Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [not/n't] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quantum mechanics may be peculiar but not to the extent of allowing one to obtain the square root of minus one as the result of an experiment ! |
| 2 | The Jokers said much about Sixties London , still swinging but not at the pace depicted by the media . |
| 3 | Her clothes are extravagant but not beyond the means of , say , Russian stars of stage and screen . |
| 4 | This was a man entirely under the sway of the Eternal and not of the material . |
| 5 | You 're feeling very languid and lazy and not in the mood for ‘ keeping house ’ and barking at all-comers . |
| 6 | Dr Edward Fenech-Adami , Maltese Prime Minister , said of his country 's announcement last night : ‘ Whether it is satisfactory or not to the UN Security Council has to be decided by them . ’ |
| 7 | Whether he or she is welcome or not in the situation ( and , according to circumstance and the individual part of each member in it , the " Welfare " will be seen as a saving and succouring agency , an interfering nuisance or an outright threat ) , the social worker is usually seen as in a position of some power — as in a position to alter the situation or at least to make some expert attempt to alter it . |
| 8 | May be fussy and irritable but not like the tantrums of Chamomilla or the touchiness of Hepar . |
| 9 | The gully is steep and rough but not beyond the ability of an average walker , and leads unerringly to the depression on the ridge , whence a simple climb up to the right leads to the summit cairn of Caisteal Liath . |
| 10 | Between the feet are the remains of a green parrot — whether immolated or not at the death of his mistress is uncertain — but it still retains its plumage ; it is a far less repulsive-looking object than the larger bi-ped . |
| 11 | However , even when legal principles are committed to one constitutional document , set out in legal codes or reiterated by judges over time , they tend to remain highly ambiguous and not worth the paper they are printed on until somebody — the judiciary — interprets and defers to them in their judgments , and somebody else — the executive — enforces those judgments . |
| 12 | The figures demonstrate something about the characteristics of people with dementia referred to psychogeriatricians : that they are on average around 80 years of age , mainly women , mainly widowed or single , quite likely to be living alone but not without the involvement of relatives or friends , and with fairly advanced dementia ( assuming that this is the implication of a score of nearly seven on a scale , running from one to ten , designed mainly to measure impairment of memory ) . |
| 13 | Surface deformation was small and not of the form expected ( inflation flanking the intrusion ) when magma is emplaced elastically . |
| 14 | This appears to your Directors to be unreasonable and not in the interests of the Company . |
| 15 | Nationalisation plans were tentative and not in the forefront of his measures to keep full employment . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm disappointed but not with the performance . |
| 17 | He proclaimed a classic revival in the arts in which the work of art was to be judged as whole and not on the merits of its parts or in relation to its creator : ‘ … the work of art should be conceived as a pipe or a hat is conceived by the craftsman who produces it ; all parts should have a strictly determined place according to their function and importance . |
| 18 | Office parties or casual occasions call for an outfit that 's special but not over the top ; smart , but not dull . |