Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [prep] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His home was not that of a day labourer or landless tenant but that of a middle-class artisan . |
| 2 | This was so even though the business was not that of a car dealer . |
| 3 | Thus , we can perceive the sound emitted by a piccolo but not that from a dog whistle . |
| 4 | This is not possible as a part number must be unique . |
| 5 | Therefore , the accused is not guilty of a deception offence by " deceiving " a machine by , for example , putting fake coins in a cigarette machine . |
| 6 | Mr Carnogurksy was charged with subversion for organising a pro-democracy petition , but was found not guilty by a Bratislava court on November 23 . |
| 7 | It must also be remembered that a written admission of liability at an early stage could have dire consequences if the third party 's medical condition , without warning , drastically deteriorates and such deterioration is not due to a NOVUS ACTUS |
| 8 | I am on a , ’ her pause was not due to a transmission fault , ‘ fact-finding tour of the outlying regions , and took the opportunity to contact you directly . |
| 9 | I hope you are not afraid of a sham marriage . |
| 10 | The fact that it is not linear for a glass transition led to the development of the Williams-Landel-Ferry ( WLF ) relation ( 1955 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ The WBC are not interested in a unification fight with the WBO but I do n't see any problems as it can be a simple defence of Paul 's WBC title . ’ |
| 12 | Figure 4.21(a) is not acceptable from a Codasyl standard : it does not include a set name . |
| 13 | But it was not easy for a motor mechanic to find a start . |
| 14 | In retrospect , for instance , he thought that Suite had choreography rather like Balanchine 's in the phrasing of sequences and repeats to the music , and in the lines , which were not straight like a corps de ballet of swans or sylphides but went off suddenly at an angle . |
| 15 | At the moment , Unisys Corp 's Unix OLTP for example , is not visible as a Tuxedo implementation : ‘ we even used to charge companies to use the brand ’ admits USL . |
| 16 | A similar , one day , version is attended by contractors ' staff not subject to a period Contract . |
| 17 | Point B represents a state of labour market clearance : the curve which passes through point B is the usual notional demand for labour function which would apply if employers were not subject to a sales constraint in the goods market . |
| 18 | A market purchase is one made on a recognised investment exchange ( which includes the London Stock Exchange and the USM ) , whereas an off-market purchase is one which is not made on a recognised investment exchange ( ie by private contract ) or is so made but the shares are not subject to a marketing arrangement on that exchange . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , ’ I said , ‘ I thought you were in the Mafia , but it 's not much of a Mafia name . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Hey , not much of a country girl , are you ? ’ |
| 21 | To our surprise , she turns out to be not much of a country girl at all . |
| 22 | I think yeah I was gon na say its a bit , if your a real Steve Martin fan and he 's done , everybody 's but if your not much of a Steve Martin 's fan then |
| 23 | I 'm not much of a hand cooking . ’ |
| 24 | It 's not much of a birthday present , rue . |
| 25 | Simply to hope that such things will be taught through other subjects is not satisfactory for a planning document even at the discussion stage . |
| 26 | It was not unusual for a West Bank or Gaza household with one or two family members abroad to receive as much as $10,000 annually . |
| 27 | It is not unusual for a pH value of between 4 and 5 to occur at certain locations far removed from human interference ( Charlson and Rodhe , 1982 ; Hibbard , 1982 ) . |
| 28 | Now you know where the 900S fits in , why not fit in a test flight soon . |
| 29 | However , the effect was not dissimilar to a wash trade , if we assume that the option writer was not acting for bona fide commercial motives , but solely to support the share price . |
| 30 | We have established , have we not , that the public house is not worthy of a celebration dinner . |