Example sentences of "not exactly " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet the treatment of his characters is not exactly what that prefatory article of his might have led one to expect . |
| 2 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |
| 3 | I would n't choose her , but then I 'm not exactly the legend of taste and discretion . ’ |
| 4 | But I 'm not exactly a chicken any more , dear . |
| 5 | Jay 's life had not exactly prepared her for falling In Love , still less for I was never in love with you . |
| 6 | The Reverend Archibald Menzies , minister to the stony and muddy village of Dull , was not exactly the pride of his parishioners — he had little chance of being that , since he had been chosen by the laird , not elected by the people . |
| 7 | The route was obvious , we were all experienced and we were not exactly alone . |
| 8 | Whether the pups had been put there in the hope they would be cared for , or just dumped , is not exactly known . |
| 9 | In other words , over a frequency range above that of natural resonance of the single ion form , there will be perfect resonance of one of the ion forms even though the external frequency is not exactly the frequency required for that form . |
| 10 | Although not exactly stuck for words , nothing that he has said has yet entered the language . |
| 11 | WHEN Ron Dennis , the managing director of McLaren International , goes to the trouble of stressing that his team intend to continue giving Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost impartial treatment during the final two races , such a commendably even-handed approach immediately arouses suspicion in a sport governed by an organisation which is not exactly noted for its equitable methods . |
| 12 | Their abilities are being not exactly wasted , but certainly under-used . |
| 13 | At £5 per quarter , this rarity is not exactly a budget snack , but with a focaccia still warm from the oven and accompanied by a few herb-steeped olives , it could be the most extraordinary sandwich you ever eat . |
| 14 | IF THE rise in bank base rates is bad news for homebuyers — now facing the inevitability of a hike of at least 1 per cent in the mortgage rate — it is not exactly good news for investors either . |
| 15 | Not exactly , because this very mimicry of the dominant , be it a literary trope or cultural actuality , involved a scandalous inversion . |
| 16 | Not exactly , if only because it is precisely at this point that Volpone shows how the normal is parasitic upon the perverse . |
| 17 | If misgivings persist they are not exactly moral . |
| 18 | This could not exactly be a straight substitution : to attempt that would involve something like a category mistake . |
| 19 | But also , it is not exactly that they bring sexuality to politics ( it was always already there ) ; rather deviant desire brings with it a different kind of political knowledge , and hence inflects both desire and politics differently . |
| 20 | But this is not exactly the blindness of desire , nor even the selective vision of fantasy . |
| 21 | No , not exactly . |
| 22 | The footballer as sex symbol was not exactly new — Dixie Dean had been the subject of female interest and cited in at least one paternity suit — but the avidity of the press for salacious gossip and the relentless pursuit of young footballers , who were suddenly rich and emotionally immature , was new . |
| 23 | The wedding guest did not exactly beat his breast but he looked considerably crestfallen . |
| 24 | A precise little woman , Lillian Hatton , if not exactly verbose . |
| 25 | ‘ No , not exactly . ’ |
| 26 | While not exactly false , this simple version of his spiritual growth gives no picture of the tremendous vacillations in his faith which he confided to Arthur Greeves during this period . |
| 27 | She 's not exactly miserable at home , either . |
| 28 | Even at £19.99 for a top-of-the-range silk masterpiece , ties are not exactly big ticket items . |
| 29 | Bawden 's view of the passing scene is an outsider 's : not exactly cruel but certainly sardonic . |
| 30 | AZEGLIO VICINI is not exactly a typical Italian , even less is he a typical Italian national team manager . |