Example sentences of "and not the [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm the coach and not the mum on court . ’ |
| 2 | I think that the first thing that one would have to say is that we work for the Ministry of Defence , and not the Ministry of War and therefore we are about defence , we 're about the maintenance of peace , erm this you know maintaining of justice etc etc . |
| 3 | Thus output might be altered by a technological breakthrough , or by changes in the structure of taxation which affected the choice between work and leisure , or by changes in other real variables , but should not be affected by a change in nominal spending : such changes should affect the price at which the available output is sold and not the quantity of output itself . |
| 4 | Reference to the ‘ pièces de Marais ’ are probably the Pièces à une et à deux violes ( 1686 ) rather than the Pièces en trio pour les flûtes , violon & dessus de viole ( 1692 ) , since the viol pieces ( and not the ones for flute ) are found in Jacques 's posthumous inventory . |
| 5 | The description and evaluation of the AEC clearly demonstrates that , in their particular sphere of constructive influence , probation officers , like employers and teachers , are concerned in part with the establishment of rules and not the infliction of pain . |
| 6 | Until the changes introduced by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Act ( HASSASSA ) 1983 were implemented in January 1984 , access arrangements to many children in care were at the discretion of the local authority , and not the subject of court scrutiny . |
| 7 | However , the measure is of the number of organisms in aerosol at the time of testing and not the dose of organism to which the patient was actually exposed . |
| 8 | This was adopted by the House of Lords in the GCHQ case , where Lord Diplock said that ‘ National security is the responsibility of the executive government ; what action is needed to protect its interests is … a matter upon which those upon whom the responsibility rests , and not the courts of justice , must have the last word . ’ |
| 9 | It was like something out of a film set — and not the sort of film that was recommended for family viewing . |
| 10 | The main value of Hinduism is its belief that all life is one , and it is not possible to hold fast to this belief without accepting that man is the servant and not the lord of creation , and that all men are brothers . |
| 11 | He wanted privacy and not the struggles of circuit and paddock . |
| 12 | Histological examination of the oesophageal mucosa was only used to establish the presence of Barrett 's oesophagus and not the diagnosis of oesophagitis . |
| 13 | It should be noted , however , that the rationale for such an approach relates primarily to the ends and not the means of learning , and is directed at furthering the cause of cultural co-operation in Europe . |
| 14 | The aim of industry and commerce is to make money for shareholders and not the distribution of money to worthy causes . |
| 15 | Therefore on one side we must assert the authority of the Bible over man and the Church , and not the authority of man and the Church over the Bible . |
| 16 | The distinction between the mat being just an object upon which prayer is performed on and not the object of worship may cause problems . |
| 17 | It may , for example , be a defence to a charge of abusive dominance to establish that a market position is a result of advanced technical know-how or research and development capacity or marketing and advertising advantages which command consumer loyalty , and not the result of foreclosure of the relevant market . |
| 18 | Marx 's contribution is to see ideology as having its origins in the social relations characteristic of the mode of production and not the result of prejudice in the individual . |
| 19 | But I would say to each of your listeners I sure you know people who find a tranquility , a centredness , a source of strength and confidence in their religious faith , they are the representatives of what religion can do , not the Ayatollahs , and not the fanatics , and not the people on television , but the people who spend their lives trying to be good and helpful , and one day they 'll look around and realise that happiness has snuck in the back door when they were n't even looking for it . |
| 20 | For Kitson what was produced , and not the amount of gold bullion , defined the wealth of the nation , and financiers — particularly Jewish bankers — had hijacked the economy in a conscious conspiracy . |
| 21 | To interpret exceptions to the general rule that sexual dimorphism increases with the degree of polygyny , we need to remember that it is the comparative effects of phenotypic traits on reproductive success in males and females that will determine the degree of dimorphism and not the amount of variation in reproductive success per se ( see Price , 1970 ; Lande , 1980 ) . |
| 22 | A good example is provided by his comment on the way in which the first editor of the journal Nature allowed his personal opinions to intrude upon its pages : ‘ [ Norman ] Lockyer sometimes forgets that he is only the editor and not the author of Nature . ’ |