Example sentences of "[adj] not [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More realistically , the papal Curia thought that when the full ideal was unattainable , it was better to be content with what could be salvaged than to be left empty-handed : the precise opposite of Anselm , who ( as he told Queen Matilda ) would as soon be deprived of everything as of a little — ‘ and I say this not for love of property , but for love of God 's justice ’ . |
| 2 | I mention this not in order to remind you of the central heating that you have left behind , but to warn you not to get ill . |
| 3 | It 's often more exciting not to preplan what 's going to happen in the scene , but we do need to know what has happened up to now . |
| 4 | Caroline modelled not for Valentino but for Fabbiano and designers like him , whose careers would last only fractionally longer than the lives of fruit flies , whose successes were dependent not on talent but on flash and dash . |
| 5 | It was crowded and swarming with school parties , hundreds of schools all gathered together , some in uniform , some not in uniform , some accompanied , some unaccompanied . |
| 6 | The corrugations of the track were half-filled with grit so that the wheel lost momentum in each hollow and at times I thought of myself as an engine-driver , pushing my train back to the station , always careful not to trip over the sleepers . |
| 7 | She placed the cheque in her bag , let herself out through the back way and , checking that Ryan had gone , because she did n't want him following her , she walked along the lane , careful not to trip on muddy ruts . |
| 8 | remember , be careful not to trip |
| 9 | She was ever watchful , and careful not to court publicity . |
| 10 | I do n't think the snake had fully wakened up when I caught it , and I was careful not to jar it as I ran back to where my brothers and Blyth were lying on the grass . |
| 11 | The ultimate weakening of this unique ascendancy was due not to lack of outstanding operatic composers to continue the tradition , though vernacular opera — sometimes consciously national and therefore to some extent anti-Italian — produced more and more gifted rivals . |
| 12 | It is possible that the different results for dichotic recognition of melodies obtained by Kimura ( 1964 ) and Gordon ( 1970 ) were due not to stimulus differences in the two experiments but to differences in the musical experience of the subjects employed . |
| 13 | In part this is due not to ignorance of the Act , but rather to the not unreasonable proposition that , since the Act prescribes no penalty for inserting such clauses , in cases of doubt it is better to have the clause present " in terrorem " , even if , in the ultimate event of legal proceedings , it is held invalid . |
| 14 | This failure is due not to cussedness but to ignorance of what Parliament intended by the obscure words of the legislation . |
| 15 | When the people from Furnace Road visit the new housing estates they feel hemmed in , for though they live in a tight little terrace with backyard behind , and rug-sized gardens in front , they are used to a spaciousness that is due not to planning but to the lack of plan . |
| 16 | Does not that nail the lie being put around that these circumstances are due not to world but to British recession ? |
| 17 | It looks like that not on grid . |
| 18 | An impression is provided by Fuller : " I am sorry to hear and loath to believe , what some credible persons have told me , that within these 20 years the copper within this country hath beet , wholly discontinued , and that not for want of metal , but mining it . |
| 19 | There is one monopoly left to the church in modernity , and that not by choice but default : she still controls funerals . |
| 20 | Helen realised now that the sky was overcast not by cloud but by hanging palls of smoke . |
| 21 | £80 fine not in motorist 's stars |
| 22 | It remains to be seen how many of Hammer 's one hundred Old Master , Impressionist and nineteenth-century paintings , many not of museum quality , remain on show . |
| 23 | I did not speak to Harold Wilson or to Lady Falkender about the matter , since I was sure that strenuous efforts would be made to prevent disclosure , but I was equally sure from Denis Hamilton 's attitude that this would not succeed and it was therefore better not to try . |
| 24 | In these cases , the prince might well be surrounded by vassals who owed him military service ; but they would be present not from obligation but from desire , and they would be accompanied by large numbers whose reason for being there had nothing to do with feudal ties or fidelity . |
| 25 | We are typically concerned not with income per se but with income in relation to the needs of the individual or family . |
| 26 | Government attempts to define such hospitals did of course give a new lease of life to those not under scrutiny . |
| 27 | Those not on exercise , shooting on the range or included in particular duties , were gathering outside the gymnasium . |
| 28 | Those not on show are kept in here . ’ |
| 29 | Midnight approaches , and those not on duty are fast asleep . |
| 30 | … the minimum rate should remain at £6 for pensioners and those not at work , but I think £20 is not too much for those in employment . |