Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [art] [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a wild and mischievous allegation , for which the hon. Lady has not a shadow of evidence . |
| 2 | Having inundated us with Mozart last season , it has not a note of Rossini this summer . |
| 3 | Someone who has not the concept of age can not be expected to see someone as young or old . |
| 4 | Drescher has not the pervasiveness of Wedgwood 's image of the kneeling slave , first designed for a medallion at the time of the 1788 petition campaign but afterwards widely translated to other formats . |
| 5 | This phenomenon is related to the last , but concerns not the translation of procedures from programs/software to machines/hardware , but rather the translation of procedures from one level of programming language to another . |
| 6 | If some of us despair at the seeming lack of real competition to them in Scotland , Hateley 's reaction permits not a whit of concern . |
| 7 | The name " library " has lost its etymologic meaning and means not a collection of books , but the central agency for disseminating information , innocent recreation , or , best of all , inspiration among people . |
| 8 | Assure you , my good liege , I hold my duty as I hold my soul , Both to my God and to my gracious King ; And I do think , or else this brain of mine Hunts not the trail of policy so sure As it hath used to do , that I have found The very cause of Hamlet 's lunacy … |
| 9 | Does not a Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food report show that production of early potatoes fell considerably , and that meant an increase in price ? |
| 10 | Does not the Secretary of State understand that it is precisely because the TGWU is so committed to effective training and the future expansion of British industry that it is not prepared to give credence to the Government 's sham arrangements ? |
| 11 | As Italy invests £63 per head , Germany £41 per head and this country only £24 per head in the railways , does not the Secretary of State have a teeny-weeny twinge of conscience when he hears of railway accidents ? |
| 12 | Does not the Secretary of State feel any remorse about those figures ? |
| 13 | Does not the Secretary of State realise that thousands and thousands of people who still can not pay the poll tax are facing court action and warrant sales ? |
| 14 | Why does not the Secretary of State for Wales wave the flag for Pierhead and say that the new project could become a great science centre ? |
| 15 | Does not the Secretary of State recognise that there is no confidence in the community in the type of managers he proposes to put in control of the trusts ? |
| 16 | Does not the Secretary of State understand that the people in the Forth Valley health board area will greet his decision with great dismay , especially the families of the mentally handicapped patients in that hospital , who do not have a vote , could not be consulted and who are now greatly exercised by the prospect of being cast into the free market system ? |
| 17 | Does not the Secretary of State agree with one of my constituents , Brigadier Alastair Pearson , who was the regiment 's honorary colonel until 1989 ? |
| 18 | Finally , though , because his style resembles not a force of nature so much as a medium of measurement or response ( response to pressure , atmospheric pressure ) , I settle on something less personal : Barometer Barnes . |
| 19 | For those who wish to weaken the hold that transmission teaching has within the educational system , this more sociological approach to understanding the conditions of teaching quality suggests not a tightening-up of selection procedures , an improvement of training , and an emphasis in training and staff deployment on the strengthening of subject expertise , but policies such as the following : |