Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [adv] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although not strictly a relaxation therapy , toning tables offer the benefits of exercise without a great deal of effort , and without the aches and pains of overstretched muscles .
2 The following example , although not strictly an authenticity examination , uses the same approaches and shows the application of scientific detection in a related sphere of the British Museum 's activities .
3 Although not formally a peace treaty , the treaty was nevertheless described by Eduard Shevardnadze , the Soviet Foreign Minister , as drawing " the final line under the Second World War " .
4 Although not formally a member Gore had a profound influence on Leese .
5 And not even an air raid warning to send them into the cellars .
6 The representatives of the media should see the meeting as a constructive activity and not just a propaganda exercise .
7 The point here , I think , is that if the latter is to be an ability , and not just a performance repertoire , then it has to be based on the internalization of systemic knowledge as a communicative resource .
8 For the first time colleagues , the community will be able to legitimately address these issues and initiate action into ensuring the E C is a people 's Europe and not just a business Europe .
9 First , everyone should realise that the countryside is a workplace and not just a recreation place .
10 And not just the Stone boy .
11 In an effort to salvage the protocol , other delegates have put together a counterproposal requiring any country that decided to mine under the terms the US proposed to withdraw from the entire environmental protocol and not just the mining clause .
12 Objections on the grounds of time often disguise a more fundamental problem which concerns teaching in general and not just the objectives model .
13 Again , if you want to understand television then watch it and not just the evening programmes .
14 On that , I think it is generally known , that we , that Telford was n't anywhere near the top of the list , and it had been taken purely on the question of the er , needs of the various areas , it 's unlikely that Telford would have succeeded , even with its reduced geographical area , but I made discrete enquiries and was told that the factor which tipped er , the Commission in favour of Telford , and this has an important bearing on what we 're going to discuss later , was the fact that Telford has been very good in taking up schemes and providing their section , and not just the Wreakin District Council , other area , other bodies in Telford , of getting good innovative schemes off the ground and providing the cash , they did n't , as some areas did , get the status , and then hardly do anything about it .
15 Fifth , listen to the real customers — and not just the information systems managers of IBM 's 10 top mainframe customers — part of the problem is that IBM pays too much attention to their needs and not enough to what 's going on elsewhere , says Smith .
16 What makes this an economic problem , and not simply a nationality problem , is the fact that the declining areas possess 85 per cent of the country 's industry , 82 per cent of its electricity , and equivalent proportions of related infrastructure .
17 The most recent are the football hooligans , who for many people , and not least the feature writers of our Sunday newspapers , have come to represent all that is most senseless and destructive in our society .
18 In such ways , Hitler set the vicious tone for discrimination and persecution , providing the touchstone and legitimation for initiatives which largely came from others at various levels of the Party , the State bureaucracy , and not least the SS-SD-Gestapo complex , where the ‘ Jewish Question ’ had a key functional role .
19 Kosovo 's President Ibrahim Rugova [ see p. 38919 ] paid visits on July 14 to Albania and on July 16-17 to Greece ( the latter , at the Black Sea summit on June 25 — see p. 38980-81 — having taken the view that Kosovo , as an autonomous region within Serbia and not therefore a constituent element of Yugoslavia , should not be allowed self-determination ) .
20 This latter approach , unlike the previous one , depends on all individuals actually owning some property , and not merely the background existence of private property as an institution .
21 Centre warden Damian Duggan felt perhaps the greatest need in Kingsley would be transport and Mrs. Telfer pointed out community care provided not just a taxi service but a friend as well .
22 THE unfamiliar sound of a Scottish Dance Band was heard echoing throughout Drummond House , Edinburgh but not even the security guards looked surprised .
23 The veins are often auriferous where they cut graphitic shales but not where the host rocks consist of non-graphitic arenites .
24 But not so the saw-fly larva and certain other specialist feeders , who possess the biochemistry to handle the toxic diet .
25 Finally we are offered such topics as Landscape-Movement ( Joan Eardley , W.G. Gilles , John Minton and Ivon Hitchens ) and Landscape-Space , with last but not least an Elizabeth Blackadder still life and Edward Middleditch 's panoramic vision of sea and rocks .
26 The warranties ( but not usually the tax indemnities ) in the sale and purchase agreement are given subject to disclosures made in a separate disclosure letter from the seller ( or its solicitors ) to the acquirer ( or its solicitors ) handed over in final form at the time of the signing of the agreement .
27 Sterling eurobonds , which are a part of the international eurobond market described in Chapter 5 below , are normally issued as bearer securities and are usually unsecured but with a negative pledge ; they are listed on an exchange but not necessarily the London Stock Exchange and they pay interest gross .
28 After that it will be time for some home improvements , but not necessarily the DIY kind .
29 While not specifically a market report , the study is commercial in outlook and includes a brief analysis of the scale of emerging markets and some forecasts about growth .
30 Whilst not strictly an aeroplane book , it nevertheless gives the reader an overview of how land , sea and air operations were co-ordinated during the last world conflict .
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