Example sentences of "[not/n't] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lessee was protected , not by a real action , but by a personal action against his lessor , in which he could recover , not the land itself , but only damages to the breach of his landlord 's contract to allow him the use of the land . |
| 2 | Is he aware that many of us are concerned because the next generation of inward investment will be attracted not by a low-wage economy or a low-wage work force , but by the best trained and educated work force in Europe ? |
| 3 | For the Formalists originality is constituted only by a reworking of the available devices and not by a personal vision in the lived experience of writers . |
| 4 | God 's plan unfolded by distinct stages corresponding to the sudden introduction of entirely new forms , not by a gradual ascent of the organic scale . |
| 5 | But once again anger works through irony , parody , and pastiche , and is held together not by a unified dramatic voice but by a stylistic blankness a kind of black camp . |
| 6 | The historical and social claim to professional autonomy is counterproductive in an environment where pedagogic autonomy is increasingly inhibited , entry to teaching is controlled by DES policy and not by a professional body , conditions of employment are nationally prescribed and major management initiatives , such as staff development , appraisal , recruitment and promotion , are increasingly subject to DES guidelines . |
| 7 | Most people would be worse off financially but not by a great deal . |
| 8 | Man is more individuated than a fly , but not by a great margin . |
| 9 | No , not by a long chalk . |
| 10 | ‘ Single men wo n't come top of the list for rehousing , not by a long chalk . ’ |
| 11 | Not that this is the only bone of contention between them , no , not by a long chalk . |
| 12 | The New Moon in your opposite sign of Scorpio on the 29th should prove exciting and rather eventful as far as one involvement or partnership is concerned — and obviously 1989 is by no means over yet , not by a long chalk . |
| 13 | Oh naw , not by a long , long chalk . |
| 14 | Not by a long shot . |
| 15 | I 'm not a retarded under-age flower who was raped or molested by some evil step-father — not by a long shot . ’ |
| 16 | The image of Neil Young as the wayward eccentric does n't tell the whole story , not by a long way . |
| 17 | She took a seat and drew a piece of paper towards her and began to write , the Grenfells were n't beaten yet , not by a long chalk . |
| 18 | ‘ Not by a long shot , ’ said Joe . |
| 19 | Well , I have n't , not by a long chalk and I 'm not the tramp I look either . |
| 20 | It were n't the way everyone said an ’ thought it was , you see , not by a long chalk . |
| 21 | Not through choice , not by a long way , but it was where I 'd made my destiny , even if as an alien . |
| 22 | Not by a long chalk . ’ |
| 23 | Which you ai n't , not by a long chalk ! ’ she averred , descending rapidly from outraged virtue to mere verbal abuse . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , I 'm not finished yet , girl , not by a long chalk ! |
| 25 | He had not told Rory everything , not by a long shot . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've not finished with you yet — not by a long way ! ’ |
| 27 | This opened up the prospect of democracy being installed not by a bourgeois government but by ‘ a revolutionary democratic dictatorship of the proletariat and peasantry ’ . |
| 28 | In practice women and men are involved in different ways in giving and receiving support , but much of this is explained not by a cultural definition of what counts as women 's business or men 's business , but by three other factors . |
| 29 | It 's best to leave the cutting of the opening to a professional builder unless you are skilled , because you will need to know the number and size of needles ( the temporary horizontal supporting timbers that past through the wall , carried on adjustable vertical props ) , and you will have to provide a firm base on which to stand the upright props , which have to be supported on the ground , and not by a wooden floor . |
| 30 | I 've served on that one , and the whole business of the organisation has generally speaking been run by the executive and not by a full council . |