Example sentences of "[not/n't] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | However , it was certainly not Pflimlin 's understanding that his meeting with de Gaulle had begun the process of forming a new government . |
2 | Paul Heaton and friends are definitely not Hull 's answer to Deacon Blue ; more they question why Deacon Blue even exist . |
3 | It was not Temple 's oratory which persuaded him , for he thought it ‘ rather rotund ’ . |
4 | It was not Manvell 's displeasure that worried him , but Jane 's anger . |
5 | Pierre 's hands are there and what they want to do , and the storm , but not Maria 's jealousy . |
6 | Nowhere more so than in the rape scene itself , which , in marked contrast to the humiliation of Lipstick , makes the men the object of spectacle , focusing on their behaviour , not Sarah 's suffering . |
7 | In fact , however , this is not Hobbes 's view . |
8 | The suggestion ( impossible to prove ) that Hilary was not Gerald 's son but Walter 's . |
9 | ‘ Not Perdita 's problem , ’ said Daisy . |
10 | It is not Nizan 's allegiance to communism which must be interpreted in the light of his resignation from the party . |
11 | ‘ I 'd already gone on a beginners ’ sailing weekend , and although it was very rough — not beginners ' weather at all — I really loved it . ’ |
12 | This , after all , was not Ewan 's body . |
13 | ‘ Solving problems , however was not Highlander 's purpose , its purpose to ‘ help people learn to solve their problems in their own way , ’ and in its life since then Highlander has always worked with the under-privileged , exploited , relatively powerless communities which have approached it for assistance . |
14 | I 'm not David 's dinner , because I might pop up to . |
15 | ‘ You 're not Dana 's keeper . |
16 | Well , this is not Darwin 's theory of course , and today , we know erm , that this is in fact total nonsense . |
17 | She sat in the flat in the silence that was not Ruth 's silence . |
18 | It was the ‘ liberal socialism ’ espoused by Hobson , not Lenin 's Marxism , that played the dominant part in British peace politics well into the inter-war years . |
19 | ‘ That 's not Jekyll 's voice ! ’ shouted Mr Utterson . |
20 | That was not boy 's cake ! |
21 | The King , ’ she added thoughtfully , almost to herself , ‘ could have forced her but that was not Alexander 's way . |
22 | This is not Norma 's fault , she 's probably quite a nice dear who never wanted the fame , never wanted a prime minister for a husband , just wanted to get on with the washing up back in Huntingdon . |
23 | Therefore , each unit can be classified in terms of these properties and can take one of four combined values : home owner/trade unionist ; home owner/not trade unionist ; not home owner/trade unionist ; not home owner/not trade unionist . |
24 | A dash of wry cynicism might have helped another woman , but that was not Franca 's way . |
25 | I can not tell whether the phone has stopped ringing or not ; at some point I think I hear a ring louder than all other rings , and a voice , not Maggie 's voice , but another voice , a woman 's voice , a slow Scottish accent , asking and begging for Crilly . |
26 | It was not Hugh 's face but that of Fenton Marshall . |
27 | Whether or not blacks ' career prospects are blighted by covert racialist policies in the occupational sphere is not the question under consideration . |
28 | The real bone of contention is not Moses ' marriage , but his position . |
29 | They 're not Sainsbury 's bon bons . |
30 | This is not Quine 's conclusion . |