Example sentences of "and not [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Auditions are a painful necessity of life and not a fair judgement on your career but you have to go through them . |
| 2 | Again it is this incomprehension of social mobility which seems to have caused my ACC to describe an officer who took a degree and then left to become a solicitor as ‘ a bad experience for the force ’ ( and not a gain for society ) . |
| 3 | And not a lot of fun … ’ |
| 4 | First of all , it is a thrusting and not a snapping kick . |
| 5 | D J Mike Read and guest Cliff Richard will be on hand to capture the excitement of the first day and hopefully set the mood for a week of high quality tennis — and not a little fun ! |
| 6 | A total of 39 British players started the week this year , and not a single one got past the 3rd round . |
| 7 | Joanne does n't come from a wealthy background and yet , by hard work and determination and not a little goodwill from Slater himself ( who coaches her free of charge ) , she is making things happen in her tennis life . |
| 8 | That is if they are creating a demi-caractère and not a national ballet ( see page 120 ) . |
| 9 | This is exactly the kind of picture which we might want to save from a screen paintbrush job ; lovely blends of colour , subtle shades and shapes , and not a straight line anywhere . |
| 10 | But the rapid and dramatic changes which are taking place in the world today , changes of a hopeful and not a frightening kind , could help to make a long-serving government more vulnerable to the time-for-a-change mentality . |
| 11 | ‘ We now need a new party , one that is the heir and not a mere continuation of the present one . |
| 12 | This particular police officer does and wants Superintendent Mhoira Robertson to be remembered for a glittering career and not a weary struggle as recorded by Joan Burnie . |
| 13 | But they made him realize that he was getting across what he wanted to get across , and not a holy-sounding fog of words . |
| 14 | However , if the deal were , for instance , a 90 : 10 split and not a gross deal , the promoter would realize that for every pound he or she spends on costs , 90 pence of that pound belongs to the artist . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The hostess suggested plaice , a less common fish for these areas , and not a particular favourite with my palate . |
| 17 | I am soaked , cold and not a little lacking in enthusiasm for the next try . |
| 18 | At least you would have to be a doctor to say so , and not a politician or an academic . ) |
| 19 | Until recently social barriers both kept the working-class out of suburban sports and decreed that being a professional was a kind of elevated manual labour and not a proper or respectable career for a middle-class man . |
| 20 | Appropriately enough , he is a schoolmaster and not a full-time professional commentator . |
| 21 | The girl got up and not a crease marked the skirt of her suit . |
| 22 | Got up like a tart with her new frocks and her jewellery and all that muck on her face , and not a bleeding thing to do all day long but watch that colour telly and ring up her pals . |
| 23 | Diana found his obsessions puzzling , and not a little hurtful . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , Britain 's early filmmakers set about the business of film production with some brio and not a little flair . |
| 25 | It took 30 minutes of argument , a great deal of soothing of apparently hurt professional pride , and not a little money to persuade Chela that it was time to call it a night , alone . |
| 26 | Development will come , he says , but built on an understanding of the forest and not a brutal sacking of its riches . |
| 27 | Colin Farrell 's lovely performance had humour-inevitably the kids loved his ‘ Humbugs ! ’ — and not a little pathos as the old skinflint was made to see the error of his ways . |
| 28 | By 1892 there were 340 members and not a foreigner among them ( Americans did n't count ) . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | There are some excellent commercial pesto sauces available , but always be prepared to pay for one made with olive oil and not a lighter , less flavoursome oil . |