Example sentences of "not a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The standardizing , regularizing , authoritative properties often assigned to print as a medium ( though many of them are inherent in any writing system ) could have full social effect only if they had this broad coherence with general developments in the social and labour processes , to which , however , print was not a mere ancillary , for it was one of the forms of such development . |
| 32 | The cyclic model of development was intended to thwart the transmutationists , but was not a mere product of Owen 's and Miller 's imaginations . |
| 33 | In Flockhart v. Robinson Lord Goddard C.J. said that it is ‘ not a mere body of persons ; it is a body of persons who are moving along a route . ’ |
| 34 | It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent . |
| 35 | Enlightened Despotism is not a mere figment of the historian 's imagination . |
| 36 | This is to inform you all that me and my Companions have Unanamously agreed and likewise made Oath to Each other that if There is not a speedy Altaration made for the Good of the poore that you have corn thinking to make your fortunes of shall have it burnt to the Ground whether it Be in Stacks or Barns for the fire that took place Last Week was but the begining of your Troble , we know every Stack of Corn about this Country , and Every Barn that hath Corn concealed in it for the Purpos of starving the Poore But we are Determind if thare is to Be Starvation it shall be a General thing not a parcial one for both Gentle and Simple shall Starve if any Do . |
| 37 | We are beginning to think that the proceedings are expressly designed not to produce a verdict , and especially not a guilty one . |
| 38 | But the exception he contemplated was in respect of a particular type of statute , namely , a statute creating criminal liability in which the question was whether or not a guilty intention was required to create liability . |
| 39 | Mussolini spoke of the national spirit as a metaphysical concept , not a racialist one . |
| 40 | This is not a private prison as such — it is a public building built and run by taxpayers ’ money . |
| 41 | This freedom to advance was not a private matter . |
| 42 | And they 're having these X billions to finance er capital investment cos cos they 're not a private company . |
| 43 | I 'm an art dealer , not a private detective . ’ |
| 44 | He hoped he at least sounded businesslike , as though it were not a private call , and realized immediately that Alexandra would refuse to take the call if she knew it was him . |
| 45 | ‘ I 'm not a private detective , you know , ’ Melissa pointed out , but already her mind was buzzing with possible lines of enquiry . |
| 46 | ‘ I fear , Miss Lea , you 'll find there 's no such thing as a ‘ personal life ’ in the theatre , and certainly not a private one . |
| 47 | My dear girl , I 'm a writer , not a private investigator . |
| 48 | It is understood that SFA regards an agreement as in writing for this purpose even if its terms are set out in a terms of business letter accepted merely by conduct ( which is especially important where the intermediary is not a private customer ) . |
| 49 | Any customer who is not a private customer ( as defined ) is a non-private customer . |
| 50 | The typical individual who is not a private customer because he is carrying on investment business is a " local " on a futures exchange ; ( 2 ) Small business investors , if they are not acting in the course of carrying on investment business . |
| 51 | Anyone who is not a private customer is a non-private customer . |
| 52 | It 's property owned by a public body not a private company . |
| 53 | I 'm all in favour of the Government seeking to get the best value for money , but HMSO is not a private company . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ The Tube is not a personal taxi service . ’ |
| 55 | It is not a personal matter . |
| 56 | Surely tearing up the Pope 's picture was meant as a symbolic gesture , not a personal affront . |
| 57 | This is not a personal matter , it 's a matter that concerns your business integrity . |
| 58 | Alina 's just a guest in the house , she 's not a personal masseuse . ’ |
| 59 | I did later show Rowse an essay of mine , but this was not a personal onslaught . |
| 60 | ’ I trust it is a business and not a personal matter ? ’ |