Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge concluded that since rule 4.4(4) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991did not expressly provide for the making of an application ex parte for a residence order and since section 9(5) of the Children Act 1989 prohibited him from making either a prohibited steps order or a specific issue order to achieve that result he had no jurisdiction to make the orders sought . |
| 2 | Hadst thou not rather stay with me than go to my sister ? |
| 3 | Recording studies are not entirely exempt from these problems . |
| 4 | Winnicott observed that such ‘ transitional objects ’ were important , precisely because they may appear to the infant as not fully part of the external world , and therefore not entirely separate from the child 's own body . |
| 5 | ‘ The real source of deviation in such areas ’ , writes Lemert ( 1972:55 ) , ‘ is not necessarily change in the behavior of the subjects of regulation , but may be the imposition of new rules which define existing behavior , or behavior consistent with older norms , as now deviant . |
| 6 | The problems discussed in this section are not necessarily separate from those outlined as deriving from the colonial model , indeed they frequently overlap . |
| 7 | The implication from Hall 's research is that organisms can adapt their genes to suit their environment , and that the production of genetic mutations is not necessarily separate from natural selection . |
| 8 | Not necessarily Edit on A but Edit Sys Dot Dot T X T on A. |
| 9 | Contrary to popular belief , long timespans given over to arduous , repetitive practice do not necessarily equate with improvement . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | A mere failure to respond , within the 14-day time limit or at all , does not necessarily amount to an unreasonable refusal . |
| 12 | While a failure to adhere to the provisions of this Code by an individual registrant may not necessarily amount to negligence or a breach of an implied contractual term by that registrant , such a failure may evidence an infringement of the Council 's Rules of Conduct which could lead to disciplinary proceedings . |
| 13 | The traditional wok ca n't be used on a ceramic hob because there 's not enough contact between the rounded base and hob to produce the high temperatures needed to stir-fry . |
| 14 | There was not enough contact between the service and the world outside Whitehall while , in general , promotion depended too much on seniority and too little on merit . |
| 15 | But there was not enough sting in the Mexican 's punches to ever trouble him . |
| 16 | Not much hope for you . ’ |
| 17 | Not much hope for people like Arthur Carr . |
| 18 | Surely an ethical theory is not much use without some view as to what may induce humans to live by it . |
| 19 | An ISDN interface is not much use without the software to drive it and Sun is not stinting its efforts in this direction either . |
| 20 | They could compare the weight of the irons and investigate what they were made of , or look at the energy source they needed and the implications of this — the electric iron is not much use without an electricity supply ! |
| 21 | This appears , sadly , to be the situation in many countries , and suggestions like the one from the WHO document Social and health aspects of sexually transmitted disease ( 1977 ) that ‘ it is essential for clinics to have the basic equipment required for making rapid diagnosis : the darkfield examination , a quick micro-flocculation test for syphilis , and smear and culture of specimens for gonorrhoea ’ are not much use to a health worker in a village in India , who , far from considering buying a microscope , can not obtain the antibiotics needed to cure gonorrhoea had he the facilities for diagnosing it . |
| 22 | If I had developed some measure of showmanship over the years , I felt it was not much use to me or anyone else while I sat in my office and let junior producers have all the fun . |
| 23 | Not much use to Keen Dee ; he did n't have any enquiries , just wanted to get pumped . |
| 24 | That , however , is not much use to the retailer if the boy has chosen instead to sue the retailer for breach of contract . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , you 're not much use to anyone in here . ’ |
| 26 | It was a sight worth dwelling on , but not much use for present purposes . |
| 27 | Igfets have strange characteristics , which mean that they are not much use at frequencies of below a few kilohertz . |
| 28 | Although Napoleon was not much use on this occasion , the full-size skeleton has an important role to play in the future . |
| 29 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 30 | In the same field lies 1 Geminorum , not much use as a comparison for Eta because it is too faint ( 4.1 ) . |