Example sentences of "if not a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He desperately needed at least a neutral , if not a friendly neighbour to the north . |
| 2 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 3 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 4 | ( And what is a Single Currency if not a permanent system of fixed exchange rates ? ) |
| 5 | The second difference is that in the colleges advanced instruction is usually timetabled , if not a formal part of the course , whereas in universities and polytechnics it is generally neither of these . |
| 6 | They proposed instead a new list of candidates which included themselves ‘ and certain other painters whom we knew to a greater or lesser extent … who seemed to us capable of representing if not a particular tendency at least a certain standard ’ . |
| 7 | WHO suggests there should be , and , if not a common way of paying for it , at least an agreed means of approaching the difficulties involved . |
| 8 | First , it demonstrates that the majority of types of metaphor ( if not a statistical majority of metaphorical utterances ) do not operate on the basis of replacement , but contain both ‘ proper ’ and ‘ metaphoric ’ terms in praesentia ( 1958a:23–5 ) . |