Example sentences of "[subord] not [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not my cup of tea , I must admit Manchester United is a whole new ball game . |
| 2 | ‘ I fear greatly for their safety — God grant they will retain their lives if not their liberty ! ’ |
| 3 | There is some doubt about the circumstances of Molla Yegan 's death , to which reference will be made in due course , but it may be remarked here that while el-Kefevi is possibly right at least about the rough date of Molla Yegan 's death , the slightest suspicion attaches to the basis for his statement by reason of the fact that his words ( if not their order ) are practically identical with Taskopruzade 's statement about the death of Molla Taj al Din Ibrahim , known as Khatib-zade ( Hatibzade ) : Hatibzade and Molla Yegan are associated in an anecdote related by Taskopruzade in the biography of the former but included by el-Kefevi in the biography of Molla Yegan . |
| 4 | The Falangists , however , were not monarchists and their rhetoric , if not their ideology , was revolutionary , whereas the very raison d'être of the Carlists was monarchism and they were totally opposed to all revolutionary notions . |
| 5 | A few corpses swayed in the breeze at the end of a rope but they had built a wall so when the bodies decayed and fell , their sight , if not their stink , was hidden from passersby . |
| 6 | USL and SCO are reported to have worked through a lot of their emotional disparity if not their pricing differences over this business of SCO adopting SVR4 . |
| 7 | He had to think about what they said if not their demand for a refund . |
| 8 | He admires the old classic musicals for their spectacle if not their storyline , and says that Vincente Minelli ‘ had a camera like a hawk after a mouse ’ . |
| 9 | She had prepared her new age , if not her name . |
| 10 | Though that image has been defaced by the fall , its form if not its content remains in our essential humanity , our personhood , our reason and our ethical responsibility . |
| 11 | I hope this book will also be of value to the professional surveyor — in its breadth if not its depth — but I have written it in terms best suited to the non-professional , enthusiastic house-owner . |
| 12 | The left-hander edged it , but Russell had moved to leg and Botham was too wide at slip — his position if not his shape . |
| 13 | Terry was recovering his voice if not his composure . |
| 14 | If that is so , I can at least understand his anxiety — if not his way of showing it . ’ |
| 15 | He is also a much-operated-on ex-invalid who owes his success , if not his life , to the patient care of trainer Nick Gaselee and his staff — and to the precise surgical skill of the Irish vet Charlie McCartan . |
| 16 | But our Jack had n't kept his nose clean , being the sort of bloke who was born with somebody else 's silver spoon in his fist if not his mouth . |
| 17 | Grunte , he opined , was ‘ a pain in the bum ’ , although he had been quite helpful over the matter of the new motorway route which happened to pass through his garden or , if not his garden , damn close . |
| 18 | For example , the law still insists that before responsibility is incurred , an individual should signify , if not his consent , at least his acquiescence in the creation of the obligation . |
| 19 | I will lose my practice and my reputation and everything that I have and can look forward to , if not my liberty . |
| 20 | He would n't knowingly hurt me , but by one careless word he could destroy , if not my life , at least my chance of happiness . |
| 21 | If we constantly doubt what we believe and always believe-yet-doubt , we will be in danger of undermining our personal integrity , if not our stability . |
| 22 | However , the positive side to the cosmic pattern is that you can find not just a fleeting romance but true love , if not your soulmate . |
| 23 | We see Othello clutching at the last flickers of his memory of Desdemona as she was , for him ( and as of course she still is ) : Not your way , because not my way . |
| 24 | It was a friend of Francis 's who told me the facts , one woman whom I do remember , though not her face . |
| 25 | By the mid-1980s , Elena 's birthday , though not her age , was celebrated with all the effusions associated with her husband 's . |
| 26 | All members of the company ( though not its secretary ) must be qualified solicitors , and there are special provisions to apply when a member dies or is struck off the roll or otherwise loses his qualification to practise , which in essence provide that such member 's shares become non-voting so long as they remain registered in unqualified hands , and only qualified solicitors will be able to vote as proxies . |
| 27 | Injection of drugs which can specifically bind to and poison NMDA receptors will prevent the initiation of LTP , though not its maintenance if already established . |
| 28 | With the president — though not his defence secretary — proposing cuts in that budget by the day , the consensus is that there will be a peace dividend in fiscal 1991 of at least $12 billion . |
| 29 | For his part the comedian says he understands why the man was so upset , though not his racism . |
| 30 | Lay-abbacies , though not his invention , were deployed by Charles with a new frequency . |