Example sentences of "[noun] and not a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , the ethical aspects of each preventive trial need consideration , but this should be the responsibility of a central ethical committee and not a matter to be considered separately by many ( perhaps over a 100 ) district research ethical committees that are , in the main , concerned with local clinical research projects . |
| 2 | Evans concluded that in some developing countries , the foreign multinationals might be a help and not a hindrance to the state . |
| 3 | This issue involves a question of principle as to whether a local authority can sue for libel and not a decision to be made in respect of each individual action . |
| 4 | It was in a concealed metal box underneath the dashboard , that he 'd had one of the fitters weld in one evening for him , thirty quid and not a word to anyone , least of all Tom Holdfast . |
| 5 | A beautiful non-tidal cove where Dublin 's finest flaunted themselves at an indifferent sea while their wives , children and girlfriends sat half a mile away on what was an excuse for a beach amidst the polluted debris of the capital and not a wave to be seen . |