Example sentences of "[adj] and not [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe the agenda for the 90s is rooted in daily life and Postmodernism is in harmony with this and not an autonomous entity . |
| 2 | The transformation is then strictly the negative reciprocal and not the reciprocal ; otherwise , the order of 2 and 3 would be reversed , as the reciprocal of 2 ( 0.5 ) is larger than the reciprocal of 3 ( 0.33 ) . |
| 3 | Prima facie the rules of construction must be applied as at the date of execution of the lease : thus a word will be interpreted in the sense it bore at the time ( Texaco Antilles Ltd v Kernochan [ 1973 ] AC 609 : the phrase " public garage " was given the meaning it bore in 1933 and not the one it bore at the date of the litigation ; St Marylebone Property Co Ltd v Tesco Stores Ltd [ 1988 ] 27 EG 72 construing the word " grocer " ) . |
| 4 | → When you buy goods or equipment you have a legal right to expect them to comply with any description applied : leather not plastic , solid wood and not veneer , or in this case a ‘ 67 and not a 1974 model . |
| 5 | Hope sprang up in her , because if Caspar could make the Robemaker believe that he was merely foolish and not an intruder , they might have a chance . |
| 6 | If we ask who is to gauge that ( presumably not God ) , he gives the unhelpful and not a little pompous reply that it is ‘ known with clarity and precision only by some few thinking men in every nation and every age ’ ( p. 64 ) . |
| 7 | The plucky little hedgehog kept at it until the dog dish was empty and not a scrap remained . |
| 8 | Andre Beteille argues that the search for a biological basis for social stratification is bound to end in failure since the ‘ identification as well as the gradation of qualities is a cultural and not a natural process ’ . |
| 9 | If this theory is correct , the term ‘ metaplasia ’ is a misnomer : metaplasia implies a change from one differentiated cell type to another and not the induction of a novel cell lineage . |
| 10 | Ben Jonson actually takes delight in announcing ( in Latin ) on the title page of his 1616 Workes that the book is designed for the select few and not the common crowd . |
| 11 | Using Circle K as an example he complained that since the lighting had been removed the corner was dull , dark and dangerous and not a place to walk late at night . |
| 12 | It was an extension of the outdoor relief given by some boards of guardians , but its means test was a personal and not a family one . |
| 13 | Of course you do n't have to keep off land during the stalking season if you do n't want to , since trespass in Scotland is contained within the civil and not the criminal law . |
| 14 | Remember that it is the cleared bank balance on which interest is payable and not the cash book balance . |
| 15 | The understanding of ‘ objective ’ categories is Hegelian and not the same as positivist or materialist references to ‘ objective ’ . |
| 16 | She walked into the sumptuously furnished sitting-room feeling lost and not a little frightened . |
| 17 | But this is a political and not an economic choice . |
| 18 | He saw with pleasure that she looked cold but not frightened ; she was beginning to swim more slowly and for the first time with trust , as if the water were a friendly and not an alien element . |
| 19 | Until after Philip 's death in 1746 it was still an administrative and not a policy-making body ; but in the second half of the century it acquired greater power and independence . |
| 20 | We are , after all , performing a descriptive and not a prescriptive exercise when we undertake discourse analysis . |
| 21 | I was very shy and not the sharpest of children . |
| 22 | For most women this is tremendously exciting ; but it can also feel strange and not a little unnerving . |
| 23 | It was common ground that the scheme , though set up pursuant to a statutory obligation , was a private and not a public law scheme so that the procedure by way of originating summons rather than judicial review was appropriate . |
| 24 | Thirdly , the move towards a national curriculum was resisted most strongly by those , mainly teachers and other educationists , who claimed that the nature and scope of the school curriculum was a professional and not a political matter . |
| 25 | But the social setting was now precisely that and not a star feature in its own right . |
| 26 | In a service there should be a mix of these and not a concentration on one metre or one key , for example . |
| 27 | Yet it is not arbitrary that the idea of this particular should remind us of these and not other particulars , and that these and not the other particulars should have the same name used of them . |
| 28 | A paper cup , empty coke can or washing-up liquid container placed in the right position will explain to even the most ardent disbeliever that their swing really is out-to-in and not the most beautiful inside one they thought it was ! |
| 29 | Here , a constant and not a chance model of anarchic relations via exchange is obligatory … the law of value is merely the law of equilibrium of an anarchic commodity system … |
| 30 | She looked slightly unamused and not a little worried . |