Example sentences of "[conj] not a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 An action purporting to have been commenced against a person who is dead at its commencement is treated as if it had been commenced against his estate , whether or not a grant of representation had been issued at its commencement ( Ord 5 , r 8(3) ) .
2 However this time , whether or not a change of ownership makes any difference to that permission , I intend to lodge an official complaint .
3 Furthermore , any act which falls within the express or implied powers of the vendor contained in its memorandum of association , whether or not a breach of duty on the part of the vendor 's directors , will be binding on the vendor if it is approved or subsequently ratified by the shareholders .
4 Having looked at assessment and verification and the people involved it is appropriate to consider whether or not a process of approval ( sometimes called ‘ validation ’ ) should be developed and applied to organisations wishing to offer particular types of provision .
5 The right of rescission may also extend to the occurrence of certain events which , although not a breach of warranty , may lead to the acquirer being unwilling to proceed ( for example , a major fire ) .
6 She was going very slowly and breathing heavily in her resolve that not a drop of whisky should be spilled .
7 Although she had not bought the smoke ball from the Company , it was held that there was a contract between her and the Company , albeit not a contract of sale .
8 During pre-trial hearings at the Old Bailey , Mr Greenway 's counsel argued that he should be tried by his fellow MPs and not a court of law .
9 If a writer produces a novel in which the role of the police in society outweighs all other considerations , then what has been produced is precisely a novel and not a work of crime fiction .
10 Rendering a service connotes some positive action on the part of the renderer and not a state of passivity .
11 Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love .
12 Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love .
13 She struggled with the cold fear that had laid its hand on her : she had gone with a man , without protesting , without a single pledge from him , and not a word of kindness , not a promise for tomorrow ; she looked at Sabina 's back in front of her , the pinafore tied behind over her gathered skirt , and imagined her husband 's hands around that still sturdy small of her back , and wondered had she let him do that , do what Tommaso had done , before they were married ?
14 In fact I happened just to have spent the weekend with a dear friend and was well aware that at some point over the two days she had entertained everyone suspected of being concerned , and not a word of politics was discussed , nor a syllable about supplanting anybody .
15 Cosmas is burnt to death in his bed ; Damien killed by a mysterious archer who apparently can pass through thick walls , but there 's no clue to the riddle , no sign of the Templars and not a shred of evidence to indicate where the Grail or Excalibur lie . ’
16 Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body .
17 Oh yes , if everybody would have stayed out they would never had a scrap of slate made there , everybody would have stayed out and stayed out till the end , and not a scrap of slate would have been made there .
18 And not a lot of fun … ’
19 He was sort of evasive and fey and appeared relatively shy and my impression of him at the time was that he had little charisma , no star quality and not a lot of talent , and it came as a big surprise when he became as successful as he was .
20 Well why should I have a pretty dress and a cake when it 's the love that 's there and not a piece of paper or a special day !
21 The rather dubious sources for these two modes of production explains the fact that the German and the Slavonic ( if there is one ) are characterized by a name demoting an ethnic or linguistic group and not a relation of production , as it the case for the capitalist mode of production .
22 This , and not a fear of exaggeration , is the hazard we have to be aware of when interpreting the remarks of the people of St Ann 's about these housing conditions .
23 In relation to history , for example , he argues that history is a world of thought or ideas and not a world of fact since nothing is simply ‘ given ’ .
24 Similar principles were applied in Mannion v Johnston ( 1988 ) STC 758 , heard at the same time , where two separate disposals of less than half the farm land were held to be merely limited changes of scale and not a disposal of part of the business .
25 He knew she had not because the press conference had finished only an hour before and not a drop of alcohol had passed Blanche 's lips .
26 When someone says ‘ We went to a bar and ordered a drink ’ , plain men and parsing specialists all agree that the sense of ‘ bar ’ in question is a drinking place and not a rod of iron .
27 This suggests that oesophageal dysmotility in this condition is a primary phenomenon and not a consequence of injury and inflammation .
28 Open capital markets are the future , so it 's important that the UK style of reporting is an essential way forward and not a matter of choice .
29 And not a thing of beauty , but rather like an ex-pugilist .
30 Classic — a team without a woman on it and not a mention of cystitis or breast cancer , the menopause , or any of these things .
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