Example sentences of "[adj] not a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | And we do some marine not a lot of marine erm For some strange reason , our design of engine does not lend itself too well to marine applications . |
2 | Is this not a form of stereotyping at least as damaging as racist and sexist attitudes ? |
3 | Unfortunately , the print echo is only active whilst the CLI indicator is present , so this not a lot of use to us ! |
4 | is this not a recipe for disaster ? |
5 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
6 | Does your husband accept that perhaps he ought to be looking after the baby alternate weeks , or is that not a solution to the problem ? |
7 | You wo n't , you definitely wo n't ask at the end of the first not a hope in hell begin the second , cos you might ask at the end of the second appointment . |