Example sentences of "not [adj] part [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't think there is an overall meaning to be got by the symbolism of hands , though they are used many times to mean different things with many characters though in some cases what makes them symbolic is because it is hands that are being referred to and not another part of the anatomy .
2 Typically , the proximal but not distal part of the material extruding from the gastric pits was covered by a basement membrane ( Fig 1C ) .
3 Advertising costs now form a not inconsiderable part of the budget of most solicitors ' firms .
4 The older growth of roses becomes by-passed , deprived and finally starved to the point of die-back only slowly ; the transition is gradual , which means that some not inconsiderable part of the plant 's energy is wasted in trying to sustain growth that can no longer produce the best bloom .
5 In fact the nature and direction of child abuse research may itself be a not insignificant part of the problem of deciding what to do .
6 It may well be true , therefore , that there were two rules in Rylands v. Fletcher , the fairly closely defined formulation of Blackburn J. and the more flexible one stated by Lord Cairns , but the effect of the subsequent case law is to add the non-natural use requirement to Blackburn J. 's formulation , a development which has played a not insignificant part in the restriction of this form of strict liability .
7 And that there ai n't much parts on the police station .
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