Example sentences of "not the [adj] sort [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rod-bending bites , although more common when barbel fishing than any other kind , are not the only sort of bite that these fish give . |
| 2 | Describing the object is not the only sort of description that a reader can expect from a critic . |
| 3 | because he had abused her all those years , erm , but apparently she 's also got a , not the right sort of word , a pathological hate for men in general |
| 4 | Now these were perfectly fine eating establishments that served wholesome food on crisp white table cloths , but were not the usual sort of house favoured by top stars . |
| 5 | ‘ Not the usual sort of student , ’ the Captain said , remembering that the Marshal had followed little of the bilingual conversation in the hospital , ‘ given that she had two million a month to spend . ’ |
| 6 | I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned . |
| 7 | This is because information is not the same sort of thing as a car . |
| 8 | It is not the same sort of task as that of the natural scientist in search of hidden causes , because the context of action can not be divorced from the actors ' understanding of the context . |
| 9 | He took my advice and I could see him thinking that maybe this was n't the best sort of area for his only daughter . |
| 10 | Perhaps they decided a bakery is n't the right sort of thing for it . |
| 11 | ‘ Morris is n't the same sort of man as poor old Eddy , John . ’ |