Example sentences of "[conj] not [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The harbour was crowded with boats berthed two and three abreast but the market sheds were empty , sluiced down so that not even a small of fish remained . |
| 2 | They discussed the rudiments of the Charleston , that still over-sophisticated exercise in dancing , a world apart from the slow foxtrot and not yet a familiar of Irish Hunt Balls . |
| 3 | After a brief goodnight and not even a peck on the cheek he looked down , then said , ‘ I 'll be in touch some time , Sarella . ’ |
| 4 | When he 'd arrived home there had been nothing to eat and not even a bed of his own . |
| 5 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a feeling of being suspended — it was not a negative feeling and not even a loss to be mourned , but I just could not see a way ahead . |
| 7 | No reply and not even a hint of a smile . |
| 8 | There was complete silence and not even a breath of wind disturbed the peace . |
| 9 | ( 95 ) Outdoors you will find Wren create new green dimensions with sensitive landscaping that creates a community and not just a row of houses . |
| 10 | Now that the law embraced the principle of what lawyers called cessio bonorum — yielding up of goods — some thought imprisonment should be regarded as punishment and not just a way of preventing the debtor absconding . |
| 11 | When a woman is politically involved , the decision to have or not have a child becomes a political decision as well and not just a question of personal wishes . |
| 12 | And to ensure that we act as a group and not just a collection of separate offices . |
| 13 | Dale Spender , for example , is a well-known representative of the alternative idea that language is a cause of oppression , and not just a symptom of it . |
| 14 | They have a lot of family problems , a lot of other personal social problems , and it 's very important to see really the person as a whole and not just a focus on one particular aspect of their problems . |
| 15 | ‘ If I 'd been educated proper , I expect I 'd be able to talk more , ’ said Dolly , ‘ specially if I 'ad good looks and not just a sort of orphanage face . |
| 16 | Although the rigorous justification for supposing that deterministic chaos is a basic property of some non-linear systems ( and not just a matter of inadequate control ) comes from theory , its nature may be best illustrated by an actual physical system . |
| 17 | If you need to be absolutely sure that you really do have your money in your hand and not just a piece of paper which may or may not be paid , ask for one or other of the above . |
| 18 | For everyone who lost his faith , there must have been at least another who went to outcast London or to darkest Africa to convert the faint and hungry heathen ; there was a great deal of Christian confidence , and not simply a Church in retreat before agnostic scientists . |
| 19 | But whereas they concluded from this that it was desirable to devise institutional checks on the will of the majority , Rousseau accepted the principle of majority decisions but tried to envisage conditions under which the majority would truly represent the community as a whole and not simply a collection of group or individual interests . |
| 20 | Your notes should be the product of historical thought and not simply a prelude to it . |
| 21 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |
| 22 | Every news report , every global problem which we invite into our awareness — from the AIDS crisis to homelessness — carries a message , and not only a message about shifts in world consciousness and the need for global healing , but a unique personal message . |
| 23 | They often had this sort of conversation , and Constance always made allowances for Scarlet 's naivety : such slowness on the uptake was the result of a sheltered background and not necessarily a sign of limited intelligence , though she sometimes wondered . |
| 24 | This impotence is inherent in the Keynesian approach to policy and not merely a feature of a specific version of that approach ; for by its very nature it makes government influences on aggregate demand predictable in that it links government policy changes to the current or past state of the economy . |
| 25 | As a community of faith the model and inspiration in life is Jesus Christ and not merely a consensus among individuals . |
| 26 | Protection is granted , in the context of a trade dispute , to interference with contract ( and not merely a contract of employment ) , to intimidation or conspiracy to injure and to interference with trade by unlawful means but by the Employment Act 1980 this protection was to a large extent withdrawn in case of ‘ secondary action . ’ |
| 27 | In this chapter , I hope to show that these distinctions are important and not merely a play on words . |
| 28 | This is what is meant by claiming that scientific knowledge is ‘ public ’ knowledge — that is , that it is in principle testable and verifiable by anyone/everyone and not merely a matter of private belief . |
| 29 | The negative impact of the market invites the question whether it might be desirable to find a substitute for , and not merely a supplement to , the discipline the latter market provides . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , as mass migration became part of common people 's experience , and every child in County Kildare had some cousin , uncle or brother already in Australia or the United States , uprooting became a common — and not necessarily irreversible — choice based on an assessment of prospects , and not merely a force of destiny . |