Example sentences of "[not/n't] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 Not a word of condemnation of that disgraceful position has come from the Leader of the Opposition , who is sponsored by that union , or from the shadow spokesman on employment , who is also sponsored by that union , or by any of the renegade crew who man the Labour Front Bench .
2 Not a word in front of John , ’ warned Dotty .
3 Dr Reid , author of a book on the Orkney case , claimed : ‘ There is not a shred of evidence of any form of abuse , physical or sexual , since the children 's father was taken out of circulation . ’
4 This is not a contract of sale of goods because its principal object is the provision of services , Young & marten v. McManus Childs ( 1968 ) H.L. ) .
5 In Robinson v. Graves ( 1935 ) the Court of Appeal held that a contract whereby an artist agreed to paint a client 's portrait for him was not a contract of sale of goods .
6 Alternatively , such an entry might mean a temporary absence , on Church business if not a foray in quest of preferment .
7 They hark back to an older , more religious notion , where it 's not a question of wholeness of being , but of holes .
8 Lower sales are not a sign of weakness of industry and commerce — just weakness of demand .
9 Although this is not a matter in respect of which we are asked to grant any relief , I believe that Lautro should reconsider its practice in this respect , and consider deferring the issue of a press notice until after the person affected has had the opportunity to apply for the notice to be rescinded and to make representations to that effect , and Lautro 's board have ruled in the application .
10 By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available .
11 Similar principles were applied in Mannion v Johnston ( 1988 ) STC 758 , heard at the same time , where two separate disposals of less than half the farm land were held to be merely limited changes of scale and not a disposal of part of the business .
12 They were not instructed to do so by the apostles and their doing it was not a condition of membership of the church community .
13 So ‘ Safety First ’ was not a substitute for lack of ideas and policies : it was deliberately chosen by Baldwin from a number of possible election platforms .
14 So it 's not a lot of lot of bother the only thing is that i you got ta drive in town rather than drive on country lanes to get to the main roads little bit more dangerous as far as getting caught is concerned ha !
15 If the defendant succeeds on either of these issues , there would , strictly , be an issue as to whether or not an order for rectification of the register , as against the building society , ought to be made .
16 The fact that some sufferers die of their addictive disease regardless of their awareness of the Anonymous Fellowships is not an argument in favour of the use of other methods of treatment which were manifestly of no help to those who did recover and which can be observed to be of no help to those who still suffer .
17 ‘ And I can assure you there is n't a hope in hell of getting access .
18 Erm that is n't a constraint to consideration of new settlement sites in the A sixty four corridor .
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