Example sentences of "if not a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 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 | ( And what is a Single Currency if not a permanent system of fixed exchange rates ? ) |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |