Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 These implications involve not John the Baptist , but a much more elusive figure , whom later Christian tradition has been decidedly reluctant to accommodate .
2 First are simple systems which involve not more than three or four variables and can be handled by relatively simple techniques , including regression models and partial differential equations although finite difference methods may increase in the future .
3 A few large authorities have created these posts , which involve not merely the operation and maintenance of audio-visual equipment and other educational technology , but also the preparation and production of audio-visual materials and the in-service training of teaching staff in the use of the equipment .
4 On economic development , we have failed to pursue the policies of partnership between Government and industry which are commonplace elsewhere in Europe and which involve not only management but trade unions and workers ' representatives in a much more positive way than anything that has happened under this Government .
5 For example , changes in the Earth 's climate involve not only winds and clouds in the atmosphere , but also the interactive effect of the biosphere , ocean currents , human influences on atmospheric chemistry , the Earth 's orbital characteristics , the reflective properties of the planet , and the distribution of water between atmosphere , hydrosphere and cryosphere ’ .
6 But I have enough honour not to tell that lie .
7 If we chronicle not how Eliot 's reputation was advanced , but how Eliot 's poetry ( and all modern poetry ) came to be understood , the part played by Allen Tate bulks very large and honourably .
8 The only stage process not in the mill was the actual weaving .
9 Those responsible are interested in an effective total process not just an effective interview and all the stages in the process interact .
10 This means that it would be advisable to deposit such an order in 1911 and that in turn seems to point to the desirability of making a start on the drafting process not later than 1976 or 1975 .
11 Indeed , had Fei Yen not been in the boat , he would have allowed himself to concede that Wu Tsai was herself quite beautiful .
12 S5 At the moment very few pupils elect not to try Higher .
13 I sleep , I sleep not , I rot
14 Mr Jefferies is helping the US Government prosecute GAF not merely because he is a public spirited citizen but in order to be able to swap a prison sentence for the privilege of teaching children to play golf in Aspen , Colorado .
15 But the promotions appear not only to have brought resentment among officers who were passed over but also failed to overcome unrest at hardship caused by US sanctions .
16 But appear not to be .
17 ‘ They have a very complex structure and at first sight they appear not to be connected in any way , ’ said Professor Mann .
18 ‘ I have in mind the fact that it was not seriously disputed , at any stage during the election , that eight out of 10 families would gain as a result of Labour 's tax and spending proposals ; and yet a number of people who would undoubtedly be beneficiaries of what we were proposing appear not to have recognised that . ’
19 Likewise , other conditions , such as renal artery stenosis secondary to atherosclerosis , which might be expected to occur more frequently in the diabetic , appear not to do so ( Munichoodappa et al , 1979 ) .
20 There is no one right way to behave , but it is clear that teenagers suffer when parents overprotect , as well as when they leave them to their own devices and appear not to care .
21 However , the manner in which professional and other partnerships are to be taxed , and the equity and practicalities , both from a firm 's and its advisers ' viewpoints , appear not to have been thought through as thoroughly as one might have hoped .
22 It is salutary to learn how we appear not simply through our own eyes , but through the eyes of an objective assessor .
23 A detailed examination of the linen , the small pillow with its corner tassels and broderie anglaise hem and the wrap-over sheet with similar trimmings , appear not to be bedclothes but an exceptionally superior coffin suite .
24 Margery 's ‘ visions ’ appear not to be typical of those of more orthodox mystics .
25 Many of the limitations appear not as abrupt cut-off points , distinguishing what we can do from what we ca n't , but as limitations of rate .
26 Theories and information appear not to have been subjected to prior sorting and tumble forth from the pages , while the opinions of the authors remain submerged .
27 Some schools and LEAs have already begun to construct multicultural and anti-racist policies ; it is up to the majority of institutions that appear not to have grasped the urgency of the issues to follow their lead .
28 My point , in this rough-and-ready example , is to isolate certain basic impulses which appear not to be dependent upon others .
29 But many species appear not to like the sound of a motor or a throbbing propeller .
30 In contrast , Echmatocrinus had plated structures on its polyp and tentacles but , unlike the co-occurring eocrinoids , the plates appear not to show a stereom structure .
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