Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [not/n't] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued that the bread and wine somehow coexisted with the body and blood , and more importantly that the miracle occurred because of the presence of the faithful and not as a result of the magical powers of the priest . |
| 2 | He added that he would be speaking only as an individual and not as a representative of the Chief Police Officers Association . |
| 3 | They may be summarised as follows : if it appears that facts existed from which a constable could reasonably have anticipated a breach of the peace , as a real and not as a remote possibility , and the constable did in fact anticipate such a breach , he is under a duty to take steps ( whether by arrest or otherwise ) as he reasonably thinks are necessary to prevent the breach of the peace from occurring or , as it may be , from continuing . |
| 4 | To ask a child to get dressed is a reasonable requirement of a seven-year-old but not of a two-year-old . |
| 5 | Was n't I told you have to hold them tight and not for a minute take your eyes off them ? |
| 6 | From the moment that you arrive at college you will be involved in what is popularly known as " taking notes " and as likely as not within a few weeks you will be the possessor of tattered notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics or , worse still , of masses of mixed-up bits of paper . |
| 7 | If the memory of the association of a given flavour with illness can be taken to be more important than the memory that the flavour has also been experienced without harmful consequences , then the latter memory would interfere after a short but not after a long retention interval . |
| 8 | Although the largest of the 11 suits called for the immediate repayment of $1,200 million , bankers were reported on March 13 to be viewing the move as a defensive and not as a provocative act . |
| 9 | Constitutionally disinclined to surrender preferment , being , as he once observed , ‘ of a modest if not of a retiring disposition ’ , he remained librarian until 1952 . |
| 10 | Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight |
| 11 | They may each act alone and without the agreement of the other but not in a way which is incompatible with the order ( s2(7) ( 8 ) ) . |