Example sentences of "[noun sg] not a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( HARRIET AD LIB ) ( WES ) Still to come on Central News , kill your speed not a child |
| 2 | It 's hoped that eventually motorists will take heed of these messages and learn to kill their speed not a child . |
| 3 | ‘ In fact , I think a decision had been reached that it is a play about women entering a beauty contest not a play about women getting undressed . ’ |
| 4 | We believe training is an investment not a burden . |
| 5 | After all , the buyer wanted to own a car not a computer program . |
| 6 | But luckily this was Portugal not Palestine , our transport was a hire car not a camel and yes — there was room at the inn . |
| 7 | but , sort of like er , erm its like so , some of those paintings of the wraps and beautiful boat , they look as if they 've just been photographed , they looked as if they 're a photograph not a oil , oil painting . |
| 8 | The judge went on to find that not only was the information contained in the manuals and the feasibility study not a trade secret but that the information contained in the feasibility study was too obvious and too vague and unspecific to be caught by any alleged fiduciary duty that the defendants were under . |
| 9 | Do n't be too influenced either by colour — you can often buy pvc liners in blue or ‘ stone ’ ( buff or beige ) , but you 're constructing a pond not a swimming pool , and mud and algae will soon hide or discolour the liner below water level , and every part that shows above can look glaringly conspicuous . |
| 10 | Its white , openly gay editor Jonathan Van Meter says he 's a journalist not a hip hop artists , but this assertion ( and the fact that other staff members are gay ) did n't stop Russell Simmons , Def Jam owner and Jones ' original partner in the project , from resigning — because of ‘ philosophical differences ’ rooted in hip hop 's general ambivalence towards homosexuals . |
| 11 | when is a monster not a monster ? |
| 12 | We are at once in the realm of ‘ when is a monster not a monster ? ’ |
| 13 | In Suffolk , we are particularly glad that Customs and Excise has at last been persuaded that horse-racing is an industry not a hobby , and that it will adjust its VAT demands accordingly . |
| 14 | Oh , that one looks like a teddy bear not a bunny . |
| 15 | Official committees of enquiry tended to duck the task of too detailed an account of the stuff of public service , falling back on the Pilkington Committee 's observation that ‘ good broadcasting is a practice not a prescription ’ ( Pilkington , 1962 , p. 12 ) . |
| 16 | with hocked gems financing him/ our hero bravely defied all scornful laughter/ that tried to prevent his scheme/ your eyes deceive/ he had said/ an egg/ not a table/ correctly typifies this unexplored planet/ now three sturdy sisters sought proof/ forging along sometimes through calm vastness/ yet more often over turbulent peaks and valleys/ days became weeks/ as many doubters spread fearful rumours about the edge/ at last/ from nowhere/ welcome winged creatures appeared/ signifying momentous success |
| 17 | ( The playful heading , ‘ we need a dictionary not a dick-tionary ’ is taken from A Feminist Dictionary . ) |
| 18 | ‘ It 's about a musician not a disarmament conference . ’ |
| 19 | When is a gypsy not a gypsy ? … the High Court is asked to decide |
| 20 | It is a building market , a marathon not a sprint . ’ |
| 21 | Some time , not that long ago , when the sun always shone , when you could still hear church bells over the roar of traffic , and when the bobby rode a bike not a panda . |
| 22 | I mean , when is a concession not a concession ? |
| 23 | When is a settlement not a settlement ? |
| 24 | Are you to hazard a guess about when is a settlement not a settlement ? |
| 25 | There is Mr , the outstanding question about when is a settlement not a settlement , but before that , I I found this quick s this this this round the table summing up , very useful |
| 26 | Field experiments with stuffed birds also demonstrate that different species of small birds all close in for the attack on a hated enemy — in this case not a predator but a cuckoo . |
| 27 | For more than a mile in each direction not a tree , not a bush , scarcely a blade of grass , grew . |
| 28 | And Whelan is a striker not a midfielder . |
| 29 | At some stage in their lives they decided they were going to be a winner not a loser . |
| 30 | ‘ When is a rental level not a rental level ? ’ they asked . |