Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] look [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 2 | We 've taken all this into account , erm I 'm not sure all groups have tried to do that , erm but we have tried to please everyone , we do have some particular priorities and we do want to make significant improvements in service where we can and not necessarily looking for cheap publicity by increasing in lots of places as some people are supposed to of done so where one concludes sometime a significant amount of money in but will have a noticeable difference to their essential service . |
| 3 | Richard Wright 's study suggests that whilst police do not necessarily look for evidence of extreme violence , they do seek evidence of some violence or threat . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Brigadier and Mrs. Carter lived in a large house in Brown Street — he was fat , very pompous with a waxed moustache , having exceptionally long spikes ; Major Forbes from Fowlers Hill , who not only looked like but also dressed like King George V — whether by accident or design I do n't know , Mrs. Bowyer , the widow of an Australian Bishop who lived in Fowlers Road was very big and wore outsize hats which accentuated her size and finally the Headmaster , Mr. E.J. Russ . |
| 6 | This means not only looking for good practice in the present but also looking for indicators for the future . |
| 7 | The APB is not only looking for comments on its proposed redefinition of the role and scope of audit . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Their heroes reflect their psychological needs ; disappointed by the weak father , they not only look for a strong one but try to identify with men who fulfil at the same time infantile and sadistic fantasies , such as Che Guevara or Mao Tsetung … |
| 11 | It not only looks like political bribery — it probably is . |
| 12 | ‘ He not only looks like me , he feels like mine . |
| 13 | ( Note that , in evaluating an existing pedagogical grammar , you should not only look at its contents , but also consider its orientation and progression . ) |
| 14 | If , at times in an ordinary reproductive life , I am moved not only to look after my own progeny but those of my sister as well , then I clearly increase my fitness above that due solely to selfish interests . |
| 15 | Lady Morton had no doubt enjoined them not only to look after his every need , but also to report back to her . |
| 16 | Of his contemporaries Eliot was one of the few who not merely looked to a culturally united Europe but knew personally many of the writers and intellectual leaders on the Continent . |
| 17 | Sir Austin Pearce , one of the NRM 's guardians , told us via muffled a Tannoy ( uncannily similar to a real station announcement ) that the NRM would not merely look to the past , but also to the present and the future of rail . |
| 18 | The reason that people do not generally look into alternative credit terms in any detail certainly is not that they feel pushed willy-nilly into one particular type of credit . |
| 19 | You 're not just looking for a brother . |
| 20 | ‘ I was not just looking for the most experienced people but there were other attributes I wanted to see , ’ he says . |
| 21 | We are not just looking for tax disc dodgers , we are looking for insurance offences , or MOT offences and the condition of vehicles . ’ |
| 22 | All three features are designed to convey that Henry is not just looking at the roots but reflecting on them and struggling to think what it is they bring to mind . |
| 23 | Such gimmicks have helped to make Virgin 's upper class service tempting to business passengers , but Virgin knows the real business is done by men like this , and they 're not just looking at service but also cost . |
| 24 | Leading the commission group , Patricia Hewitt , a former aide to Neil Kinnock , explains they are not just looking at social security , but at barriers to economic opportunity and how to help local people and local groups to overcome those barriers . |
| 25 | The human race is producing so much information — it is n't factual information , we 're not just looking at price movements of stocks and shares , but in the scientific community it 's very much to do with ideas and how that person can get across his ideas , his concepts to people to half a world away . |
| 26 | It is n't factual information , we 're not just looking at price movements of stocks and shares , but in the scientific community it 's very much to do with ideas and how that person can get across his ideas , his concepts , to people half a world away . |
| 27 | ‘ We do all sorts of different jobs , not just looking after them . |
| 28 | The well-organised firm does not just look at last year and add ten per cent . |
| 29 | Similarly , you should not just look at the eyes or ears when there may be a problem here . |
| 30 | I hope that , in his discussions with the Treasury , the Minister will not just look at the statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity , and I guess with some justification , about average incomes , but that he will say that some people below that average have real problems . |