Example sentences of "not [art] [det] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The metaphor does not in itself debase the theatre , and although Shakespeare is using plays and actors to present insincerity or hypocrisy that does not make him or them corrupt : the medium is not the same as the message . |
| 2 | It has been pointed out that the legal protection of children 's welfare is not the same as the conferment of rights on children , since it presupposes that welfare agencies , judges and even parents would have the right to take decisions on the child 's behalf . |
| 3 | ‘ But not the same as the bearer who brings the money ? ’ |
| 4 | I am concerned that the man who is here today is not the same as the man who was here yesterday . |
| 5 | But their relatedness is not the same as the child . |
| 6 | And it seemed to her that she was at least two people , for the person who had plunged them into the forest and brought them to this spot was not the same as the person who sat here waiting for Allen to say what he was doing , and for the Friar to return . |
| 7 | The peace which is on the face of a sleeping child is not the same as the peace on a face whose eyes are closed in prayer . |
| 8 | We say , ‘ The thought is not the same as the sentence , for an English and a French sentence , which are utterly different , can express the same thought . ’ |
| 9 | In this passage , Wittgenstein mentions one argument for saying that the thought is not the same as the sentence — two sentences ‘ one in English and one in French , may be said to express the same thought ; since the thought is the same but the sentences different the thought is not the same as either of the sentences . |
| 10 | The plaintiffs contended that the commissioner was not a court of competent jurisdiction , and that the issue before him of whether the entries in the register were validly made was not the same as the issue in the action , which was whether the road verges formed part of the highway . |
| 11 | This is not the same as the Pie Rouge de l'Est of Belgium ( which is the Campine Red Pied ) . |
| 12 | Module type is not the same as the module in LIFESPAN : X |
| 13 | But someone told me that it is not the same as the passion fruit on sale at the shops and that the fruits are poisonous . |
| 14 | In the 1950s and early 1960s , there was , it is true , a slightly revitalised extreme right in Britain , represented by Mosley 's postwar reincarnation of the BUF , the Union Movement , and by the British National Party ( not the same as the group currently bearing this name ) . |
| 15 | However an audience of learners is not the same as the audience of native speakers for whom the film was made and the experience of some teachers has been disappointing . |
| 16 | The impact of a series of I 's in theme position is not the same as the impact of a series of verbs inflected for first person , such as ‘ saw-I ’ , ‘ took-I ’ , etc. , where it is difficult to discern a theme line as clearly as in the pronoun-plus-verb combination . |
| 17 | It will be tied to the median , which is not the same as the average . |
| 18 | And the reason is normally we look at human relationships from one point of view or another , or assume that perspectives are the same , but clearly they 're not the same , the perspective of an offspring is not the same as the perspective of , of the parent . |
| 19 | However , this is not the same as the reversal , described by attitude-change . |
| 20 | ( It should be noted that translucency is not the same as the semi-opacity of , for example , fish and chips . ) |
| 21 | And that 's the valve , we , we , call it valve business basic , it 's done at Dunstable , it 's not the same as the sort of resolving style er gears , even though it has got a gear to produce a and it joins it later on , so there 's the other ball bearings business for the gears , yeah ? |