Example sentences of "not [prep] [noun] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Flashman incident may be the lowest point to which those who run our football clubs have descended but the shenanigans , admittedly not with fisticuffs as an accompaniment , are not confined to north London . |
| 2 | Sadly , the story of Billy Callender ended , not in triumph in an England eleven , but in tragedy . |
| 3 | As far as the death grant goes , erm for a pensioner that would only be payable erm if somebody actually died within year of leaving pensionable service , due to ill health , and they were not in receipt of an infirmity pension . |
| 4 | Erm first of all I I 'm not in support of an exceptions policy . |
| 5 | ‘ Fund accounting ’ refers to the practice of accounting , not in terms of an organization taken as whole , but in terms of its separate , independent , constituent parts ( which are called ‘ funds ’ ) . |
| 6 | Besides the fact that it is not always true — the bare infinitive has many uses where it is not in relation with an auxiliary — this distinction between the two infinitives is also purely distributional : Schibsbye simply lists the various contexts where each infinitive is found without developing any difference of meaning . |
| 7 | As she seems to have stayed on the island for only three weeks , however , being moved back to Stirling when the English army left Scotland at the end of September , we can only conclude that these are testimony not to Mary as an infant prodigy , but to her fascination as a source of romance and legend . |
| 8 | If the assessment is alleged to have been made ( as here ) under ultra vires regulations , the proper course is to take proceedings by way of judicial review to quash the aberrant regulations and the assessment made thereunder , not by way of an appeal under procedure which presupposes that the assessment , although it may be erroneous , is basically lawful . |