Example sentences of "not [adj] [noun sg] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He also formally directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict on an arson charge against carpenter David Harper , 21 , of Uckington , who is not related to the twins .
2 Mr Justice Auld also directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict on an arson charge against David Harper , 21 , of Uckington , near Cheltenham , who is not related to the twins .
3 The judge also formally directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict on an arson charge against David Harper , 21 , of Homecroft Drive , Uckington , near Cheltenham , who is not related to the twins .
4 Even where there was not direct evidence of a breach of trust , the occupation would suggest to the newspaper reader that this is a crime of the middle class , such as ‘ a civil servant who admitted inciting a child to commit an act of gross indecency … . ’
5 So it 's not cream cheese in a spread .
6 ‘ Nominative not objective pronoun in a comparison where the verb is understood . ’
7 So if it starts the word and you 're not sure go for a C.
8 The jury returned a unanimous not proven verdict on a charge alleging he supplied five men including depot employees with the drug on Hogmanay 1991 .
9 A revisionist view may fault French colonialist practices , corrupt South Vietnamese officials , the American media and specific American policies , but not American policy as a whole .
10 Johnson gave them more money , the not inconsiderable sum of a shilling each , for which generosity they hailed him , addressing him as ‘ My Lord ’ .
11 Not sufficient evidence for an arrest .
12 Yeah well no that 's not bad money for a woman
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