Example sentences of "[subord] not the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Again , he was in an hotel , although not the kind he would normally care to frequent . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Some patients may have preexisting conditions , e.g. diabetes mellitus , which , although not the reason for their current admission , may affect their care . |
| 9 | Italy got the south Tyrol and Istria — although not the town of Fiume ( modern Rijeka ) — but little else of consequence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Bank publishes the total amount of this so called late assistance , although not the terms on which it has been granted . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She was n't always an Englishwoman either , although more often than not the headmaster gave one of his parents British nationality . |
| 14 | Not just one game , but two or three in a row , with Eva more often than not the winner . |
| 15 | ( Let's face it , when was the last time you heard references to ‘ Cliff Richard 's lip ’ , Iggy Pop and the annual ceremony marking the opening of the Houses of Parliament side-by-side in a song ? ) ; indecision and apathy are confronted in ‘ Not Superstitious ’ ; ‘ Dead Industrial Atmosphere ’ details the decline of the North-East as an economic force and the subsequent social fall-out and , of course , we get a few long songs thrown in to spice things up , or down , as is more often than not the case . |
| 16 | More often than not the women declined , but this did not discourage the tipsy men . |
| 17 | But more often than not the women of the fabliau are presented with admiration and respect . |
| 18 | More often than not the face peered at me through leaves . |
| 19 | More often than not the gravel is piled up against the front glass of the tank as though the fish are trying to keep you from prying into their nest . |
| 20 | The legislation does therefore not set up any presumption in the employee 's favour ; rather it is for him as claimant to lead evidence which tends to establish that it is more likely than not the employer gained from possession of the patent . |
| 21 | More often than not the victims have serious medical problems , show a long history of social inadequacy , or are clearly suffering from mental illness . |
| 22 | The only thing that worked with the odd fish was the open bale-arm , but more often than not the bream dropped the bait before I struck . |
| 23 | More often than not the words they choose to apply are negative . |
| 24 | 2.30 More often than not the loss of the wife 's services is assessed by reference to the costs of employing a housekeeper to provide those services , and there have been comparatively recent developments in this area . |
| 25 | Shooting is extremely difficult and more often than not the fox is wounded rather than killed outright . |
| 26 | The interviews could be completed on the doorstep in as little as 10 minutes , but most lasted between 15 and 45 minutes and more often than not the fieldworker was invited into the house , offered tea and biscuits — and on one occasion two meat pies ! |
| 27 | In fact , more often than not the fieldworker took the initiative in this matter ; investigators who build up long-term relationships with communities frequently hear and record material which they would prefer to remain ignorant about . |
| 28 | When the rosy spectacles are laid aside , it is clear that what to the husband and children can be a refreshing hobby — after all they are more often than not the consumers , not the producers , of the home-made jam — to the wife can be another variant of the natural mother image and in everyday terms can mean longer than ever hours at the chopping board . |
| 29 | It can often be a mistake to team up an easy-going person with a dominant horse , because more often than not the horse will run rings round its rider . |
| 30 | Except not the end of the episode if there were a failure of a birth control measure and the result was conception . |