Example sentences of "not [adj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he was not guilty of an offence because section 14 has no application to statements as to the future , which can be neither true nor false . |
| 2 | John Cowans , 20 , of Liff Road , pled not guilty to a charge that he threatened Ronald Lee and Terence Quinn , both members of the new Timex staff , and that he challenged one of them to fight . |
| 3 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |
| 4 | At the heart of her case lies the claim that the merchant , like the monk , is not generous as a virtue but rather as a matter of " " calculated business policy " " , for the sake of appearing creditworthy : We may creaunce whil we have a name , But goldlees for to be , it is no game . |
| 5 | It is not easy in a country as hierarchically inclined as ours to continually question authority in a constructive way . |
| 6 | I have several friends and relatives who are in that position , two who have been left by a husband and it 's absolutely not ideal for a child but compensation can be made by a loving relationship with extended family . |
| 7 | And I know it 's important to be equal in careers and to have equal opportunities and I 'm not arguing against that , but I also think that perhaps , in doing so some women also lose the pride in being a woman , and e equality is n't being a man , which I think some feminists take that view , that they 're not equal to a man unless they 're earning money . |
| 8 | The experienced eye can frequently tell at a glance that all is not well in a pond or aquarium without necessarily seeing a single fish . |
| 9 | Watt was not alone as an engineer and canal-builder , and his work laid the foundations of the industrial north of England , together with Thomas Telford of Dumfriesshire , greatest of the early civil engineers , William Symington , who designed and built the first steamship in the world as well as giving poet Robert Burns a rough ride during its promotional voyage on Dalswinton Loch , Henry Bell and his Comet , Nasmyth , there is nae doot that the Scots have a very special genius . |
| 10 | And as she sat down she added , ‘ Now tuck in ; we 're not short of a thing or two up here . |
| 11 | ‘ Not short of a quid or two though , these Yanks — ’ |
| 12 | Not short of a pound when it came to putting clothes on her back , I can tell you … ’ |
| 13 | It is not advisable for an expatriate and family to arrive in Britain without some steps having been taken in advance to arrange accommodation . |
| 14 | in Kenlin v. Gardner that self defence was not available against an assault that was justifiable in law , as for instance a lawful arrest . |
| 15 | For Locke , however , actually being engaged in thought is not essential to a mind or soul . |
| 16 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
| 17 | It 's not fair on a man if a woman undresses and then changes her mind , at the last minute . |
| 18 | Why in in that case do you think that Sir Nicholas and he he he 's not stupid , I mean he 's a career politician , he 's come out and said this his wife has said that they 're both smiling on the front page of the newspaper at the moment and they go on to say it 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind . |
| 19 | not fair on a animal as I say , he 's bound to be trapped at the bloody door for hours before anybody come in and |
| 20 | This solution , however , is not suitable for a crossing that consists of one simple span supported at the ends . |
| 21 | Ingrid was in fact twenty-nine , which was young compared with Gesner , but not young for a dancer and she found the routines rather a strain , especially when she had to sing at the end of them . |
| 22 | That 's not true of a poem or a novel . |
| 23 | In order to be commercially successful it is not sufficient for a product or a process to be technologically innovative , though this will stimulate interest — from the competition as well as the customer . |
| 24 | whilst the insurer was prepared to make an interim payment if providing indemnity they argued that the pursuer was not entitled to an award because he did not have the means to enable him to pay . |
| 25 | Among the other abuses of the day it was not unknown for a managing-owner and a master to conspire to defraud merchants by stealing their goods before " casting away " the ship in which they were being carried , or similarly defrauding the underwriters concerned with marine insurance , with consequent losses of crewmen . |
| 26 | It is not unknown for a philosopher or scientist , lured by the song of the sirens , which is to say an interpretation of Quantum Mechanics , to drift off course to a proposal as to a better or improved conception of causation . |
| 27 | Not bad for a company that did n't exist four years ago . |
| 28 | Not bad for a company that five years ago was worth $100 billion less than Big Blue . |
| 29 | And that 's not bad for a Londoner that die-hard Tykes believed would n't stay five minutes when he came north after a disastrous spell at Watford . |
| 30 | I had heard Mum say to Grandma that it was n't healthy for a brother and sister to share , and it seemed to be true because Davey had n't caught my cold . |