Example sentences of "[conj] not [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The extent to which this can be done , and , further , whether or not attainment in mathematics is significantly affected by this difference , is unknown .
2 Any Rough or Not sheet of paper as opposed to an HP surface .
3 The task difficulty will depend on whether or not knowledge of equivalence of units is required ( Example 103 ) .
4 This paper stressed the need to make plans for children based on a realistic assessment of whether or not rehabilitation with the natural family is possible and to consider the purpose of parental contact and its effects on the child .
5 They do not apply to the mens rea of the offence and can certainly shed no light upon whether or not belief in consent must be reasonable .
6 Failure to observe the requirements laid down in the byelaws usually leads to a fine whether or not prejudice to health or a nuisance occurs .
7 Although not part of the actual judgment the court ruled that the obtaining of a hire-purchase agreement can amount to the obtaining of services by virtue of Section 1(2) of the Theft Act 1978 .
8 Albania , although not part of the Balkans , is included with Romania and Bulgaria because of the strong similarities in the organization of rug-making in these countries and in the quality and character of their rugs .
9 I had to sleep with it closed because if I left it open the cat would jump in and more likely than not land from ten feet on to my face — a nasty way to wake up .
10 I would do no hard training for a month afterwards and not race for about six weeks ’
11 On May 9 the KDP and the PUK had issued a joint communiqué in which they declared that the elections should be " a factor of unity and not disunity in our ranks " , that the results of the elections should be accepted and that " all armed manifestations " , particularly on election day , should be forbidden .
12 The Cockcroft Committee 's recommendation relating to graduated tests is stated in para 553 of the report : a study should be commissioned to consider whether it is possible to devise a means of providing evidence of achievement in mathematics for lower-attaining pupils in ways which will support , and not conflict with the provision of suitable mathematics courses in schools .
13 Invariably , this is ordinary paint and not protection against rotting .
14 There were some granulomatous area on the lower edges of the lungs , possibly caused by migrating worms , but these seemed to be old lesions and not evidence of a newly acquired disease .
15 With Kiesling he argues that it is that femininity signifies inferiority to Thomas , and not femininity as such , which makes a woman unsuitable .
16 The DFR only acknowledged receipt for shipment and not receipt for on board shipment ; and as did the air waybill , the DFR required only proper identification by the consignee or his agent to obtain delivery of the goods .
17 In a properly organized political community the state exists for society and not society for the state ; yet , however socially advanced a people may be , the society which it constitutes made up of families , clubs , churches , trade unions , etc. — is not to be trusted to maintain itself without the ultimate arbitrament of force .
18 I have to work the rest of the day and not finish at two o'clock
19 Mosley was there instead , his collar undone , casually attired without an official blazer and not sign of leather .
20 I kicked off my boots and swung down below , holding onto a bared crossbeam that creaked with threat , swinging from one hand while I tried to see Harry and not land on top of him .
21 Although , the rule of the clock affected most people in the sixteenth century far less than it does us today , it was already sufficient to provoke Brother Jean in the Gargantua ( 1535 ) of Rabelais to complain that ‘ the hours are made for man and not man for the hours ! ’
22 the Sabbath was made for the sake of man and not man for the Sabbath ( Mark 2:27 ) .
23 She remembered a little of the acrimony , of the mounting bitterness within the house , of their winter of discontent , which was so much part of and not part of the winter outside , and the miners ' strike .
24 Cambridge is a beautiful place , and although ours was a training college and not part of the University as it is now , many University societies were open to us .
25 In McGregor v Adcock 51 TC 692 , decided in 1977 , a 70 year old farmer sold five of his 35 acres for development , and the Court held that there had been a sale of assets of the business and not part of the business , thus denying retirement relief .
26 Unlike Marxists and neo-Marxists , Goldthorpe believes that proprietors of businesses should be considered part of the upper and lower strata of the service class , and not part of the ruling class .
27 That when one approaches the village , in particular along the A Nineteen , which is the only public approach from the north , the objection sites read as part of the village and not part of the countryside .
28 It had a high neck and narrow sleeves too short for her , from which her chapped , bony wrists and her hands on which every knotted sinew and vein was visible protruded limply , as if they were stitched separately to the cuffs and not part of her arms at all .
29 There is no doubt that dishonest or surreptitious acquisition of information is usually overwhelming evidence that information was confidential and not part of the defendant 's skill and knowledge .
30 But marine biologist and shark specialist Richard Fitzpatrick , of Oceanworld marine park , Sydney , said the two attacks were coincidental and not part of an emerging trend .
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