 | There will be unfortunate ( even disastrous ) consequences in the real world if the message is not properly understood by the recipient . |
| 16 | The learning that is characteristic of higher education is not all of a piece ; some of it is not properly described by the limited concept of learning . |
| 17 | This use of HLCAs is , in fact , available but not widely publicised by the Agriculture Department with much discretion being left to individual officers , a situation which MAFF has stated will be rectified . |
| 18 | The drop in salary for part time work is perfectly logical and acceptable , though not widely appreciated by colleagues . |
| 19 | All of these benefits , whilst clear within the Bank , were not widely known by our customers . |
| 20 | Her greater sympathy for the Atlantic connection over the European one is not widely shared by colleagues . |
| 21 | The purpose of the law , which was not widely practised by the time of Jesus , was to preserve both a family line and the inheritance of family possessions and property . |
| 22 | This did not evoke much response from the audience , because The Times was not widely read by university students . |
| 23 | It is undoubtedly true that Hansard and particularly records of Committee debates are not widely held by libraries outside London and that the lack of satisfactory indexing of Committee stages makes it difficult to trace the passage of a clause after it is redrafted or renumbered . |
| 24 | Yarrundi , on the other side of the Liverpool Range , was not badly affected by the rains . |
| 25 | Therefore Kirknewton is not badly served by local bus services in comparison with Ratho . |
| 26 | Westward of the Duomo across the Piazza del Duomo , one of the finest sweeps of paved pedestrian walkway in Europe and , thankfully , not badly scarred by the two entrances to the new Metro Line 3 , is a monument to Vittorio Emanuele II , a bronze equestrian statue by Ercole Rosa dating from 1896 . |
| 27 | If the effects of habituation are not powerfully offset by rewarding sexual experience , the partner may lose his or her attractiveness and become the equivalent of a sibling . |
| 28 | But this is misleading in the sense that much of this expenditure did generate purchasing power in recipient countries , which led to demand for dollar goods , demand which was not effectively curtailed by the exchange controls . |
| 29 | ‘ Of course , the reports and test results we issue are not all welcomed by manufacturers but there really is only a tiny percentage who end up carping about the magazine . ’ |
| 30 | The main hypothesis is that some CSPs are socially differentiated in that they are not all used by every social group , and that people are more aware of these CSPs than of others . |