Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] not [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hope sprang up in her , because if Caspar could make the Robemaker believe that he was merely foolish and not an intruder , they might have a chance . |
| 2 | The plucky little hedgehog kept at it until the dog dish was empty and not a scrap remained . |
| 3 | If this theory is correct , the term ‘ metaplasia ’ is a misnomer : metaplasia implies a change from one differentiated cell type to another and not the induction of a novel cell lineage . |
| 4 | the advances made have been very exciting but not every knitter wants to go too ‘ high tec ’ . |
| 5 | Erm I 'm surprised that slightly surprised that with council and Hugh were willing to go down given what we had given our information about how dangerous or not the site actually is . |
| 6 | Using Circle K as an example he complained that since the lighting had been removed the corner was dull , dark and dangerous and not a place to walk late at night . |
| 7 | It was an extension of the outdoor relief given by some boards of guardians , but its means test was a personal and not a family one . |
| 8 | Remember that it is the cleared bank balance on which interest is payable and not the cash book balance . |
| 9 | Until after Philip 's death in 1746 it was still an administrative and not a policy-making body ; but in the second half of the century it acquired greater power and independence . |
| 10 | But the social setting was now precisely that and not a star feature in its own right . |
| 11 | In a service there should be a mix of these and not a concentration on one metre or one key , for example . |
| 12 | Here , a constant and not a chance model of anarchic relations via exchange is obligatory … the law of value is merely the law of equilibrium of an anarchic commodity system … |
| 13 | The Portuguese officials said they would hear the appeal on 18 October and confirmed the appeal only involved the fine and not the ban , which actually took effect at the Spanish Grand Prix last Sunday . |
| 14 | What is implied , rather , is that Shakespeare 's cultural importance is somehow intrinsic and not the product of powerful formative institutions such as school boards . |
| 15 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |
| 16 | This , for example , is why he believed Hobbes ( and himself ) to be an authoritarian but not an absolutist . |
| 17 | We settled on a classic rock climb from the Etançons valley — the West-South-West Ridge of the Pic Nord des Cavales : a mouthful of a name to be sure and not a route well known outside the area , but Collomb assures of its worth : |
| 18 | OK so the occasional ( ! ) taunt may be made at a footy game but it IS a football match after all and not a place for the fainthearted . |
| 19 | However , this seepage was slight and not a problem . |
| 20 | Among the cases in which the options are not stacked like this , is that in which the sanctions and disapproval exist against behaviour which is in fact frequent and not the subject , perhaps , of any deep personal disinclination ; this , at the limit , is pure humbug , like the old school-master 's attitude to masturbation . |
| 21 | Its personal computer network protocol support is good but not the equal of Unix at its best . |
| 22 | If the will of Parliament is sovereign and not the will of the people , how can we be true politically participative citizens ? |
| 23 | I am attempting to wean him but it is I and not the child who is loth to finish the business . |
| 24 | Now that facilities will be freely available and not the subject of constant negotiation we hope that even more undergraduates will participate . |
| 25 | Indeed , your latest victim seems to have been a veritable bundle of surprises — not a maidservant but a duchess , not dead but alive — and , to top all , affianced to an eleven-year-old and not a virgin ! ’ |
| 26 | The roar was held by some to be that of the dispossessed and not a train at all . |
| 27 | This autonomy is particularly apparent in older buildings , because they outlast generations of occupants : ‘ It always seems strange to me , ’ Fay Weldon remarks , ‘ how different families serve shifts in the same house ; as if the house owned them , sucked them dry , spat them out and tried again- and not the family that controlled the house at all . ’ |
| 28 | The child may automatically gravitate towards one parent , may touch and climb on one and not the other . |
| 29 | An oval orbit would falsify the first but not the second , whereas any orbit that falsifies the second will also falsify the first . |
| 30 | Some MPs and peers were in favour of one but not the other . |