Example sentences of "and not a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During pre-trial hearings at the Old Bailey , Mr Greenway 's counsel argued that he should be tried by his fellow MPs and not a court of law . |
| 2 | If a writer produces a novel in which the role of the police in society outweighs all other considerations , then what has been produced is precisely a novel and not a work of crime fiction . |
| 3 | Rendering a service connotes some positive action on the part of the renderer and not a state of passivity . |
| 4 | Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love . |
| 5 | Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love . |
| 6 | She struggled with the cold fear that had laid its hand on her : she had gone with a man , without protesting , without a single pledge from him , and not a word of kindness , not a promise for tomorrow ; she looked at Sabina 's back in front of her , the pinafore tied behind over her gathered skirt , and imagined her husband 's hands around that still sturdy small of her back , and wondered had she let him do that , do what Tommaso had done , before they were married ? |
| 7 | In fact I happened just to have spent the weekend with a dear friend and was well aware that at some point over the two days she had entertained everyone suspected of being concerned , and not a word of politics was discussed , nor a syllable about supplanting anybody . |
| 8 | Cosmas is burnt to death in his bed ; Damien killed by a mysterious archer who apparently can pass through thick walls , but there 's no clue to the riddle , no sign of the Templars and not a shred of evidence to indicate where the Grail or Excalibur lie . ’ |
| 9 | Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . |
| 10 | Oh yes , if everybody would have stayed out they would never had a scrap of slate made there , everybody would have stayed out and stayed out till the end , and not a scrap of slate would have been made there . |
| 11 | And not a lot of fun … ’ |
| 12 | He was sort of evasive and fey and appeared relatively shy and my impression of him at the time was that he had little charisma , no star quality and not a lot of talent , and it came as a big surprise when he became as successful as he was . |
| 13 | Well why should I have a pretty dress and a cake when it 's the love that 's there and not a piece of paper or a special day ! |
| 14 | The rather dubious sources for these two modes of production explains the fact that the German and the Slavonic ( if there is one ) are characterized by a name demoting an ethnic or linguistic group and not a relation of production , as it the case for the capitalist mode of production . |
| 15 | This , and not a fear of exaggeration , is the hazard we have to be aware of when interpreting the remarks of the people of St Ann 's about these housing conditions . |
| 16 | In relation to history , for example , he argues that history is a world of thought or ideas and not a world of fact since nothing is simply ‘ given ’ . |
| 17 | Similar principles were applied in Mannion v Johnston ( 1988 ) STC 758 , heard at the same time , where two separate disposals of less than half the farm land were held to be merely limited changes of scale and not a disposal of part of the business . |
| 18 | He knew she had not because the press conference had finished only an hour before and not a drop of alcohol had passed Blanche 's lips . |
| 19 | When someone says ‘ We went to a bar and ordered a drink ’ , plain men and parsing specialists all agree that the sense of ‘ bar ’ in question is a drinking place and not a rod of iron . |
| 20 | This suggests that oesophageal dysmotility in this condition is a primary phenomenon and not a consequence of injury and inflammation . |
| 21 | Open capital markets are the future , so it 's important that the UK style of reporting is an essential way forward and not a matter of choice . |
| 22 | And not a thing of beauty , but rather like an ex-pugilist . |
| 23 | Classic — a team without a woman on it and not a mention of cystitis or breast cancer , the menopause , or any of these things . |
| 24 | ‘ Somewhere … ’ is n't a bad album , but it 's terminally mediocre because there 's no spark , no thrill , and not a whiff of danger or unpredictability within it . |
| 25 | Caruso 's ‘ Recondita harmonia ’ from Tosca is his only one , otherwise they are Neapolitan songs , all done handsomely , though , and not a breath of criticism possible ; Gigli has ‘ O Paradiso ’ from L'Africana , and the famous ‘ Improvviso ’ from Andrea Chénier , then five popular songs . |
| 26 | At some time or another most of us will have sat beside the shore of a loch when there 's complete calm and not a breath of air . |
| 27 | When I am down in States l or 2 it seems to me that I am always there , with all the flags hanging limp and absolutely still , and not a breath of air moving . |
| 28 | Not here — not now — with the sun blazing down and not a breath of wind stirring that was n't edged with the thrill of warmth . |