Example sentences of "[subord] not [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not part of the actual judgment the court ruled that the obtaining of a hire-purchase agreement can amount to the obtaining of services by virtue of Section 1(2) of the Theft Act 1978 . |
| 2 | Albania , although not part of the Balkans , is included with Romania and Bulgaria because of the strong similarities in the organization of rug-making in these countries and in the quality and character of their rugs . |
| 3 | people living in residential homes received rather more consultations and home visits — although not night calls — from their general practitioners . |
| 4 | It is in these higher-order achievements that we can talk of a logical correspondence , although not identity , between the roles of student and of researcher . |
| 5 | I had to sleep with it closed because if I left it open the cat would jump in and more likely than not land from ten feet on to my face — a nasty way to wake up . |
| 6 | More often than not script changes were brought in line with the regular artist 's ease of reading the part , because of the burden placed on them . |
| 7 | More often than not community care means care by families — especially nuclear families . |
| 8 | And this situation , albeit not poison , had happened before too . |
| 9 | The NZRFU rather prides itself on its official-player liaison , of treating its players handsomely , and it rather hopes that they in turn would treat the NZRFU with courtesy , if not affection . |
| 10 | In South Africa , some NGO 's have attempted to build community responsiveness , if not accountability into their services . |
| 11 | Ending the scandal of ‘ consultancies and all that ’ the outside interests that colour , if not compromise , the activities of too many MPs should , but wo n't be , a General Election issue . |
| 12 | In contrast , Kiki Smith does not succumb to the convenience of de-humanising the female figure in order to express her protest , if not horror , as Cindy Sherman has lately chosen to do . |
| 13 | Its collection is from the cream of Dutch art , rivalling the Rijksmuseum 's in quality if not quantity . |
| 14 | They now point to another threat : that the Americans will use the Gulf battlefields to test new weapons and so keep an arms race going , for quality if not quantity . |
| 15 | Originally bred as a draught animal , its milk has always been known for its quality ( if not quantity ) and it can fairly be called a dual-purpose breed . |
| 16 | On the way to achieving effectiveness groups will undoubtedly face uncertainty , if not conflict , but these processes have to be seen as necessary costs of achieving both harmony and purposeful behaviour . |
| 17 | First , as a matter of fact if not law , the actions and responses of any two States will impact upon the interests of other States , as well as upon other participants in the international and municipal arenas . |
| 18 | BRAZIL can strike a psychological blow for South America 's World Cup hopes tonight when they play a weakened Holland , the European champions in name if not substance , in Rotterdam in the Dutch FA centenary fixture that England abandoned because of fears of hooliganism , writes David Lacey . |
| 19 | It has frequently caused feminists consternation if not dismay to discover that the writer who wrote of women 's shackles was so emotionally and intellectually shackled herself . |
| 20 | Knowing that pickups are one of the first corners to be cut in budget guitars , I expected tameness if not lameness from the EX . |
| 21 | Going down , if not stop for the thing . |
| 22 | The weakness , if not incompetence , of the opposition would appear to have been an important contributory factor in Ronald Reagan 's astonishing early success in seizing control of the agenda in the manner of a Roosevelt or a Johnson , even almost of a prime minister . |
| 23 | Very often these things will at least ease , if not heal . ’ |
| 24 | There was , none the less , an element of condescension , if not charity , in the American efforts to undo the Suez damage . |
| 25 | On the other hand ( see page 46 ) reasoning with children involves giving them a great deal of attention which might reinforce and maintain , if not increase , the quarrelsomeness . |
| 26 | This is why the attribute game has provided endless fun , if not profit , to sociologists . |
| 27 | With GDP measured on a PPP basis , China is already the world 's third ( if not second ) biggest economy ; India , Brazil and Mexico are all bigger than Canada , the seventh member of the top nations ' club . |
| 28 | Obviously when you budget you have to allow the most money for the rooms you arc actually going to live in , but once you have decided on what cash is available you must turn considerable thought and care — if not money — to making your hall as warm and welcoming and practical as you can . |
| 29 | It was a dignified response if not departure with Spurs chief executive Terry Venables forced to come clean over the Shreeves situation after a media leak . |
| 30 | The proposed broadening of the granting of investment aids for the purpose of protecting and improving the environment ( part of Article 3 ) is to be welcomed although it does not appear to square with the basic investment aid objectives of such plans because it appears to mean that environmental investment per se will qualify for support , even if not part of an agricultural improvement . |