Example sentences of "[verb] not a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It proposed not a planned economy in which the State would direct resources but a managed one where the State would influence the use of resources through its fiscal policy . |
| 2 | BRIGHTON : In six verbose years as leader of his party , Neil Kinnock has not a memorable phrase to his credit . |
| 3 | It is clear that the Secretary of State has not a single idea on the issue . |
| 4 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 5 | He wants not a huge monument which would hardly be fitting but a small plaque somewhere in the village the plane narrowly avoided . |
| 6 | As for Jimmy , he chooses from a handful of set comments , so he has n't a great deal to say . |
| 7 | The driver might admit he has n't a current certificate and the relevant conversation can be reproduced in the officer 's statement of evidence . |
| 8 | ‘ Your skin has n't a single blemish , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Tea went through all its stages — scones ( I fancy ) , gingerbread ( which was a success ) , and small cakes with chopped walnut on which were rather good , but I do n't think they appealed to her — she has n't a sweet tooth , I think … |
| 10 | It offers not a concrete image of history but an abstract schema of men making history of such a kind that it can manifest itself in the trend of their lives as a synchronic totality . |
| 11 | But his following definitions of the value of reading are close to my own convictions : ‘ reading , as we ought to teach it , can make not a good person , but a subtle , questioning one , always with the possibility of corruption yet richer and more enriching . ’ |
| 12 | Experimentally combining two unimodal sediments produces not a two-fold linear pattern , but a three-fold one , the central segment forming in the size overlap zone . |
| 13 | Each valve or combination of valves , therefore , produces not a single note but a whole series of possible notes , the one required at any moment being selected and coaxed out by the player , who must therefore ‘ feel ’ the required note before he actually produces it . |
| 14 | To start with the computer made not a blind bit of difference . |
| 15 | Perhaps it represents not a past concrete social reality as it actually existed , but rather the ideas men who lived then had about their responsibilities and claims , their liabilities and privileges and freedom . |
| 16 | Sep 8 1984 Stark Dadaist design classic , included here because it is the only cover story EVER to carry not a single picture , inside or out . |
| 17 | This study also introduced a different test task using not a successive but a simultaneous discrimination in which the subjects had to choose ( for the reward of a marble ) one of the two faces . |
| 18 | Aw , hell , said the slut in her , it 's me she 's come to see not a tidy flat . |
| 19 | He puffed at it , producing not a discernible tune but a catchy rhythm , while attempting a dance not unlike the Irish clog variety . |
| 20 | Is it really relevant that most of that military money produced not a single weapon ? |
| 21 | For 1654 Goddard produced not a plain ‘ on-the-spot ’ piece of reporting but rather more of a compilation , in which , sometimes with reference to the Commons journal , he summarized proceedings and debates , naming very few participants , but indicating the general drift of attitudes and conclusions , occasionally at length but often very briefly . |
| 22 | Having gathered up the elements of his story from Wordsworth and John Cruikshank , Coleridge had , in a week of brilliant creativity , produced not a gothic ballad of the supernatural , but a strange and capacious metaphor of life itself-of man 's lonely voyage on a ‘ wide wide sea ’ , of his struggle with evil , of guilt and imperfect redemption . |
| 23 | He selected Whitehaven as the scene of his demonstration merely because he already knew its waters , though a reconnaissance revealed not a single large ship , much less any naval vessel , in the port , the 250 craft there being mainly small colliers or fishing boats . |
| 24 | ‘ Design ’ demarcates not a singular concept but a number of sometimes conflicting definitions . |
| 25 | I make not a party-political point , but one which shows the reality of not having proper consultations on the time scale for implementing such a major piece of legislation . |
| 26 | Yet it is quite probable that she bears not a single one of the old king 's genes . |
| 27 | Lord Oliver described proximity as ‘ no more than a label which embraces not a definable concept but merely a description of circumstances from which , pragmatically , the courts conclude that a duty of care exists ’ . |
| 28 | So we have to move from old structures to new but the first new government of South Africa will be a compromise in itself because it will be a united government but it will inherit not a post-apartheid state as many academics and politicians tell us it will inherit a nil-apartheid state and that is a very big difference we still have to move to the post-apartheid situation which could take decades . |
| 29 | To take on the responsibility of looking after a frightened and disorientated family of five , who speak not a single word of English , would be an overwhelming chore for the most seasoned carer . |
| 30 | One , apprenticed to a shoe maker , recalled not a cruel master but a mistress who turned him into a household drudge . |