Example sentences of "not [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is important that you own the process , not AIM or whoever ’ . |
| 2 | They are flamingoes , not herons or something ? |
| 3 | If you have bulbs or sweet pea seeds in a frame buy a " safe " mouse bait like ICI Mouser to kill mice but not birds or pets . |
| 4 | If it is him that 's off then it not TOO bad , ( apolgies to Halvard ) at least it 's not Macca or Speed ( or even Mr Newsome ) . |
| 5 | Because the choice of opting out is largely represented to parents , former pupils and the local community as a means of securing a better financial arrangement from the DES than has been possible with the local authority , it is sometimes argued that it is not ethos or education but funding which alone lies at the heart of the decision . |
| 6 | Not coins or keys : |
| 7 | In considering the claims filed against accountants , it must be emphasised that in many cases the underlying reasons for such suits are not negligence or incompetence on the part of auditors , but the consequence of faulty business policies and management decisions , or even carefully planned and executed frauds . |
| 8 | Duty and service , not freedom or happiness , are the notes which reverberate through the history of eighteenth-century Prussia . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not chauvinism or anything of that kind , ’ Yorkshire-born Speaker Boothroyd tells me . |
| 10 | If the contract is for the hire of the equipment , then the Supply of Goods and Services Act will apply , whether or not installation or other services are provided by the supplier . |
| 11 | Right now the bait was not money or easy winners , just the chance to earn a living by riding horses in races without fearing for her life . |
| 12 | The object in this case is not money or prestige . |
| 13 | In the sixties my heroines were not Bardot or Monroe or Vivien Leigh , but Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies . |
| 14 | But where , as here , the regime exercises virtually no administrative control at all in the territory of the state , international recognition of an unconstitutional regime should not suffice and would , indeed , have to be accounted for by policy considerations rather than legal characterisation ; and it is , of course , possible for states to have relations with bodies which are not states or governments of states . |
| 15 | She was , in terms of the law , the better witness , did not rail or curse as wildly as her opponent and rival — the widow , at one point , fell to the ground in convulsions , twitching and flailing . |
| 16 | ‘ We are not rappers or a musical group , ’ insists Brother J. ‘ We are messengers of a movement . ’ |
| 17 | Come on Grant , it 's you that 's got ta do it , not mummy or me . |
| 18 | Rather like good eating habits , the rewards are reaped weeks , if not months or even years later . |
| 19 | It thinks in years , not months or weeks : the three or four years it takes to reach a degree ; the similar or longer period needed for a doctorate ; the intellectual shifts that occur over decades , even centuries . |
| 20 | Why not legs or breasts or |
| 21 | In Charlie 's loft , they had talked through the night about the sickness money brings , the violence and fear that money brings , the corruption money brings , and all along the real subject was not fear or corruption or violence , but money . |
| 22 | After that coat of paint has dried , a clear flat coat will be applied over the first that will produce a matt surface which will not fingerprint or stain . |
| 23 | The criteria under Art 7(5) to which the court is to have regard in deciding whether to transfer are : " ( a ) the financial substance of the action including the value of any counterclaim , ( b ) whether the action is otherwise important and , in particular whether it raises questions of importance to persons who are not parties or questions of general public interest , ( c ) the complexity of the facts , legal issues , remedies or procedures involved , and ( d ) whether transfer is likely to result in a more speedy trial of the action but no transfer shall be made on the grounds of subparagraph ( d ) alone . " |
| 24 | In Costa Rica , the large and medium-sized trees are associated with generalist insects and not bats or birds , the almost exclusively tropical pollinators . |
| 25 | And they need to discover that fact with real cakes , not pictures or by learning the number six . |
| 26 | ‘ This was our chance to play together and show people that we 're about artistic expression , not violence or prejudice . ’ |
| 27 | Are there not shops or agencies to which you can send off parcels ? |
| 28 | It sounds fast , fluid , detailed , and has a neutral tonal balance so that violas sound like violas — and not violins or cellos . |
| 29 | However , the statement was not defamatory : to say that someone is seriously ill might excite pity , but not ridicule or disrespect . |
| 30 | He must concentrate all day , not talk or sing like other workmen ; the work gives him back , stomach , and worst , eye trouble . |