Example sentences of "[art] not [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against such threats the ego has many defences , such as denial , distortion , forgetting , intellectualization , projection and so on ; and thus it comes about that , in the not uncommon tendency to confuse the theory with the fact of what is repressed , psychoanalysis itself is seen as a threat to the very process of repression which it was the first to discover and is itself subjected to these defensive reactions . |
| 2 | Remember the not uncommon example of the person who gets progressively tense and more frantic as she struggles to relax bits of her body to order . |
| 3 | The Course also goes a long way to accommodate the not uncommon student experience of making a mistaken choice of degree subject . |
| 4 | Such a model would be able to explain the not uncommon occurrence of people with six rather than five fingers . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 2001 , a thing of awesome beauty and shimmering wonder , posited the not unreasonable idea that the link between the apes and civilised man is the human being . |
| 7 | Working under the not unreasonable assumption that since all its saloons are equally good to drive , size does matter , the last thing it wants to do is create a miracle of packaging at the expense of an ostensibly bigger model . |
| 8 | But nowadays not everyone is so ready to accept such divisions as unalterable , and if one holds the not unreasonable belief that the existence of wealth is one cause of poverty , then clearly we are faced with a more difficult choice : either to tolerate the existence of both wealth and poverty , or to aim at abolishing poverty , in which case we have no option but to attack wealth . |
| 9 | ‘ But is Her Majesty really a collector ? ’ asks Heini Thyssen , to which the not unreasonable answer is ‘ not really ’ . |
| 10 | There are several illuminating aspects of the Brown experience : the early promise of educational attainment ; the not unreasonable anticipation of good qualifications ; the gradual intensification of involvement with sport ; and , crucially , the persuasive parts played by teachers and , to a slightly lesser extent coaches , in fostering an interest in sport , which he admitted was detrimental to his education . |
| 11 | My film adaptation of Anthony Delano 's richly comic book slip-Up ’ How Fleet Street caught Ronnie Biggs and Scotland Yard lost him ’ cost the not unastronomical sum of £600,000 to make , so should it turn out to be money down the drain the BBC will have to face some embarrassing questions about why it embarked on it in the first place if it thought the story might be defamatory . |
| 12 | Peter Ackroyd has here performed the not impossible feat of plagiarising himself — while leaving the reader in doubt as to whether the writer shares this implausible estimate of Chatterton 's marvellous buoyancy . |
| 13 | The eyes of BURMA and its growing generation is opening with speed and certainty — the PINNACLE OF BRITISH and European superiority is crumbling to dust — BEWARE the pent up strength of all Asiatics is well near bursting point-THE STRUGGLE FOR TOTAL FREEDOM OF ALL SUBJECT PEOPLES IS SURE TO BEGIN IN THE NOT DISTANT FUTURE . |
| 14 | So it 's imperative that we can achieve to get trustees onto pension fund bo pension fund bodies to stop er employers misusing the pension fund and finally we commend the G M B's submission to the good re good committee and hope that the G M B's submission becomes law in the not distant future . |
| 15 | Twenty eight ( 12% ) of those in the not breathless category , 197 ( 23% ) of those who were moderately breathless , 217 ( 54% ) of those who were breathless and distressed , and 27 ( 82% ) of those who were too breathless to talk were given nebulised bronchodilators . |
| 16 | The general supervisor of the Scottish interests of the Duke of Montrose , Mungo Graeme of Gorthie , received a reward for his political zeal on behalf of his chief in the form of the post of receiver-general of customs in the 1720s , an appointment which carried the not insignificant salary of £300 per annum , together with a supplementary allowance of £230 for payment of clerks . |
| 17 | While physicians advised sparing use of the ointment , the quacks prescribed it liberally to great effect and had usually passed on to the next town before the inevitable relapses and the not infrequent deaths — results of over-treatment — had occurred . |
| 18 | Stressing that his views were personal and not society policy , Mr Adair gave as examples of tinkering with the criminal system attempts to have the not proven verdict abolished , to introduce an offensive weapons charge and to examine the number of crimes committed by people already on bail . |
| 19 | One is that the not guilty verdict was brought on the understanding that she sought medical help in a psychiatric hospital , and that poor Jane finished her days in Broadmoor . |
| 20 | After the not guilty verdicts , the parents of Rebecca and Emma Harper left the court , too upset to speak . |
| 21 | The jury delivered the not guilty verdicts on the fourth day of the trial . |
| 22 | The jury delivered the not guilty verdicts on the fourth day of the trial . |
| 23 | Once you have started working with the Not contracted-out Tables , coupled with this Quick Guide , you 'll find that , in the majority of cases , the business of working out Class 1 National Insurance ( NI ) contributions is straightforward . |
| 24 | The Not contracted-out Tables show you how much to pay and what NI contribution information to record on the employee 's Deduction Working Sheet ( P11 ) . |
| 25 | You will find the following tables in the Not contracted-out Tables . |
| 26 | The NI table method involves using the Not contracted-out Tables , as follows : |
| 27 | After a long battle one was opened in the Polytechnic gymnasium , with the BMC footing the not inconsiderable bill . |
| 28 | Once he has completed the tour of personal appearances which will take him to Newcastle , Leeds , Birmingham , Manchester and Cardiff , Lewis will , as usual , retreat to the mountains in Pennsylvania to train at altitude , play chess for recreation and focus his mind on performing the not inconsiderable feat of silencing King through the removal of his client . |
| 29 | Four years ago the Saatchi Collection issued a lavish catalogue of much of its contents , a boxed set with the title Art of Our Time which comprised four beautifully illustrated volumes that retailed at the not inconsiderable price of £100 . |
| 30 | The School has responded positively to the technological demands of the new Standard Grade courses and has installed in the Department ten ‘ Applemac ’ computers adding to the not inconsiderable quantity of equipment already there . |