Example sentences of "[noun] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pre-literate peoples not only agree with modern taxonomists about species , but in at least some cases agree in identifying the same higher categories . |
| 2 | But they would still insist that induction into a tradition is right — it should be teaching religion not just teaching about religion in a way which distances it and effectively marginalizes it . |
| 3 | This has guaranteed not only resources but also access to national databases not always open to others . |
| 4 | There were several discernible influences at work here — one was undoubtedly her father 's piping , which suggested decorations to the melodic line at North-east songs not always accustomed to such , and the other was acquaintance with young English revival singers who had incorporated into their singing styles something of the sean nos tradition of the West of Ireland . |
| 5 | These kids not only knew about rock'n'roll , they could play it . |
| 6 | Care should be taken in ensuring that any funds not immediately required for either the building of a new church or other charitable purposes are invested in what are known as qualifying investments as prescribed in Sch 20 Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 7 | On the final stage , the Ribblehead viaduct comes into view in a widening landscape and Whernside is seen in full stature , assuming a majesty not usually attributed to it from other directions . |
| 8 | Sophia tried to see her sister as a spinster and it was not so very difficult — a rather eccentric spinster not even looking as if she might once have been ennobled by some tragic love affair . |
| 9 | One death related to the procedure occurred in patient 9 who had a small shrunken liver , gross ascites , and a coagulopathy not completely reversed by vitamin K and fresh frozen plasma . |
| 10 | The actions of the marriage ceremony not only serve for the accomplishment of the social act of wedding , that is joining in matrimony , but are also said to symbolize ‘ the mystical union twixt Christ and his Church ’ . |
| 11 | Undaunted , the 1918 Education Act made provision for local authorities to begin to open such schools for all 14–16 year-olds not otherwise engaged in full-time secondary education . |
| 12 | Despite stitches , Sir Courtney not only fought on both days but managed to win both as well , even without bribing the audience ! |
| 13 | The consequence of this is ambiguity , since parallelisms and symmetries of meaning are imposed on sets of words not normally connected in this way in ordinary language . |
| 14 | She looked with horror at the fingers which had cruelly raked Bill Yardley 's face , and heard her own voice uttering words not even fit to be heard in the alleys . |
| 15 | This difference can not be attributed to more enlightened guessing when subjects knew the title because recall of words closely related to the title and of words not closely related to the title was equally improved . |
| 16 | This gives the spelling of words not always included in other dictionaries , e.g. kidnapped . |
| 17 | Given the mobility constraints , is the cooperation of labour not better explained by the fact that employees have little alternative ? |
| 18 | That child labour not only existed in the pre-factory economy but was strongly approved of does not of itself make blinkered sentimentalists of those who reacted so strongly to the " dark , satanic mills " . |
| 19 | The good news is that this protective effect not only extends to babies , it applies to the nursing mothers too . |
| 20 | Most psychologists accept that cognitive processes , and therefore ‘ mind ’ — although this is a term not widely used in the brain sciences - encompass both conscious and unconscious activities . |
| 21 | Bush was in fact foreseeing hypertext , a term not actually coined until twenty years later . |
| 22 | The code of practice for private homes Home Life ( Avebury , 1984 ) has outlined a level of good practice not yet attained in all local authority homes , particularly in matters such as consultation with residents , consideration of their dignity and respect for personal privacy . |
| 23 | These traces not only witness to a sad history , but also hint of glorious possibilities . |
| 24 | It is worth noting that in the period of sterling 's membership of the ERM the cumulative decrease in GDP has been approximately 4% , while UK wages have increased by 6% , a gap not substantially reduced by productivity growth . |
| 25 | The British never thought their Allies were as tidy about burying their dead as they might be , but under the non-stop shelling at Verdun an attempt at burial not infrequently resulted in two more corpses to dispose of . |
| 26 | This was a condition not easily achieved at the Physic Garden because , Miller added , ‘ we have very little loam within a favourable distance ’ . |
| 27 | They 're for obstruction not completely covered by water , are n't they ? |
| 28 | Normally the sale of books is confined to the sale of fiction and factual books not directly related to any course of study . |
| 29 | Thus we have a situation where data is not transformed into information , ie what staff need is information that addresses a specific need or objective of their job , and what typically they receive is a mass of data not properly tailored to their needs and so difficult to penetrate that it falls into disuse . |
| 30 | In the generation of the inventors of red-figure the Lysippides ( Andokides ) Painter and a companion of Psiax , the Antimenes Painter , head the principal workshops , specialising in neck-amphorae and hydriai , shapes not much used in early red-figure . |