Example sentences of "not in [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both cases this was because they exceeded the 5 per cent minimum threshold in terms of votes won in what was formerly East Germany , albeit not in Germany as a whole . |
| 2 | We 're not in favour of a right to roam on open country — if you have this it 'll override other rights . |
| 3 | Sadly , the story of Billy Callender ended , not in triumph in an England eleven , but in tragedy . |
| 4 | If the passenger is not in possession of a licence , but states he is the holder of the necessary licence , further enquiries will be made by the police officer to ascertain whether or not he is a duly licensed driver . |
| 5 | Where a seller was not in possession of a licence which could be transferred to the buyer at the date of completion of the contract it was decided that , the seller having failed to execute the contract , the purchaser could repudiate it : Day v. Luhke ( 1868 ) L.R. 5 Eq . |
| 6 | Bordeaux is traditionally the arena for a thrilling mass sprint finish and on the long straight ride through the flatlands of Les Landes we may have the awesome sight of the whole peloton at full speed , driving along at up to 60 kilometres per hour , not in pursuit of a breakaway , but in anticipation of the finish . |
| 7 | The supplementary allowance A weekly allowance that can be made to those in financial need who are not in receipt of a State retirement pension ( see leaflet SB1 ) . |
| 8 | While most students not in receipt of a job offer were making applications and attending interviews at the time they completed the Initial destinations questionnaires , the fact that one third of students would be looking for employment at the end of the courses can only be regarded as a disappointing , and rather unexpected , finding . |
| 9 | Any member not in receipt of a ballot paper for the election to the vacancy on the Women Chemists Committee , and who wishes to place a vote , can obtain one from M. Mackenzie , RSC , Thomas Graham House , Science Park , Milton Road , Cambridge CB4 4WF ; tel : 223 420066 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Erm first of all I I 'm not in support of an exceptions policy . |
| 12 | When work is not in progress on a module but the module must be accessed by a package , the module must be locked against being set to hard copy only and against modification . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're not in need of a change of underwear then ? ’ |
| 14 | This does not apply to private owners selling their timeshares as long as this is not in furtherance of a trade or business . |
| 15 | The Court of Appeal held that as the plaintiffs employed no union members the union 's actions were not in furtherance of a trade dispute and injunctions were issued against the union . |
| 16 | The traditional Grand Tour of the young nobleman had not yet even the Grand Hotel in common with the tourism of the capitalist era , partly because this institution was only now developing — initially as often as not in connection with a railway — partly because noblemen hardly deigned to stop at inns . |
| 17 | However , it is necessary to see the problem , not in terms of a battle between parents and Social Services Departments , but in terms of the welfare of the child , and therefore it is important to assess the new legislation as a means of safeguarding parental contact which is beneficial to the child . |
| 18 | This theory is a variant of the fund theory in that it sees the organization not in terms of a series of funds but a series of responsibility centres . |
| 19 | At the same time , at a micro level an assumption is made about who is racist and who is not in terms of a set of essential defining properties or predispositions . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 ’ ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | There can be no subject without a content , and no contents not in relation to a subject . |
| 23 | I mean I know some of the , some of the more slender women , I wo n't say skinny here , what , are n't in need of a tummy tuck , but well there 's you as a twenty two Scottish women would spend two thousand pounds , what do you think of that ? |