Example sentences of "not a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There 's not a day goes by that I do n't think of my Brian . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Since this campaign began , not a day has passed without them trying to spin some story or other about me to the local paper . |
| 33 | It 's not a day for viewing houses . |
| 34 | Not a savage nor a shopkeeper to be seen on this windy , sunny afternoon , great clouds pillowing across the sky . |
| 35 | The main sheet is not a sheet at all , but in fact a rope which allows you to control the Topper 's one sail . |
| 36 | So you 're not a giver . |
| 37 | Note that the target must be an infantry or cavalry Mob of the kind that has to take an Animosity test itself — not a chariot , war engine , etc and not a Mob that is already engaged with the enemy . |
| 38 | Note that the target must be an infantry or cavalry Mob of the kind that has to take an Animosity test itself , not a chariot , war engine etc , and not a Mob which is already engaged against the enemy . |
| 39 | These provisions include Article 8b(1) , to the effect that ‘ Every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he resides , under the same conditions as nationals of that State ’ , which has caused considerable debate in some Member States . |
| 40 | Until the end of the last century , knitting was not a pastime in Dent but a livelihood . |
| 41 | I remind the Minister that the visiting of galleries is not a pastime unique to residents of Edinburgh or visitors to that fine city . |
| 42 | To mix the metaphor , Western trade has been a sedative , not a tonic ; it has acted as a brake on reform , not a stimulant . |
| 43 | I think that he is also a peer — No , he is not a peer . |
| 44 | The rose which mantled the house must have put out a thousand flowers and these were at the peak of their blooming , not a petal yet shed , each blossom the pink of a shell within and the pink of coral on its outer side . |
| 45 | It 's a good thing I 'm not a womaniser , he thought , or else Miss T would be in danger ; she is so attractive in her joie de vivre — and when that is added to beauty ! |
| 46 | ‘ He was not a womaniser ; he did n't have a lot of confidence as far as women were concerned . |
| 47 | 1880 , moreover , is not a date in religious history , even if the French abolished military chaplains and the British parliament opened parish churchyards to nonconformist burial services in that year . |
| 48 | The Single Market is a process , not a date . |
| 49 | He came to a decision to which on the evidence before him he was entitled to come , and it was not a decision with which the court could properly interfere . |
| 50 | In fact the ‘ decision ’ is not a decision at all , but an acceptance of things as they are . |
| 51 | Chapman told them it was not a decision that could be made by the club . |
| 52 | It was not a decision that was understood or desired by all Germans . |
| 53 | Always buy your bed with your partner , it 's not a decision you can make alone |
| 54 | It was not a decision he had expected Massingham to welcome , and nor had he . |
| 55 | ‘ Again , not a decision for lowly commanders . |
| 56 | It 's not a decision I would care to have to make . |
| 57 | This is not a decision to be entered into lightly . |
| 58 | We have concluded that a standard effect — one that is not a decision , choice , or the like of a person , or a following action — is indeed taken to be an event necessitated by a causal circumstance . |
| 59 | This issue involves a question of principle as to whether a local authority can sue for libel and not a decision to be made in respect of each individual action . |
| 60 | It is certainly not a decision that is justified by their findings and their reasons . |