Example sentences of "not [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exposure and remedy of facets of systems performance which are not entirely as predicted is in everyone 's interest . |
| 2 | This was essential to the development of many zones , but not necessarily as had been anticipated . |
| 3 | If such an experience can be recalled , it usually has the quality of being a person-to-person contact , not necessarily as equals in understanding , but cutting right through the barriers of status and age . |
| 4 | Appadurai ( 1986 ) provides a survey of some of the relevant literature , pointing out that in some respects commodities are not necessarily as divorced from wider cultural considerations as is often supposed . |
| 5 | MDU leader Dzorig told supporters at a rally that eliminating the MPRP 's monopoly of power from the Constitution was not enough and demanded that the Hural , of which 93.4 per cent of the deputies were MPRP members , be dissolved to make way for a democratically elected legislature . |
| 6 | In the US , he asserts , the government has realised that legislation is not enough and has set up the Computer Expert Resource Team . |
| 7 | Manners ' reaction to the delegation was not perhaps as anticipated . |
| 8 | The spur should be used occasionally and not constantly when riding your horse , misuse of the spur will make the horse ‘ dead to the leg ’ and will lose its effect . |
| 9 | I think the Labour Party 's heart is in the right place , they want to take a positive approach and do what they can to help industry , to train , to put more money into training youngsters for industry then we have a skill work force , not a cheap , not a cheap unskilled labour force , er , you know , which is what we , what 's happening now , because we 've just not been trained , they 're cutting the training , but it 's all the same , anyway you know , I , I , I do n't know , you say what can I do for ya , well er in the short run not much except to help the , the people who are on lower income and the children through the budget er which will be introduced , it 'll be that why er through er child benefits and through er high , high benefits and through er , er lower taxes for the , everybody up to er twenty odd , twenty five thousand year or something , so , erm I mean that 's in the short run and little that can be done , it 's not as much as anybody would like , you put more and more into , into er , into training , er more money into industry to help them to invest , er you know you can have a sort of regional development banks to help industry to invest these in , in each of the regions , but I mean the , these are the positive plans and not like this one who 's just letting things go . |
| 10 | They must be able to spot strengths and weaknesses and gaps in knowledge , not so as to compare pupils with each other , but in order to move on to the next stage , in the most effective way . |
| 11 | I suggest that it would be useful to publish his comments , not so as to set estate agents at each others ' throats , entertaining though that might be , but so that members of the public who intend placing their properties on the market may shop around and take their decisions in a more informed way . |
| 12 | For her own part , Theodora could n't really see Amy , small and frail as she was , physically assaulting anyone , not so as to kill them . |
| 13 | In one way the Chancellor is already brought into relation with the administration of justice , though not so as to enable him to modify the law at his pleasure . |
| 14 | the Trader shall be entitled at any time prior to commencement of transit to give seven days ' written notice to the Carrier requiring that the aforementioned £800 per tonne limit be increased but not so as to exceed the value of the Consignment and in the event of such notice being given the Trader shall within the said seven days agree with the Carrier an increase in the carriage charges in consideration of the said increased limit . |
| 15 | By an arrangement between father and son , a disentailment could be effected ; but not so as to alienate the fee ; rather to reduce the son 's interest to a life estate in remainder , with remainder to his issue successively in tail . |
| 16 | The answer is in s35 of the Limitation Act 1980 under which the new claim dates back to when the original writ was issued but not so as to defeat a limitation defence although the court can exercise discretion under s33 or RSC Ord 15 , r6(6) which says that no one shall be added as a party after limitation unless the court directs that the period should not apply . |
| 17 | In Kinvig v Holland Hannen & Cubbitts [ 1977 ] CLY 373 an interesting situation arose because the plaintiff failed to beat a payment in but had his damages increased on appeal , although still not so as to bear the amount that the defendant had paid into court . |
| 18 | If you reach the end of an assembly and then wish to change your mind about one of the edits , you will have to repeat , not only that edit , but all the others from that point onwards . |
| 19 | The trading position of the British economy is one crucial factor here , not only as expressed in the ex post trade balance but also in the constraint posed on expansionary demand management . |
| 20 | An invitation to sing in the cathedral encourages parishes to see it not only as providing expertise but also as receiving what other musicians can provide . |
| 21 | It is part of the job ( perhaps the main part ) to introduce the principal terms and to convey some sense of what they mean : not only as defined in a dictionary , but also the connotations , the extra shades of meaning appended to words by the people who use them . |
| 22 | If , instead of acting physically , the adult names the object — ‘ dolly ’ — the child is likely to interpret the vocalisation not only as referring to the object , but as a description of the ‘ doll ’ as an entity ( Ninio and Bruner 1978 ) . |
| 23 | Since the 1960s , when a number of new social movements — among them the student movement , various national and ethnic movements , and the women 's movement — became extremely active in political life , a great deal more attention has been given by sociologists to such forms of political action , which may be seen not only as constituting a basis or context for the development of more highly organized political activities , but also as political forces in their own right , existing alongside and sometimes in conflict with , established parties and pressure groups . |
| 24 | We can think of the electron not only as going through both slits but also as following paths both direct and indirect , moving both rapidly and slowly . |
| 25 | The Thatched House Society saw their role not only as releasing debtors but making sure they never had to rescue them again . |
| 26 | The renewed popularity of Japanese gardens , not only as places to visit but as inspirations for western design , can be seen in two forthcoming books : Maggie Oster 's Japanese Garden Style ( Cassell , March , £19.99 , 0 304 34222 X ) , and Philip Cave 's Creating Japanese Gardens ( Aurum Press , May , £19.99 , 1 85410 212 5 ) , which comes with an imprimatur from Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe . |
| 27 | The set prayers of the Church he defended not only as encouraged by Scripture but because their ‘ very form and solemnity helped that imbecility and weakness ’ which made individuals ‘ much less apt to perform unto God so heavenly a service with such affection of heart and disposition of our souls as is necessary ’ . |
| 28 | It 's contracting not only as regards the Walsall trade , but for the simple reason that hides and skins at ma v very largely found in the countries of Asia , Africa and South America . |
| 29 | It seemed an immensely important question , and not only when applied to Frankenstein . |
| 30 | However , remember that you can clean the ball not only when lifted from the green , but also in the circumstances spelled out in Rule 23 . |