Example sentences of "[vb base] not the [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They celebrate not the facts of nature , but the transforming power of atmosphere and momentary effects of light . |
| 2 | ii , ‘ o'erstep not the modesty of nature ’ , CS 20 . |
| 3 | Do not the Secretary of State 's earlier answers make it clear that his vision of Britain in the future is a low-wage economy with the worst employment conditions in Europe ? |
| 4 | Do not the upholders of law have daily experience of the fact that the greedy society so desired by Conservative Members must inevitably be a bad one ? |
| 5 | ‘ new Invention of Raiseing of Water and occasioning Motion to all sorts of Mill Work by the Impellent Force of Fire , which will be of great Use and Advantage for Drayning Mines , Serveing Towns with water , and for the working of all Sorts of Mills where they have not the benefit of Water nor Constant Windes ’ . |