Example sentences of "[subord] not [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But comical though he was , and although Erika laughed , yet her heart was touched , and as the bus juddered through the deserted streets , all the way home she looked into the window , seeing not the flats , factories , and dark parks , but , wonderingly , her own reflection .
2 Where not a habitation stood before ,
3 Thus power comes with political longevity , and once appointed to a coveted committee , a Senator or Representative will be loathe to accept , let alone seek , reallocation to another with the more junior status that will ensue , unless the move is clearly likely to be politically beneficial in the medium-if not the short-term .
4 Although not a classic , this 90-minute video is worth watching if only to see again the legendary mistakes of Leeds keeper Gary Sprake , or Lee Dixon 's own goal for Arsenal against Coventry — surely the cock-up against which all future cock-ups will be judged .
5 Finally , although not a criticism of our method — indeed , if anything , quite the contrary — it should be noted that for several of our chosen authors it was possible to arrive at more than one ‘ diagnosis ’ that fell within the general category of psychosis .
6 If I am correct , should not the Institute , although not a company , also have regard to s 245 of the Companies Act ?
7 Although not a Government publication , this book , first published in 1923 , achieved considerable popularity before the Second World War and has run to twelve editions , all revised by the original writer , the most recent being that of 1954 ; in England it was the main vehicle for the principles of Sir Truby King and his Mothercraft Training Society .
8 Although not a feature of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 , a major justification for the introduction of literary forfeiture legislation in the United States of America and Australia was that it would facilitate compensation for victims of crime .
9 So it would actually be very straightforward to do this , although not a couple of problems in this model that we ought to just say something about alright , the specification of four does present a couple of problems right .
10 The right of rescission may also extend to the occurrence of certain events which , although not a breach of warranty , may lead to the acquirer being unwilling to proceed ( for example , a major fire ) .
11 Switzerland , although not a UN member , joined the embargo by banning oil imports and arms sales , and freezing Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets in Switzerland — the first time that the country had associated itself with UN sanctions .
12 On the debit side we have dropped one day on the calving interval to 376 days , although not a disaster we had been trying to improve that but our heifers are calving at 28 months instead of two years three months .
13 Boyfriends are encouraged to visit , although not a lot of them do .
14 ( Phoebe ) Bradley became the first lady to serve on the Club Committee , an event doubly unique , for although not a bondholder she was elected by their Committee to represent them for a four-year term .
15 Until the age of seven , Nicholas had received a treat every year on the Feast Day of his patron ; and from the age of ten he grew to know that the day would generally be marked for him in some way or another — in many different ways , although not every year — until , of course , his wife Marian died .
16 Although not every member of the Essex Federation Executive shared these views , Brown 's successors as tutor-organiser for the county understandably found the context a difficult one to work in .
17 Again , he was in an hotel , although not the kind he would normally care to frequent .
18 This is so , to speak metaphorically , since almost all mental events , although not the ones in which we are principally interested , are elsewhere than at the focus of consciousness .
19 First I would relax , lie upon a bed , although not the bed in which I normally slept , go through the breathing exercises until I felt that I was part of the bed , weightless and sinking through it .
20 Although not the objective of this study , we have compared our method with that in which disease activity was estimated by comparing the bowel uptake with that of the bone marrow , spleen , and liver .
21 The abandonment yesterday of unilateral nuclear disarmament ( although not the intention of abandoning Britain 's nuclear deterrent at the earliest opportunity while other countries keep theirs ) was done in the same spirit of moralism which had gone into the banning of the Bomb .
22 Some patients may have preexisting conditions , e.g. diabetes mellitus , which , although not the reason for their current admission , may affect their care .
23 Italy got the south Tyrol and Istria — although not the town of Fiume ( modern Rijeka ) — but little else of consequence .
24 That is the consequence which is intended to flow from the provision that , although not the depositor , B is to be treated as entitled to the deposit .
25 The Bank publishes the total amount of this so called late assistance , although not the terms on which it has been granted .
26 Although not the class of ill-fated Thetford Forest , winner of this race last year en route to Cheltenham glory , Knight had special reason to be thrilled with the newcomer .
27 Although not an identification field guide , appendices on further reading and fern societies should ensure that readers , inspired by the book , can develop their interest , and experience the joys of ‘ pteridomania ’ that fired the Victorian pioneers .
28 Although not an Ulsterman himself , he gave to Ulster the charismatic lead that transformed resistance into armed rebellion , and he was a popular platform speaker with Unionists on both sides of the Irish Sea .
29 Much pre-war inner city housing has little in the way of space and more often than not a backyard is the best you can hope for .
30 But they do admit that it 's still more often than not a case of all talk and no action when boys discuss sex in the playground .
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