Example sentences of "not [adv] [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must , ’ she said , not unkindly but in a rare and urgent search for a response of any sort at all . |
| 2 | The social services of Kent County Council can be cited as an example of a local authority which has adapted the key elements of ZBB so that key programmes are reviewed not annually but on a five yearly cycle . |
| 3 | It is not only that in the past unions have not tried or wanted to recruit such workers ; temporary workers themselves have often had no real interest in being recruited . |
| 4 | The night of this murder was dark , not only as to the hour , but also the weather , for cloud was low , and there was a drizzling rain . |
| 5 | He held that , on the assumption that the transfer to the Hammonds was a forgery , the court would have power under section 82(1) of the Land Registration Act 1925 to rectify the register not only as against the Hammonds but also as against the building society . |
| 6 | In principle it is extremely desirable , not only because of the basic ‘ otherness ’ of foreign poetry , but because such knowledge gives one a better sense of what English poetry can and can not do . |
| 7 | The journalist 's solicitor , Mr Geoffrey Bindman , added that he was ‘ very satisfied ’ at the outcome , not only because of the merits of the case but because his client had not had a chance to put his case against Mr Justice Hoffman 's earlier ruling to give up his notes . |
| 8 | The effects of oil pollution on marine mammals are more severe in colder waters , not only because of the much longer time required for the oil to break down , but also because concentrations of cetaceans and other marine mammals are often larger in polar waters . |
| 9 | Much of the available employment is seasonal , not only because of the importance of tourism but also because the harsh winter restricts such activities as construction , farming and fishing . |
| 10 | The areas designated in the EEC Council Directive 75/268 extend to 34.28 million hectares ( m ha ) and are of significance in all countries of the EEC Nine not only because of the overall proportion of land but also because of their importance in animal production ( Table 1 ) . |
| 11 | It is an exciting loch , not only because of the quality of trout , but also because of its varied nature . |
| 12 | Though transsexuals are a rare phenomenon , much attention has been focused on them , not only because of the difficulties encountered in treating them , but also because of the insight a study of their condition may offer into the wider problems of sex determination and gender identity . |
| 13 | This is not only because of the harmful effects they can have on the physical self but also because the need for them indicates a severe deficiency in the emotional self — a deficiency which needs to be helped and treated rather than disguised . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , much modern household furniture is a fire hazard , and burning cigarette ends in chairs , settees , or beds can cause serious accidents not only because of the flames , but due to suffocation caused by noxious fumes from materials used in the manufacture of modern upholstery . |
| 15 | This is not only because of the risks to the health of the attempters and the distress to families and friends , but also because of the implications for the health services in terms of use of limited resources . |
| 16 | From their point of view living in physical isolation in a rural district is by no means a problem , not only because of the high level of local car ownership , but because they , unlike the planners , do not confuse the idea of social cohesion with the notion of geographical proximity . |
| 17 | Those upland fields are the hardest land of all to till , not only because of the incline , but also because they 've recently been reclaimed from the forest and the soil is still heavy with roots and stones . |
| 18 | Gunn stands out , not only because of the colour of his three pairs of work trousers , burnt-Sienna , but because of his industry . |
| 19 | They enjoyed huge success from ‘ 63 to ‘ 68 , not only because of the Ventures connection but also because they looked cool and had great-sounding handwound Alnico pickups ( Moseley purposely slanted his rhythm pickups to help balance out the treble and bass response ) . |
| 20 | The Dynacord 's price tag is pretty high , not only because of the EVM speaker , but also on account of the high-grade circuitry used throughout . |
| 21 | Whenever possible provision should be made for relocating or retraining dismissed staff , not only because of the personal benefits to those involved , but also because of the effects on the remaining staff 's morale . |
| 22 | This is allowed to happen not only because of the sin in the world , but also because of sin in the Church . |
| 23 | However , such arguments will be more successful in a hearing before the European Commission on Human Rights ( and not only because of the European Convention ) , and may provoke even greater interest amongst academic lawyers attempting to overcome the limitations of the dominant positivist approach to legal problems , and amongst the wider non-legal public . |
| 24 | Britain was something of an exception , however , not only because of the slow development of the large corporation and mass-production techniques , but also because of the effects of a long-established , powerful and horizontally-structured trade union movement which opposed such firm-specific practices and internal labour market systems . |
| 25 | There was some apprehension , not only because of the newness of the organisation and the awareness that hitches could easily occur , but also because of possible French recalcitrance . |
| 26 | These divisions in opinion , so difficult to make sense of , are perhaps understandable , and not only because of the innate complexity of Bosnia . |
| 27 | Gittins 's work is useful not only because of the way in which she highlights gender , but also because her empirical data broaden out from the household and show that women at least have , under certain circumstances in the past , been involved in the use of kin relations to maximize resources across households . |
| 28 | Accordingly , on many occasions the choice of a collector became in itself a trial of strength between the political interests in a county , not only because of the intrinsic attractions of the office itself , but because the collector would be involved in the production of the certificates of valuation required as part of the documentation to be produced for claimants seeking admission to the freeholders roll . |
| 29 | The issue of inequality is absolutely central for sociology , not only because of the moral and political implications , but also because of the crucial place of stratification in the organisation of society . |
| 30 | It seems the weakness has arisen not only because of the excess capacity built during the Central Electricity Generating Board 's dying years , but also because the competition for business between the regional distribution companies , the generators , the Scottish companies , Nuclear Electric and the French is so strong , and also because of recession . |