Example sentences of "and [not/n't] the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm the coach and not the mum on court . ’ |
| 2 | I think that the first thing that one would have to say is that we work for the Ministry of Defence , and not the Ministry of War and therefore we are about defence , we 're about the maintenance of peace , erm this you know maintaining of justice etc etc . |
| 3 | ‘ Let's go down the Turk 's Head , ’ his grandad used to say , when it was still a treat for them both and not the stuff of nightmares . |
| 4 | Thus output might be altered by a technological breakthrough , or by changes in the structure of taxation which affected the choice between work and leisure , or by changes in other real variables , but should not be affected by a change in nominal spending : such changes should affect the price at which the available output is sold and not the quantity of output itself . |
| 5 | Reference to the ‘ pièces de Marais ’ are probably the Pièces à une et à deux violes ( 1686 ) rather than the Pièces en trio pour les flûtes , violon & dessus de viole ( 1692 ) , since the viol pieces ( and not the ones for flute ) are found in Jacques 's posthumous inventory . |
| 6 | Lightbown argues on the basis of all the published evidence that Piero 's National Gallery ‘ Baptism of Christ ’ was painted for the Pieve in Sansepolcro ( which was the only church in the town where baptisms were performed before 1520 ) and not the Priory of San Giovanni Battista d'Afra as most , including Bertelli , believe . |
| 7 | Rowe , for example , believes the Act will be recorded in history as ‘ another milestone in the long progress towards recognising children as persons and not the possessions of adults ’ . |
| 8 | The description and evaluation of the AEC clearly demonstrates that , in their particular sphere of constructive influence , probation officers , like employers and teachers , are concerned in part with the establishment of rules and not the infliction of pain . |
| 9 | Until the changes introduced by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Act ( HASSASSA ) 1983 were implemented in January 1984 , access arrangements to many children in care were at the discretion of the local authority , and not the subject of court scrutiny . |
| 10 | However , the measure is of the number of organisms in aerosol at the time of testing and not the dose of organism to which the patient was actually exposed . |
| 11 | This was adopted by the House of Lords in the GCHQ case , where Lord Diplock said that ‘ National security is the responsibility of the executive government ; what action is needed to protect its interests is … a matter upon which those upon whom the responsibility rests , and not the courts of justice , must have the last word . ’ |
| 12 | in the event that a purchaser is persuaded to purchase a property based on a surveyors valuation , the level of damages will be based on the correct market value allowing for the true condition of the property , and not the cost of repairs which need to be carried out . |
| 13 | It was like something out of a film set — and not the sort of film that was recommended for family viewing . |
| 14 | She avoided conversation with the other passengers , who , she saw immediately , were in commerce and not the sort of people she usually mixed with . |
| 15 | Our , most of our rules and most of our laws are made by people who are frightened of losing their property , and not the sort of people who are frightened of being mugged at night . |
| 16 | The main value of Hinduism is its belief that all life is one , and it is not possible to hold fast to this belief without accepting that man is the servant and not the lord of creation , and that all men are brothers . |
| 17 | He wanted privacy and not the struggles of circuit and paddock . |
| 18 | The philosopher Francis Bacon and many of his contemporaries summed up the scientific attitude of the times when they insisted that if we want to understand nature we must consult nature and not the writings of Aristotle . |
| 19 | Histological examination of the oesophageal mucosa was only used to establish the presence of Barrett 's oesophagus and not the diagnosis of oesophagitis . |
| 20 | It should be noted , however , that the rationale for such an approach relates primarily to the ends and not the means of learning , and is directed at furthering the cause of cultural co-operation in Europe . |
| 21 | The aim of industry and commerce is to make money for shareholders and not the distribution of money to worthy causes . |
| 22 | ‘ It is clear that political-administrative elites and not the masses of acceptors are deciding on the technology to be used ’ USAID Evaluation Report , 1979 |
| 23 | Therefore on one side we must assert the authority of the Bible over man and the Church , and not the authority of man and the Church over the Bible . |
| 24 | In that case , it is their memory and not the College of Arms that is off the mark ! |
| 25 | The results of his last two years ' work can be seen during Spring 1992 in two exhibitions : Gulf at the Imperial War Museum , and Not the Gulf at Waterman 's Arts Centre . |
| 26 | The results of his last two years ' work can be seen during Spring 1992 in two exhibitions : Gulf at the Imperial War Museum , and Not the Gulf at Waterman 's Arts Centre . |
| 27 | The distinction between the mat being just an object upon which prayer is performed on and not the object of worship may cause problems . |
| 28 | Because these instructions are stored , and not the pattern of dots , it is possible to reproduce them on any system at whatever size is required . |
| 29 | It may , for example , be a defence to a charge of abusive dominance to establish that a market position is a result of advanced technical know-how or research and development capacity or marketing and advertising advantages which command consumer loyalty , and not the result of foreclosure of the relevant market . |
| 30 | Marx 's contribution is to see ideology as having its origins in the social relations characteristic of the mode of production and not the result of prejudice in the individual . |