Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] not [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps not last Sunday , and perhaps not on the way to Liam Shakespeare 's front door , but it had happened . |
| 2 | On such a view , in so far as pragmatics is concerned with context , it can be claimed that by definition pragmatics is not part of competence , and thus not within the scope of grammatical descriptions . |
| 3 | Even so , she had no means of recognising them and to wade through three hundred-odd pages in search of some unidentified reference would be a formidable task and probably not worth the effort . |
| 4 | Yet the story of the development of the city 's housing schemes has never been told in full , and particularly not from the point of view of the original tenants . |
| 5 | I 've been thinking about Wilko 's choice of subs ( as well as the starters ) he seems to pick players for the bench one week and then not in the squad for the next ( e.g Strandli , Forrester , Ray Wallace ) Hopefully he will play Rocky tonight . |
| 6 | Most of the difficulties with the financial category were of this nature , and consequently not within the power of the defined problem-owner for this situation . |
| 7 | Her teeth chattered , and again not with the cold . |
| 8 | Despite its unhurried style and careful attention to detail , the firm achieved 170 placements with eleven consultants in 1979 ; now , with thirteen consultants , the firm annually completes far more , but is not necessarily seeking to maximise its volume , and certainly not at the expense of quality of service . |
| 9 | Er , I should also re , remind you so my brief informs me , of the no smoking rule , which was adopted at last year 's er , A G M , and which means there 's no smoking er , in this room at any rate , and certainly not during the meeting . |
| 10 | ‘ SHe ca n't just have gone ! ’ she shouted in a deep , masculine voice , in response to her officers , discovery that no one had seen Crevecoeur since late afternoon , and certainly not in the act of leaving the building . |
| 11 | And certainly not in the light of what 's been said in the last couple of weeks that 's |
| 12 | Using the argument that the Jews , not being a definite community , were not His Majesty 's subjects and therefore not under the protection of his laws , and quoting the Gospel of St John that the Jews were descended from the devil , Leese 's defence was partially successful . |
| 13 | It was originally written in Hebrew , and therefore not for the perusal of the Gentiles . |
| 14 | Having burned their fingers two years ago , senior Ford executives will continue to press for change , but preferably not at the expense of another strike . |
| 15 | It 's obvious he is concerned about looks , but maybe not in the way other boys are . |
| 16 | Prior approval is not required ( except in SSSIs and National Parks in the UK , but then not from the Agriculture Department ) and in assessing schemes financially , MAFF has disregarded the fact that it has in the past contributed 50–70% of the scheme 's cost and that a high proportion of the profit to be earned is public money in the form of HLCAs . |
| 17 | We do have the Wolfe report but unfortunately not for the want of effort , the Wolfe report is turning out like the Black report and others and I do n't say that because there was a gentleman who done a report Black and it is gathering dust , the Wolfe report is on the same shelf , I believe . |
| 18 | A smaller SA system is available for people with smaller backs , but unfortunately not on the Condor . |
| 19 | Of course he belongs to the class which dedicates itself from the beginning , single-mindedly to literature , but yet not in the way we would think of . |
| 20 | The common agricultural policy is in urgent need of reform … but absolutely not in the form proposed by the EC Commission , says NFU president David Naish . |
| 21 | Many of the researchers are studying developments in ‘ high technology ’ Industries — but certainly not to the exclusion of other industries . |