Example sentences of "[coord] [not/n't] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For the Formalists originality is constituted only by a reworking of the available devices and not by a personal vision in the lived experience of writers . |
| 32 | It 's best to leave the cutting of the opening to a professional builder unless you are skilled , because you will need to know the number and size of needles ( the temporary horizontal supporting timbers that past through the wall , carried on adjustable vertical props ) , and you will have to provide a firm base on which to stand the upright props , which have to be supported on the ground , and not by a wooden floor . |
| 33 | I 've served on that one , and the whole business of the organisation has generally speaking been run by the executive and not by a full council . |
| 34 | Ronnie Peterson , off-track , was a model of milk-drinking virtue and not unlike a whole set of happy-family cards ; James was no model of deportment anywhere , least of all in his marital and other personal relations . |
| 35 | Everyone remembered him as a big man in all senses but not as a good headmaster except that he liked everyone and everyone liked him and in chapel he was a superlative speaker . |
| 36 | New York-based Judith Barry 's installation is also uninspiring , didactically retracing familiar issues to do with the dehumanising implications of technology , its potential to control rather than serve humankind. computer generated references to the history of communications fleet across the floorspace between two walls of words , one written as mirror writing but not as a direct reflection of the other . |
| 37 | Atherton argues that the mass of the American people remain committed to support for the ‘ genuinely poor , sick , disabled and disadvantaged ’ , but not to a redistributive welfare programme . |
| 38 | Lesson observation has been used , but not to a great extent , by half of Oxfordshire teachers . |
| 39 | Owen had been to the Coptic Cathedral before but not to a Coptic church ; so he was surprised to find that most of the congregation appeared to be on crutches . |
| 40 | The concentration of phospholipids was also higher in the cholesterol gall stone patients but not to a significant degree . |
| 41 | Previous studies have shown that hepatic bile from cholesterol gall stone patients provides a greater total lipid concentration but not to a significant degree compared with controls . |
| 42 | The relative distribution of vesicular cholesterol in hepatic bile of the cholesterol gall stone patients was higher than that of the gall stone free patients , but not to a significant extent ( 42.3 ( 14.9 ) % v 21.9 ( 21.0 ) % ) . |
| 43 | Here , indications for hydrothermal activity along Hercynian striking fractures were found , so that a strong but short heat supply may be assumed , leading to local coalification maxima but not to a significant loss of reservoir porosity . |
| 44 | This does erupt , but not to a defined time schedule . |
| 45 | He ruled that damages were due for the effects of surfactants but not for a small presence of phosphates . |
| 46 | I 'd heard tales about some people having seen an old man down there but not for a long while , he would n't hurt anyone so your lad need n't be scared of him . ’ |
| 47 | He shrugged his shoulders , ‘ At times I like to speak English , but not for a long time . |
| 48 | ‘ Before , but not for a long time now , ’ Maggie admitted reluctantly and Rose did not want to learn any more . |
| 49 | It is a combination that I have used in the past but not for a long time , although blue and white stripes in fabrics are a perennial favourite of mine . |
| 50 | Been to it before but not for a long time . |
| 51 | The above description of the expectations-augmented Phillips curve allows for the existence of a short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation , but not for a long-run trade-off . |
| 52 | They object to a little cotton apron on the mice which is made from a baby 's dress — it was suitable for a baby but not for a stuffed mouse to wear ! ’ |
| 53 | Even more striking is the example provided by Francis Bacon , that most ardent apologist for useful science — but not for a Copernican universe . |
| 54 | Mr Mortimer , currently at work on a play for the BBC and a drama series for Meridian , tells me he hopes there will be another Rumpole series : ‘ But not for a little while . ’ |
| 55 | He 's right , but not for a little while . |
| 56 | But not with a cold-hearted spinster from Northumberland . |
| 57 | Extreme centralism and bureaucratic conservatism which characterise the USSR often plunge it into detailed consideration of procurement policy , but not on a continuous basis . |
| 58 | A number of products or components are made at the same time , but not on a continuous basis . |
| 59 | He is allocated specialists from the service departments to form the project team , but not on a permanent basis . |
| 60 | The English Basketball Association officially encourages mixed recreational games , but not at a competitive level … |