Example sentences of "[subord] not the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Again , he was in an hotel , although not the kind he would normally care to frequent . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Some patients may have preexisting conditions , e.g. diabetes mellitus , which , although not the reason for their current admission , may affect their care . |
| 7 | Italy got the south Tyrol and Istria — although not the town of Fiume ( modern Rijeka ) — but little else of consequence . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She was n't always an Englishwoman either , although more often than not the headmaster gave one of his parents British nationality . |
| 11 | Not just one game , but two or three in a row , with Eva more often than not the winner . |
| 12 | ( 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 . |
| 13 | More often than not the face peered at me through leaves . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Shooting is extremely difficult and more often than not the fox is wounded rather than killed outright . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Except not the end of the episode if there were a failure of a birth control measure and the result was conception . |
| 22 | Rather than assuming that a few corrupt workers steal large amounts , it would seem more reasonable to contend that many , if not the majority , of employees regularly take small amounts . |
| 23 | Whereas profiles were initially envisaged as a form of school-leaving report or record , and designed to fill a gap in the existing certification procedures , it is now true to say that many , if not the majority , of those involved in such developments place their highest priority on the changes such procedures will bring about within the educational process itself . |
| 24 | The result accurately reflected the election campaign , which had sharply polarized the country on political , racial and class lines , despite the similarity , if not the style of presentation , of both candidates ' short-term economic adjustment policies . |
| 25 | And if not the Government , then who ? |
| 26 | Elsewhere are posters of dead Hollywood sirens and live lesbian rock stars , alongside colour prints of ghetto crones and Jewish brides from the workshop — if not the brush — of Rembrandt . |
| 27 | What is the BBC about if not the making of programmes ? |
| 28 | To this ethnocentric anti-semitism Webster added a belief in the sentiments , if not the authenticity , of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion . |
| 29 | Two weeks later , the paper re-emerged as The New Musical Express , the name if not the publication that you know and love today . |
| 30 | Overshadowed by the intensity of the debates on the death penalty , the ending of judicial corporal punishment was a notable step towards the debrutalizing , if not the humanizing , of criminal justice . |