Example sentences of "[adv] not a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the next of the packages to wander through rejoices in the title Fun Pack — it 's obviously not a word processor , but it may just interest you a little . |
| 2 | And conversely , if you find that you 're just not a dab hand at paint techniques , or have n't got the time to find out , there are now quite a few wallpapers available which reproduce the effects , but require not painting : just hang , and you have instant sponged , rag-rolled or marbled walls ! |
| 3 | He says I suspect it 's a good idea in a romantic idealist world — it 's probably not a realist option — I mean people do move about in cars nowadays . |
| 4 | She could remember the incident quite clearly , although the circumstances surrounding it had vanished into oblivion , beyond recall of any form of analysis : it had been early afternoon , so clearly not a party incident — maybe they had had lunch together ? — and she had been anxious about picking up children from school . |
| 5 | While a study such as Festinger , Rieken , and Schachter 's When Prophecy Fails ( see p. 73 ) is clearly not a community study , and one like Frankenberg 's Village on the Border clearly is , others , such as Whyte 's Street Corner Society , fall somewhere between the two . |
| 6 | The history of Illustrator is an unusual one ; it was originally not a drawing package at all but a font manipulation tool . |
| 7 | We wish to suggest here not a conspiracy theory but a coincidence of interests that embodies these beneficiaries . |
| 8 | And if the city council has a film liaison office , why not a music office too ? ’ |
| 9 | We manage to do this with a catalogue ; why not a book sale ? ’ |
| 10 | It was while reading an article about frozen food packaging equipped with a warning patch which changed colour as the food melted , that Wotherspoon made the connection which lies at the root of all great inventions : why not a climbing rope which changed colour after it had been stressed ? |
| 11 | It is therefore not a state function . |
| 12 | Lack of consent is therefore not a constituent element in theft . |
| 13 | I was delighted , not to mention shocked , but I had to turn them down because I am definitely not a portrait photographer . |
| 14 | ‘ Definitely not a morning person , ’ she murmured . |
| 15 | And whatever the advantages of dealing in Dons rather than pounds , it 's definitely NOT a tax dodge . |
| 16 | It 's certainly not a north London accent . |
| 17 | This is not a diet to do in a hurry and it is certainly not a crash diet . |
| 18 | The hotel restaurant — there was nowhere else to eat — could serve you with tea , coffee , bread , sardines , lettuce , carrots and potatoes , but nothing else , certainly not a meat dish — there was no fresh meat in Adrar . |
| 19 | Certainly not a routine interpretation of certain symbols attached to specific meanings . |