Example sentences of "not [adj] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not profitable in the first year of acquisition , BMK with its complementary customer base and very different range of production equipment , will greatly strengthen us in the longer term . |
| 2 | His group backed in particular an immediate ban on exports to the Third World — ‘ while accepting our moral responsibility … to take back some of that waste so that it can be recycled or dealt with in an environmentally friendly way which is not possible in the Third World ’ . |
| 3 | but I think one one might still see this in terms of , of Mao 's ideas on excesses that , that clearly the situation was not right in the first half of , of nineteen forty seven . |
| 4 | It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound . |
| 5 | The double plates of consecutive segments , are not contiguous with the next pair . |
| 6 | Although what is and is not acceptable in the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist changes from minute to minute . |
| 7 | Whether they are filtered or not , expanding dictionary definitions may provide a way of accessing semantic relations that are not accessible at the first level . |
| 8 | Housing benefit is not payable for the first £16.25 of rent outside London or £23.45 of rent within London for any student . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm expecting him to report and , with five matches in the next four weeks , any player who is not fit for the first game will not necessarily miss the rest of them , ’ said Taylor . |
| 10 | Quakers were not disgraced in the first derby match of Third Division standing played at the Victoria Ground . |
| 11 | The omens for the new state were not encouraging in the first months of its existence . |
| 12 | It is not available in the first year of the policy and in the second year only £250 — about two hours ' worth for a top London matrimonial lawyer -will be met for each party . |
| 13 | ICL Plc , which last week unveiled an array of new models in its DRS 6000 Unix line ( CI No 2,149 ) has prototype machines , complete with 66MHz HyperSparcs , at its US development headquarters in Irvine , California and its UK office in Bracknell , Berkshire — the systems are not available until the third quarter . |
| 14 | Britain ratified the Convention in 1951 but did not accept its enforcement machinery until 1966 , and its impact on English law was not apparent until the next decade , when the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg began to hand down decisions holding the United Kingdom in breach of the Convention for failures to guarantee certain basic rights to its citizens . |
| 15 | Well I have my problems too , sister , but I do n't have yours , I 'm not allergic to the twentieth century . |
| 16 | This was not new in the eighteenth century . |
| 17 | Not bad for the first day , she thought with a sense of satisfaction as she washed her hands and tucked in a few strands of escaping hair . |
| 18 | When I got back I found the office was n't open until the next day , so I had to get a driver to break in for me . |
| 19 | Lillywhite , the Banana professional team rider from Walton-on-Thames , said : ‘ I was n't worried about the first break . |
| 20 | Which is is n't surprising in the first year . |