Example sentences of "[vb pp] not [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole spreading fortress was surrounded not just by a moat , but by a deep artificial lake . |
| 2 | The offence is committed not just by a trader who supplies consumer goods that are not reasonably safe but also by a trader who agrees or offers to supply them or exposes or possesses them for supply . |
| 3 | I trust that the issue will be considered not simply as a transport or environmental matter , but as a trade and industry matter as well . |
| 4 | This conflict abuse , as will be made clear later , is to be considered not only with a view to regulation by formal law but also by the regulatory technique known as the ‘ Chinese Wall ’ . |
| 5 | The new remedy rapidly encroached upon the spheres of trespass and replevin so that at one time it looked as if any ‘ asportation ’ or moving of the property might be regarded not only as a trespass to it but also conversion of it , but this very wide doctrine was restricted to a principle that the dealing with the goods must amount to a denial of the owner 's title . |
| 6 | Citizenship should , it is suggested , be regarded not only as a burden , or even as a set of rights or entitlements , but also as an opportunity for self-fulfilment and a reciprocal relationship between citizens and the state . |
| 7 | The company itself is treated not merely as a person , the subject of rights and duties , but also as a res , the object of rights and duties . |
| 8 | The damage can be limited not just by a vow of silence from the government 's critics , but also by intelligent fiscal action from the government itself . |
| 9 | Wage rises were therefore granted not only as a response to disruptive strikes , but also to enable demand to absorb supply . |
| 10 | Given the number of curriculum tasks which the school needed to address and the limited resources available to make a response with , the case had to be made not only for a partnership itself , but also for the prioritisation of this task over other needs which had been identified . |
| 11 | But this brutality and coercion has been seen not merely as a question of physical or ‘ external ’ coercion or constraint ; the force of subjection has also been seen as a psychic one , invading women 's very selves . |
| 12 | The argument , then , is that for the young child , the familiar adult ( e.g. , parent ) is seen not only as a resource from which the child obtains all sorts of information , but also as an extension of the child 's cognitive and communicative system — a communicative support system ( CoSS ) . |
| 13 | The enormous popularity of hiking can be seen not only as a consequence of the formation of the YHA , but also of the emergence of many new organizations and clubs which undertook to arrange hikes and negotiate concessionary rates for travel , accommodation , and refreshment for their members , and others engaged in agitation for reform of the access laws . |
| 14 | The consequence is that the reindeer feed is buried not only under a metre or more of snow , which the reindeer can cope with , pawing away at it to reach the lichen that is reindeer moss , but under many inches of solid ice . |
| 15 | The weighted capitation formula has been advanced not only as a mechanism for allocating national resources among the 14 regions but also for subregional allocation . |
| 16 | Mr Knowd said he was anxious that the church would be used not only as a place of worship , but also as a conference centre and concert venue by both sides of the community . |
| 17 | Cnut 's taking of a second , imperial , crown may well have been stimulated not only by a position in Scandinavia which emulated that of Swegen , but by achievements in Britain which lay firmly in a tradition established by the greatest of his royal Anglo-Saxon predecessors . |
| 18 | Unlike a probation order , which was not regarded as a sentence of the Court , a suspended sentence ranked not merely as a sentence , but as a sentence of imprisonment , with a condition attached which activated the element of custodial confinement only if another offence was committed within a stated period of not less than one year nor more than two ( originally three ) years . |
| 19 | Opinion surveys had consistently found that this position was opposed not merely by a majority of voters , but also by many Republicans , including a sizable portion of those chosen as delegates to the convention . |
| 20 | Another change has been extensive draining of moorland ( Stewart and Lance , 1983 ) and this allied to increased sheep numbers and other factors ( Anderson and Yalden , 1981 ) has led not only to a decrease in moorland vegetation but to a reduction in wildlife , notably grouse . |
| 21 | Served not merely as a defence but as palace for bishops and archbishops of St Andrews . |
| 22 | It was important , bearing in mind private viewing , that bodies should be not only as wholesome as possible but also as well dressed ; and dressed not only in a material according to social status but also in as well upholstered a coffin as funds would permit . |
| 23 | This defiance was expressed not simply by a host of politicians , personalities and pop stars , but also by ordinary men and women in the street . |
| 24 | But they forget that flowers are sent not only as a mark of respect for the dead , but also as a gesture of sympathy to the living , suffering widow , to bring some of the hopeful beauty of nature to soften the bleakness of one of the saddest days of her life , and to show her how much the one she loved was also loved by others . |
| 25 | Ever since 1914 , when the great majority of the leaders of social democratic parties in Europe supported the war effort of their own nation states — under a variety of influences , one of which was undoubtedly the nationalist fervour of the peoples involved — the capacity of the socialist movement to bring about a new kind of political relationship among the peoples of the world has seemed more questionable ; and the doubts have multiplied not only as a result of the course taken by the revolution in Russia , culminating in the project of building ‘ socialism in one country ’ , which eventually led to the identification of socialism with the national interests of the Soviet Union , but also in the light of the actual relations that developed between the communist countries in the postwar period . |