Example sentences of "not really [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the bits in between are hard work and ultimately are not really worth the bother . |
| 2 | Furthermore , perhaps we should at least ask whether cremation is not really for the convenience of public health , efficiency , and land conservation rather than for people . |
| 3 | The occasional comment one hears that Parker plays the way he is here simply because he was by that time a seasoned performer and recording artist is not really to the point ; Parker was a naturally developmental musician . |
| 4 | But this criticism is not really to the point . |
| 5 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 6 | Tearful farewells , after a night on the toot , were not really on the cards . |
| 7 | My hand 's not really at the back . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not really into the whole bit of owning a second home , but I 'd dearly love to have a cottage in the country . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't start banging the — ’ I said , not really into the mouthpiece . |
| 10 | The inference in this was not really about the career chances of the still tiny percentage of graduates ( who are obviously well aware that their chances of reaching the highest echelons are constrained by the limitations in the numbers of top posts ) , rather it was a reassertion that those with a degree are almost a different species and remain a threat to the stability of the institution . |
| 11 | In this respect , despite the main PNP goal , the PNP was not really about the needs of all children . |
| 12 | The County Council as I 'm aware was not actually consulted on these particular applications , and therefore I 'm not really in a position to be able to comment as what the County Council 's position . |
| 13 | I am not really in a position to write this column . |
| 14 | Jane also felt she was not really in a position to refuse : ‘ I was missing the fifth years , which meant I had lots of ‘ free time ’ , so I was in a position where really I could n't refuse to do it . ’ |
| 15 | because their husbands have made these settlements , often at very emotional times when the women were not really in a position to really make sure they |
| 16 | And if we have n't , we 're not really in a strong position to advertise something else |
| 17 | Joyce Anderson , of Thornton Hough , said : ‘ We are not really in a race against time , the winners will be the party who come back with the fewest miles on their clock . |
| 18 | It was also partly down to the well-disciplined orchestra , although the jazz idiom of , for instance , Crown 's ‘ A Red-Headed Woman ’ is not really in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's blood , and Libor Pesek was inclined to take more time than some of his soloists wanted . |
| 19 | Some twenty years later , Comden and Green were also behind On the Twentieth Century ( ) , whose book is not really in the same class as Wonderful Town , but which is quite magnificently preposterous . |
| 20 | Of course the supermarkets ' aim is to make fat profits and they are not really in the business of doing their customers favours . |
| 21 | Whilst not really in the FlyPast field this publication will be of great use to the enthusiast who needs an up-to-date concise listing of aircraft in Aussie . |
| 22 | right , okay , it 's not really in the best interest of the casualty is it , right , now what dressing would you apply to that do you think ? |
| 23 | ‘ You 're not really in the mood for work , are you ? |
| 24 | So what you need to do is rather than have a big block of writing okay which is going to look not really in the format of this kind of newspaper is it ? what you tend to get in the tabloids is loads of these little ones . |
| 25 | This is the tops in quality ; but not really within the capacity of our average kite flyer . |
| 26 | Not really from the sovereign . |
| 27 | Once he came out of the Navy , Charles became a little more involved , but it was not really until the end of the decade , after Mountbatten 's death , when he was looking for a real job to do , that Charles took up the reins himself . |
| 28 | But as you 've spent so long thinking it over , I suspect that , deep down , you 've decided it is n't really worth the risk . |
| 29 | I know such guarantees are n't really worth the plastiscrip they 're printed out on , but they have at least a token legal value if there 's any trouble . |
| 30 | Probably it would n't take much to reactivate things , but on the other hand , if she was one of those drearily perennial virgins it was n't really worth the effort . |