Example sentences of "not the [noun] in [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , going back to nineteen eighty three for instance , in the whole of er area there was no adult day care at all and in at that time there was only the Road day centre for the learning disabled which , with the best will in the world , is not the jewel in our crown . |
| 2 | Shrewd guessing at tendency is not the jewel in his casket . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , homosexual practices are not the norm in our society and one must , I think , regard them as deviation in this respect at least . |
| 4 | you 've used a triangular bandage to cover a wound in the scalp , it 's not a chopping block wound right , it 's not the chopper in its wound right , it 's just a minor wound in the scalp , yes , and that came round and tied at the front , tucked at the back , you used these roller bandages to cover a graze or a wound on the end of an elbow or a knee or the hand , foot and then a straight one up the arm okay , so a lot of your bandaging is using these little roller bandages with the lint pad and do n't forget when you get into the exam do it , do n't do it the wrong way round , remember that you look at your bandage and you put the lint onto the wound , not the other way round right , yeah , you put the lint face down onto the wound , okay ? |
| 5 | Clearly , there are also people ready to take these jobs at the going rate , and not too discontented as long as they are not the breadwinner in their family , and are thus able to regard their wage as additional to the basic family income . |
| 6 | Captain Ferguson , however , was not the senior in his rank , but the other captains were unable to make the purchase . |