Example sentences of "not [adj] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can be fairly certain that the pulvinar is not homologous with anything in the rat , or indeed in any other group , because its embryonic origins are so distinct ( Rakic 1974 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ We tried to sign Chris Waddle , but it was not right for him at the time . |
| 3 | ‘ We tried to sign Chris Waddle , but it was not right for him at the time , we went for Peter Beardsley , but it was not right for Everton . |
| 4 | Now , it 's not clear to me at the moment that that is going to be the direction , say , of the Roman Catholic Church , because we seem to have a much more conservative Pope and there are conservative movements growing up in all the churches , you 've only got to look at Reagan 's America and the way you find counterparts to that kind of religious conservatism in all the European countries . |
| 5 | Thus , the phantasm , rather than constituting the event , hovers over its surface like a cloud , as an effect of meaning not identifiable with anything in the event as such . |
| 6 | It does not provide a substitute for national parliaments in that the Council of Ministers does not legislate through it and is not accountable to it in the way which is typical of representative democracies . |
| 7 | One of the reasons why play is so absorbing is that it is self-initiated , in a way that is not available to us in the process of combatting , enduring or avoiding the slings and arrows of day-to-day living . |
| 8 | It is not necessary for us in the present case to decide whether this distinction is a legitimate one and I do not think we should assume to do so . |
| 9 | Not wise to it off the . |
| 10 | I am not aware of anybody in the West making vacuum tubes like we used in guitar amplification . |
| 11 | I am not aware of anybody in the West making vacuum tubes like we used in guitar amplification . |
| 12 | By the time we eventually turned to starboard and headed off towards the UK I was most anxious to get home : I was to be the best man at a wedding that day , and I had to get back before high noon , When the dawn really appeared we were lying very sedately over ( and we were not aware of it at the time ) Belgium . |
| 13 | I was n't sure about it at the time |
| 14 | One wheel would n't retract , although he was n't aware of it at the time , and the next thing he knew he was near the ground . |