Example sentences of "a [adj] [conj] not [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask a child to get dressed is a reasonable requirement of a seven-year-old but not of a two-year-old . |
| 2 | They may be summarised as follows : if it appears that facts existed from which a constable could reasonably have anticipated a breach of the peace , as a real and not as a remote possibility , and the constable did in fact anticipate such a breach , he is under a duty to take steps ( whether by arrest or otherwise ) as he reasonably thinks are necessary to prevent the breach of the peace from occurring or , as it may be , from continuing . |
| 3 | If the memory of the association of a given flavour with illness can be taken to be more important than the memory that the flavour has also been experienced without harmful consequences , then the latter memory would interfere after a short but not after a long retention interval . |
| 4 | Although the largest of the 11 suits called for the immediate repayment of $1,200 million , bankers were reported on March 13 to be viewing the move as a defensive and not as a provocative act . |
| 5 | Constitutionally disinclined to surrender preferment , being , as he once observed , ‘ of a modest if not of a retiring disposition ’ , he remained librarian until 1952 . |