How To Use Not In A Sentence

It's not bad but neither is it brilliant - which won't bother 99 per cent of buyers one jot as they are in it for the image.
What we do not know are the precise weighting of factors that go into why prices increase at any particular time.
When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.

She tore her eyes from them for a moment to spy the bodhrán player in the tree, tapping out her rhythm with her eyes closed, not noticing the spy amongst them.
Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
An imprimatur is not guarantee of theological soundness, in reality. Dr. Janet Smith replies to Dr. Schindler, defends Christopher West
Several selections contain strings of double notes, primarily thirds and sixths.
Lovecraft dealt not with the supernatural but with the "supernormal," as Joshi puts it -- the unrealized side of material reality. The Lovecraft News Network
The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
That's as it should be, as the newspaper has a global audience but not global printing presses.
Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard. The Sun
A heart will not be hurt for pursuing a dream, when you truly want something, all the universe conspires to help you complete the.
I never believed in God, not even between the ages of six and ten, when I was an agnostic.
The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
Note that you'll be able to find the demonstration projects themselves as open-source projects on the companion site to the column (see Resources).
This does not exclude the existence of pockets of the urban population with unrealized homosexual desires.
The sheer volume is so overwhelming that the police cannot get on top of it. The Sun
Forbes: In terms of scale, the size of a bank for lending, is there a point where being bigger does not make you more efficient in lending? Transcript: Richard Bove
He was going back to the place where there was no feeling, because emotion and love were not allowed.
So, did it take a row over a ban on journalists to enable him to penetrate the secret that the regime is not a model of benignity?
The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
Pulling one back with another penalty - this time converted by the regular taker - they finally conceded a third. The Sun
If you lip balm contains phenol, camphor, menthol, peppermint oil or eucalyptus, it's most likely making your lips more chapped than not.
Everyone's at it - apart from a few notable and honourable exceptions. The Sun
It's impossible to look at yourself in a pair of new frames and not see another character. Times, Sunday Times
You can't have a show called Politically Incorrect and then abjectly apologize for not being PC.
We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news. Fighting the Whales
My guess is they were either swapping football stickers or comparing notes on how to look after successful women. The Sun
I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
But for the watermark, the thickness of the paper and the missing security thread, the note, reportedly obtained from a private bank, looked like genuine currency for all practical purposes.
Anybody who has ever been on a North Queensland pastoral lease knows that you can go 20, 30, 40 miles day after day and all you will see is a few brumbies and some wild pigs; you will not see any cattle anywhere.
She is "not a medium", we are told, but rather "a supersensory explorer who has been trained in the cosmic language of symbols for more than 20 years. British Blogs
It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
Ireland does not have another manufacturing facility with a similar capacity to absorb glass cullet (crushed glass).
One was apparently faulty and the other did not have a battery.
We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
I must give one instance; he throws doubts and sneers at my saying that the ovigerous frena of cirripedes have been converted into branchiae, because I have not found them to be branchiae; whereas he himself admits, before I wrote on cirripedes, without the least hesitation, that their organs are branchiae. Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences
But Labour's focus on abolishing child poverty is not, as he (deliberately) patronisingly claims, for the "aah" factor. Labourhome
Clinton will fight for the American people, and Obama will sit in a racest church for another 20 years where The "rev" is preaching hate, racism, and black seperatism. Clinton: Put down the Blackberry at home
Her mother has written to him explaining the situation but has not heard back.
Not only by the immense number of adherents that were won to his views during his lifetime, but also by the literary productions he left behind him, Tsong K'aba's influence has been great during the last five centuries of Tibetan history. With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior
Words are confusing, but they're nothing compared to non-words, mainly because non-words lead to rash assumptions and misunderstandings.
Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied.
Not for a very long time has the discovery of new music so profoundly moved and excited me as the contents of this disc.
It was almost like my old dad was winking at me to help me notice him.
Keeping specific goals and metrics for testing in mind not only helps track status and results, but also avoids the last-second scramble to pull together necessary reports.
My store-bought long dresses are too "dressy" and made of rayon and other finer fabrics that are not suitable for housework. Sewing Simple Clothing
The score may actually have been 32-0, but it seems the scoreboard operator could not keep up.
Thereafter thought, weighing the truth or falseness of the notion, determines what is true: and this explains the Greek word for thought, dianoia, which is derived from dianoein, meaning to think and discriminate. NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus
And we -- it does extent all the way up toward Jacksonville, all the way down into West Palm Beach, all the way over to Fort Myers, and northward, almost kind of budging into the pan -- the Big Bend area, almost into the Panhandle, but not quite just yet. CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2004
Contrary to what has been claimed, the theory is not insulated against attempts to disconfirm it.
It is not just a projection of human motives on to a neutral universe.
They therefore blame not the buddy system but political patronage for government inefficiency.
That not only means that more information can be crunched at once, but these chips can also handle more complex instructions.
Update: BB commenter DHC says, It's worth noting that his is an outtake from a TV show that Warhol developed and aired on Manhattan cable. Boing Boing
The theory I do not accept: one simply folds his sails, unships his rudder, and waits the will of Providence, or the arrival of some compelling fate. Saunterings
We do not allow people a second try on a second question when they have so absurdly got it right the first time round.
The welfare state was not set up to support vast families or single mothers in inter-generational welfare dependency. We deserve a fair society, but it won't be created by a vendetta against the poor
Another friend notes a shift in the type of gifts given at wedding showers, a reversion to 1950s-style offerings: soup ladles and frilly aprons are being unwrapped along with see-through nighties and push-up bras.
There is another dimension to this problem which you haven't considered.
That's when I noticed the little sticker on the window explaining the purpose of the ‘Child Safety Lock’.
Four principal types of source pertain to the subject: literature, works of graphic or plastic art, archaeological remains, and notated pieces of music.
But here's the caveat: Not all books written by newspaper reporters should be reviewed.
This triangulation of information will help school practitioners make better decisions about students or programs because data from one source can help confirm or disconfirm information from another.
Another harvest has failed, and international aid agencies warn of the threat of mass starvation.
Associate members do not have the right to vote.
The CDC asks states to report confirmed flu deaths by age group but not by subtype, meaning H1N1 deaths are not necessarily tracked. STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
Such aggregations not only promote transmission of micro-organisms but through repeated exposure allow large doses of these.
But, fortunately, there were cavities in the two teeth on either side of the gap -- one in the first molar and one in the palatine surface of the cuspid; might he not drill a socket in the remaining root and sockets in the molar and cuspid, and, partly by bridging, partly by crowning, fill in the gap? McTeague
There's nothing you can do to change the little ones' minds about the gewgaws and gimcracks they expect to find beneath the tree - or to stop your in-laws' annual onslaught, for that matter.
In any event, when making a case against the indivisibility of Sinitic, it is not necessary to rebut each of these "common" features individually, since they are largely or wholly extralinguistic. Language Log
And I think the resort is about 25% overpriced, considering the worn-down state of the place and the fact you can get a two-night package at the definitely more upmarket Avillion in Port Dickson (also not really PD, but a dozen kilometres south) from about RM800 as well. Vacations: Tiara Beach Resort — Fusion Despatches
acting as if nothing borne in mind is the best revenge.it's all for myself to live better.
After using Gentoo I discovered that they're not that "ricer" community everyone claims they are. Planet Ubuntu
Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
And Johnson has some advice for people aspiring to a comfortable living playing music: ‘I've set it in my mind that I will not jive anybody, and not be jived by anybody.’
One man's ‘most respected occult books around’ are another man's old hat ripe for a kicking.
The causes of asthma are not fully known but it is partly an allergic condition.
I did not have intent to imply that homeschooling is like public school, but that public school directs what a child learns and when and unschooling does not. What do we teach our kids? | Johnny B. Truant
It was nice to play a Wii game that wasn't full of bright greens and blues like another title featuring Mario. Epinions Recent Content for Home
‘Ah Dublin, you're giving it away,’ he wailed in the 55th minute, as the Dublin defence fluffed its lines yet again, giving Laois another unearned scoring opportunity.
Another trend referred to two related areas – increased user-centeredness and increased inter-disciplinarity. Archive 2008-02-01
According to noted plant ecologist Andre Clewell, this vegetative mix is normally found on the coast - more than 15 miles away.
They do not strengthen their case by repeating their horror. Times, Sunday Times
I do not of course mean, Heaven forbid! that people should try to converse seriously; that results in the worst kind of dreariness, in feeling, as Stevenson said, that one has the brain of a sheep and the eyes of a boiled codfish. From a College Window
He's not tried to be dishonest, he has just forgotten to mention one thing.
Now, though, insurers find they are increasingly paying out for teenagers crashing expensive vehicles that they would not normally have the ghost of a chance of obtaining cover for.
It is not only our senses, but our very intuitive faculties that cease to provide us with the necessary adaptive knowledge.
CANON LXXXI: We have said that a Bishop, or a Presbyter must not descend himself into public offices, but must attend to ecclesiastical needs.
It's really weighing her down because she's not living up to her ideals any longer.
Mewme was an old cat not like the playful little kitten that Alison had first encountered after her mother entered her life.
The argument behind x is not quantitative, and we do not have an expression for its expected value under a null isolation model.
Enlarged heart, medically called cardiomegaly, is not a disease, but a symptom of another condition. Foodconsumer.org
Another constant thread is lesbianism, as if to say that women are better off without men.
Goldman Sachs JB Were analyst Marcus Curley, who has a "buy" rating on the shares, forecasts a price of NZ$6. 20 to NZ$6. 40 if the acquirer is another casino company. The Blind Bet for Sky City
But the world is not full of exclusively charming and likeable people. The Sun
'If he _has not fulfilled_ his promise to write,' but 'If he _did not write_ as he undertook to do' ([Greek: _egrapsen huposchomenos_]); nor 'If he _has commenced and finished_,' but 'If he _commenced and finished_' ([Greek: _arxamenos sunetelese_]). A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays
Another category of vessels and flatware was distinguished by the use of precious stones or exotic materials, such as coral, mother-of-pearl, or coconut shell.
Another mystery surrounds the only example of body armour to be found among the primates.
It was also a noteworthy echo of a speech Sarkozy himself made last December, when he called for a "positive laicity" and suggested that the state could ultimately grant subsidies to religious groups. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
Ingundis; and Leovigild, whose two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, were the issue of a former marriage.] [Footnote 128: Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguins cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
It found itself subjected to harsh rain it was ill equipped for, dissolving the sandstone facades of it's buildings slowly, even as the people chose not to lift their eyes and notice it.
Some of the most popular pairings pitted contrasting advantages and disadvantages against one another.
Another ten minutes had passed, so Tim hit " redial " again. THE KILL CLAUSE
The soldiers were requisitioning things left and right, not good for an occupying army.
Hassan in frequently going to sleep in one town, to awake in another far distant, but without the benighted Oriental's surprise at the transfer, the afrit who performed this prodigy being a steam-engine, and the magician it obeyed the human mind. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
What is done cannot be undone.
I thought I wouldn't get another chance to munge the name "I, Robot" again. June 2007
Retirement would mean that he could not face disciplinary proceedings. Times, Sunday Times
Using wire transmission, with long service life, and not sticky paste, silk or nylon thread transmission can be equipped with water-hao to justice system.
But people were not as nonchalant as they appeared. Times, Sunday Times
Why not put in some overtime at the office and find the company a way to save money, increase efficiency, or improve on a product?
But the consumer magazine also noted that people rated the no-frills carriers slightly worse than two years ago.
Another group of supervisors from light manufacturing industry are undertaking a conversion course to catering supervisor.
Accordingly he compromised by saying that while the present world as it is is not eternal, it came from a primitive "hyle" or matter, which was eternal. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
Simply inserting the word "conservation" in the pesticide label and slightly watering down the percentage of the active ingredient, brodifacoum, does not make this rodenticide safe for wildlife, nor will it make it any less persistent. Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge
And as journalists and commentators have often said, the French elected a man and not a couple. Times, Sunday Times
The Etihad chief has taken charge of just two friendlies and still does not have all his squad together. The Sun
The main component of the Earth's field – which defines the magnetic poles – is a dipole generated by the convection of molten nickel-iron in the outer core the inner core is solid, so its role is secondary; remember that the Earth's core is well above the Curie temperature, so the iron is not ferromagnetic. Does Zonal Swishing Play a Part in Earth's Magnetic Field Reversals? | Universe Today
Curiously, for a politician who made much of the fact that what happened in the rest of the world was not always Washington's concern, diplomacy has been the keynote of his first months in office.
There have been a number of situations with the young Belgian where had he not taken evasive action he would have been clobbered. The Sun
It is the final guard against nationalistic states that sought the betterment of their people first and foremost and not that of some hypothetical global village or for the internationalistic elite. Pravda blames trotskyites for u.s. empire
If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. Bill Clinton
A third-party group headed by a GOP operative is out with a new Nevada ad spot encouraging Latinos in the state not to cast votes in this year's midterm elections. GOP-Linked 'Latinos For Reform' Airs Nevada Ads Urging Hispanics Not To Vote (VIDEO)
We have come to see the tornado in all of its glory, not the ant-like humans that scurry about in its path.
The temperature is not expected to reach the 20 degree mark in the next few days.
Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most,[sentence dictionary] not always wisest.
Another level could be called "agile big data," whose concern is solving a different class of problems and allows more experimentation. Forbes.com: News
The vital ingredient of popular appeal was not there despite several bids to rejig the story.
She was determined to renegotiate the second mortgage for another year. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
I have said enough elsewhere to discredit such notions.
So it is logical that she wants to know who is mummy to the biggest daddy of them all, not that there are any logical answers. Times, Sunday Times
Responsive phylotypes were mostly proteobacteria in the subarctic and California HNLC areas, but no changes were noted in the subantarctic experiments.
Note: where Loiasis is endemic (West Africa), all treatment with diethylcarbamazine, should commence with 3 mg/kg x 2 days (protocole for Loiasis) whatever form of filaria is being treated. Chapter 11
So the lands of the dismembered Yugoslav state became not only the scene of Europe's greatest resistance struggle, but also one of its bloodiest civil wars.
Some people believe that Richard III did not murder his nephews and was not the villain he is generally thought to have been.
What of it if Winter has another snow-storm or two up his sleeve?I take my staff and fare forth to greet Spring with three dogs at my heels.
At around 11 am that day a pensioner foiled another attempted scam by a man and woman in Central Avenue, Gravesend.
This seems like an unnecessary attention-seeking tactic, making sure we notice a particularly sleazy line.
Egg-laying adults are especially active during bloom, a time period when insecticides should not be applied.
I knew what the lady had said was just a lie cooked up by my lazy, good-for-nothing parents to get me to come home.
If an infant's condition is not as grave as was thought, he will live, and he can then be given optimal care if he has any handicaps.
Finishing the mission so our troops will not have died in vain is the most screwed up thing I have ever heard. Think Progress » 9%.
But she insisted she was not tempted to follow in their footsteps. The Sun
Nixon came up with the phrase 'growth recession': even when things are not falling, it's not going to feel good. So what do we do now, chancellor?
It will not matter, however, whether the part-timer or the full-timer are working on fixed-term or permanent contracts.
The team apparently circumvented locked gates and an alarm system, while the sculpture was in the process of being moved to another location.
The operculum illustrated by Reed does not match in outline the conch, and is here considered to be a different taxon.
The interesting element of the game was that it required one to evaluate not films but people; that is, to sift through the prejudices of one’s movie-freak friends and the peccadilloes and quirks of the major reviewers, and by graphing, as it were, what each could be expected to overpraise, underpraise, revile, not notice, or deliberately ignore, one could acquire a very nice sense of the film. Film flam
We are not going to talk about ifs and buts, like I say, just wait for the procedure to take its place and then at the end of that, if no one has made the decision for us, we'll have to make the decision.
Their false testimonies could not be allowed, because at least two of them were needed to coincide in order for the testimony to be legal.
The contours show combinations of mimic phenotypes that are attacked by predators with equal probability.
One page of the menu is devoted to cheeses (domestic and imported), another to charcuterie, salads, meat and fish, the third to items from the wood-burning oven.
And some soil-based diseases not only cause physical symptoms, but create cognitive impairment too, crippling a child's long-term potential. Blake Mycoskie: Today, TOMS Asks You to Go 'One Day Without Shoes'
It still perplexes Kross that he survived while the firefighter on the other side of Josephine, Sergeant Bacco, did not. Humble 9/11 hero relives tale of the twin towers for tourists
Her own valuers had estimated that the property was worth £150,000 on the basis of agricultural use of the surrounding land, and virtually nothing on the basis of mining and/or landfill operations.
In these cases, then, thixotropy cannot be the explanation.
But the motive behind her achievement was not self-interest alone, nor the desire to carry aloft the banner of feminism.
Did you notice the Google text ads at the top of the guestlist page? Scripting News for 12/28/2006 « Scripting News Annex
As may be imagined, this capture, not so much a fluke as a surprise gave me cause to rethink my fishing plans on the lake.
Air in free fall does not convect, which means that everything that heats up has to be cooled by fans; the space shuttle is LOUD inside. 8/4/08: Launch Pad, day 5
The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson
_clear, fair_, and _satisfactory_, not in our being always ready to offer an explanation, whether satisfactory or not. Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Met
And this is the cause that disputes with such persons are generally fruitless, especially as immixed with that intemporancy of reviling other men wherein they exceed; for if that be a way either of learning or teaching of the truth, it is what the Scripture hath not instructed us in. Pneumatologia
In itself, the letter will not stop fanaticism or allay age-old suspicions. Times, Sunday Times
I don't think it would go down very well and would be seen as another arty-farty scheme.
And strips of cloth had been tied around the reserve chute so that it could not be opened either. The Sun
The soldier bargained that he should not have to go on guard on Sundays.
‘I'm sure the retained men are not valued as highly but they work 12 hours and then are on call - if those bleepers go then they have to race to the station, perhaps to save someone's life,’ he said.
So why not give them a travel gadget that serves a dual purpose?
The countless mini-roundabouts popping up where there just simply isn't room for a roundabout is another danger, increasing the number of small shunts & bumps.
It is both important and necessary to note this difference.
The highly textured surface of these poems does not, however, obscure the continuous emotional undercurrent.
He handled it really well for a man who doesn't have children, is not used to having to think about money and employs a cleaner.
They point out that, for customers, obsoleting an investment is not an ‘escape’ but a ‘closed door.’
The imbalance in the number of girls and boys of marriageable age is not the only cause of these social changes, and it will not persist for long.
So there is one problem he did not face - wondering if his bride is a gold-digger.
Management has not succeeded in breaking the strike.
The genes for cell division did not evolve to separate different kinds of fish.
In Chinas modernization drive, the misunderstanding on "Middlebrow" is not beneficial to the understanding and the promotion of the core ideology of Chinas traditional culture.
After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
Both these people have lied and manipulated people through the press to believe one facade after another in order to get whatever it is they want…
Many of them had not undertaken even the leaving certificate or the academic entry qualifications necessary to enter university.
Such an approach not only allows the authors to discuss the work from many different angles, but allows them to do so without implying that the practical quandaries in The Angel of History can be reduced to a simple meaning.
But the bears priced at the bottom level will not be vintage, and certainly will not be by any of these makers.
If you're not just in love but willing to go through the highs and lows because of that love, then I want people to know they're not alone.
One effortlessly got saturation coverage, the other struggled to get noticed, despite the mandatory presence of a celebrity, a suitably weighty one too.
Not convinced by these public schoolboys! Thinking the Unthinkable
Not so with this trivial, lawless country club set of the 1920's, drunk part of the time and reckless all of it, codeless, dutiless, restless. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism
It is not just getting used to the layout of new streets and kitchen and neighbours. Times, Sunday Times
It was not a great botanic garden, but it was a lung in the midst of the crowded brick and stone of human habitation. THY BROTHER DEATH
The State Department contacted American embassies around the world to make sure that they repeated the line that it was an aberration and not in line with American ‘values.’
You may not be able to hurry love, but it seems you can speed up divorce proceedings with the push of a button. Times, Sunday Times
And there's the very useful little beetle we call the ladybug, which is not a bug, but a beetle. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
Surely you appreciate that for those who regularly attack Israel and its suporters, “Likud” is a label fraught with negative implications that have nothing to do with the political realities within Israel. The Volokh Conspiracy » Human Rights Watch Update
It should also be noted that there are no contact-period materials from the Johnson site and that the only historic materials recovered date to the nineteenth century and did not occur in the provenances associated with the figurines.
Thus, transitive verbs in idiomatic expressions frequently will not passivize (the cowboy kicked the bucket, but not * the bucket was kicked by the cowboy). VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4
I have typed out some lecture notes for the benefit of those people who were absent last week.

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