Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] not [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves become serious it must be time for action not talk . |
| 2 | That Spartan deference to allied feeling was indeed a matter of necessity not sentiment is shown by her peace proposals to Athens in 425 : in Thucydides ' account ( iv.20 ) the Spartans say that if Athens and Sparta do a deal the rest of Greece will do them honour . |
| 3 | Erm , sorry of Agriculture not Education |
| 4 | It was of course not anger . |
| 5 | Of course not toothpaste . |
| 6 | He loved sex too much to condemn any expression of lust , and though he 'd discouraged the homosexual courtships he 'd attracted , it was out of indifference not revulsion . |
| 7 | Restaurant boss Torbjorn Olsson , who sells the stuff in Soho , London , said : ‘ When they get home , their breath stinks of garlic not beer . |
| 8 | As used elsewhere , it is now a term of law not politics . |
| 9 | Section 4 of the Homicide Act 1957 provides that a person who kills another in pursuance of a suicide pact is guilty of manslaughter not murder . |
| 10 | We will look at other methods of assessing the level and effects of crime in a moment , but we note here that both survey-based estimates and police statistics show increasing levels of crime , the differences are of degree not direction . |
| 11 | If the more rural areas show up on the whole slightly better than the more populous places that is perhaps a feature that occurs in other aspects of Scottish life ; and let the indwellers in those backward centres of population not repine . |
| 12 | Here rusting metal is allowed to take the shapes of nature not man , creating perhaps by accident some Arthurian throne for a warrior king . |
| 13 | As with the NHS , the public overwhelmingly want care in the community to be a matter of pride not parsimony , and will support adequate funding to make this possible . |
| 14 | Job titles are thus denotive of seniority not function . |
| 15 | Benazir Bhutto looks to be strong but it 's a coalition of convenience not conviction , in a country where politics follows the rules of war , opposition means nothing , winning is everything . |
| 16 | She screamed loudly , but it was a bellow of rage not helplessness . |
| 17 | Eventually the state came to be a repressive tool or instrument serving the interests of a new ruling class based upon the ownership of capital not land . |
| 18 | John Lennon and Yoko allowed the world 's media into their hotel suite in Amsterdam for their bed-in , a honeymoon to epitomize the institution of love not war . |
| 19 | All of us face racism and sexism in our explorations , and the wonderful articles and portfolios in Passion signpost a continuum of experiences , our litany of survival , which has created the situation where we can , like the Blackwomen 's Creativity Project , network internationally from a position of equality not imperialism . |
| 20 | Appeals from the High Court to the Court of Appeal are governed by RSC , Ord 59 except that the appeal is by way of application not summons ( r 7.49(3) ) . |
| 21 | The Skunk catfish is named for appearance not odour . |
| 22 | This is the knowledge which redeems man and is the basis for the contemplative experience of God as the final transforming reality in which joy and sorrow are perceived as harmony not discord . |
| 23 | They 're in for punishment not nourishment . |
| 24 | Results from the diagram show that : 12 students like both 48 " yes " answers from 36 people 16 like music not TV — 28 less 12 already placed 8 like TV not music — 20 less 12 already placed 4 out of the class of 40 do not fit in A or B. |
| 25 | Results from the diagram show that : 12 students like both 48 " yes " answers from 36 people 16 like music not TV — 28 less 12 already placed 8 like TV not music — 20 less 12 already placed 4 out of the class of 40 do not fit in A or B. |
| 26 | They 're into wealth not welfare . |
| 27 | Bedrooms and suites all have immaculate bathrooms ( most with shower not bath ) , TV and mini-bar . |
| 28 | Her friend added : ‘ She also wants to campaign for paper not plastic bags at supermarkets and is angry that the catering industry uses too much plastic in packaging , because it is almost impossible to break down without causing pollution . |
| 29 | Semantically these quotations must appear curious to the modern reader , who would see a contradiction of terms in the notion of virtuous prejudice and who would expect the thwarting of prejudices to be a matter for praise not blame . |
| 30 | Within the limits of the one party dictatorship prevailing in the Soviet Union Bukharin could be considered to be a consensus politician , seeking growth through co-operation not conflict . |