Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [not/n't] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All around her there were trees — huge , old , their foliage so high that not a leaf was distinguishable . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | The plucky little hedgehog kept at it until the dog dish was empty and not a scrap remained . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | It 's a big stage event with a very abstract brief , very exciting but not a fancy dress show . ’ |
| 6 | But they were not all the same groups within the different daily and Sunday categories each year : for instance , Beaverbrook was a top daily but not a top Sunday group in 1947 . |
| 7 | New price lists tell and interesting but not a consistent story . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He is coughing up because the Om budsman has found five separate cases of maladministration which , the minister admits , amount to a moral if not a legal responsibility . |
| 11 | She walked into the sumptuously furnished sitting-room feeling lost and not a little frightened . |
| 12 | 8/Face sketched in lightly , eyes are lowered as is the custom in San'a to be as demure as possible if not a little apprehensive and afraid at the prospect of meeting your husband for the first time on your wedding night . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We are , after all , performing a descriptive and not a prescriptive exercise when we undertake discourse analysis . |
| 15 | For most women this is tremendously exciting ; but it can also feel strange and not a little unnerving . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 … |
| 19 | She looked slightly unamused and not a little worried . |
| 20 | The 7th ( D ) here , if played , would be natural and not a major 7th ( D♯ ) as the guitar accompaniment makes frequent use of a sus 4 chord on the bars of A : that chord containing A , D natural and E. Check out both tab suggestions here to find your preferred position — they both work equally well . |
| 21 | When the shoes were changed , I knew that the hound must be a natural and not a supernatural creature . |
| 22 | I am soaked , cold and not a little lacking in enthusiasm for the next try . |
| 23 | I hope everything is running smoothly , including the car and the piano , and of course woozle-cat — tell her I have a pet cockroach in my bedroom which is quite large but not a good substitute . |
| 24 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |
| 25 | We settled on a classic rock climb from the Etançons valley — the West-South-West Ridge of the Pic Nord des Cavales : a mouthful of a name to be sure and not a route well known outside the area , but Collomb assures of its worth : |
| 26 | But on 4 November 1991 , the Court of Appeal ( Cooke P. , Richardson and Hardie Boys JJ. ) held that the petitioner was not entitled to appeal as of right against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 4 October 1991 because that judgment was an interlocutory and not a final judgment and refused leave to the petitioner to appeal to the Board . |
| 27 | However , this seepage was slight and not a problem . |
| 28 | But we interpret it as though it is like ‘ Now I 'm sweating ’ , except that what is reported is a mental and not a bodily process . |
| 29 | The graft , like the long spade , has a slightly rounded cutting edge , which again needs to have a good but not a sharp edge to it . |
| 30 | It was a noisy but not a violent affair , the clashes between the Blackshirts and the Red Front outside being mainly verbal . |