Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [adj] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are exceptions , but the fact that information is held in confidence is not as such a sufficient reason for exemption . |
| 2 | It 's a perky companion on the open road too , although not as enjoyable a driving companion as would a Peugeot 205 or a Citroen AX . |
| 3 | But without Ceauşescu 's discretion — Bucharest was not as leaky a diplomatic centre as Washington — the American President would not have been able to achieve the one great success of his presidency , the Camp David Agreement between Israel and Egypt . |
| 4 | mother and I hope father and I will be around to want to pick up what we can to help you 've got ta start thinking about standing on your own feet , you know , because admittedly I er I , I , I could turn out to be not as bad a financial state as I anticipated but I never was stinking rich and I 'm certainly not stinking rich now , so erm I mean |
| 5 | Hence Juice was probably not as big a box-office success as it might have been , although it did make money . |
| 6 | She had been teaching New Zealand , erm , not quite such a long training so she 's had three or four years ' experience . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , ’ Chen added after a moment , ‘ marriage is n't always such a good thing . |
| 8 | Sadly , it was n't always such a pleasant part of the principality . |
| 9 | ‘ It was n't really such a sudden decision . |
| 10 | As she could not stop , he had arisen , telling her that she might cry herself sick , but that he was going to Mrs Inigo , a woman who was n't quite such a cold poultice . |