Example sentences of "[verb] not in [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter 's interest lies not in gang warfare , but in the character of Peter Flood . |
| 2 | The complexity of [ 8 ] lies not in clause structure , but in noun phrase structure ( in this case it is the noun phrases that are italicised ) . |
| 3 | As can be seen in Table III , children who recovered were similar to both groups of the children who did not in sex distribution , age at initial evaluation and onset of constipation , stool frequency , percentage of patients with stool withholding , history of urinary tract infection , and stool retention . |
| 4 | This approach became part of the negotiations with the teachers ' unions , who did not in principle object to appraisal , but wanted to ensure that they obtained good conditions of service and an adequate pay increase before agreeing to it . |
| 5 | The gifts of which evidence was given were in favour of the plaintiff 's children and in the circumstances did not in substance conflict … with his intention to benefit the plaintiff . |
| 6 | The coach did not in fact crash and if he had remained on it he would have suffered no harm . |
| 7 | Consumers do not in practice shop for credit outside their own country , they simply use their home-based credit cards to make purchases abroad . |
| 8 | Both assumptions have been questioned and much evidence adduced to show that group politics does not in fact work in this way . |
| 9 | After doing this several times in a two-seater during training , the student may find both that applying full opposite rudder will stop the spin and that the glider does not in fact re-stall again even if the stick is kept back . |
| 10 | The sole justification for Mustakimzade 's argument as it stands appears to be that Taskopruzade does not in fact use either the term as in the case of Molla Fenari , or simply the term mufti , as in the case of Fahreddin Acemi , saying rather that " the headship of teaching and of fetva and the office of the kadilik fell ultimately to [ Molla Yegan ] alter Molla Shams al-Din al-Fenari " . |