Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not in a sense surprising , the impact of the bare facts is nonetheless considerable : for it emerged that these women spent an average of over three hours on weekdays on various caring activities compared to the 13 minutes offered by men ! |
| 2 | This does not affect the cogency of his criticism and prognostication — the cultural barbarism which he feared has perhaps descended , although not in a form which he could have envisaged . |
| 3 | After all that toil and trouble , the outcome was the same as it is more often than not in a constituency of the Republic — the same , that is to say , as if not a single vote had been transferred : the candidates elected were those who , on the showing of the very first count , had the greatest number of first-preference votes . |
| 4 | I believe that real democracy is allowing voters to decide in a general election and not in a referendum , which is a totally different thing , and one that is alien to my concept of democracy . |
| 5 | I 'm not criticising guitar players — after all , I 'm one myself and not in a position to be judgmental . |
| 6 | Johnson had travelled hopefully and was about to arrive : the following day he would leave the comparative comfort he had hitherto enjoyed , and head into the wilds , and not in a coach but on horseback . |
| 7 | He again ended with a girl , a different one this time and not in a boat . |
| 8 | This is a course of man made permanent jumps and they are spread out and not in a ring . |
| 9 | When , and if , I got to the 2ème Régiment Étranger des Parachutistes I hoped that my efforts during basic training would pay off , and that I could get involved , if not in a war , then in something physically and militarily more adventurous than anything I had done so far . |
| 10 | ‘ All that is said about Milton 's ‘ sympathy ’ with Satan , his expression in Satan of his own pride , malice , folly , misery and lust , is true in a sense , but not in a sense peculiar to Milton ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ But not in a realist sort of way . |
| 12 | More than one witness can be named in a subpoena ad test but not in a subpoena duces tecum . |
| 13 | Such trust , say the courts , is inherent in an equity but not in a debt security , which is governed by contractual relationships , leaving no fiduciary trust to be broken . |
| 14 | Eels come into it somehow , but not in a way that can be described in a family newspaper . |
| 15 | They should help small farmers , but not in a way that discourages them from getting larger or farming better : there must be no farming poverty trap . |
| 16 | The English mystics , like their European contemporaries , did foreshadow these changes , but not in a way that people who are familiar with more well-known fourteenth century English literature might expect . |
| 17 | Lord Atkinson in the House of Lords , at p. 235 , also discusses Baynton v. Morgan , 22 Q.B.D. 74 , but not in a way which assists in the present case . |
| 18 | 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 ) ) . |
| 19 | Confer with clients on any material information received but not in a way that confuses them . |
| 20 | Or like I 've , I 've slept with him in tents and stuff but not in a bed . |
| 21 | They may be entirely acceptable procedures in nature reserves with clearly defined goals , but not in a place given back to nature . |
| 22 | But not in a hurry about it , Billy said to himself . |
| 23 | ‘ Lowell likes it arranged more formally , swept off my face , but not in a plait . ’ |
| 24 | Certain institutions may be under threat ( as subsequent chapters will show ) but not in a manner inconsistent with the existing political culture . |
| 25 | They have the advantage of being easy to carry around , and with care can be used anywhere — in bed , on a beach and so on ( but not in a meeting with a client ) . |
| 26 | The second example is that of a young mother who , while not in a tower-block , lives on the top floor of a maisonette . |
| 27 | While not in a heat Jan would be out encouraging the other competitors . |
| 28 | For Althusser does deal with this distinction — though not in a way Lukes can accept — by denying its validity . |
| 29 | In the 1960s , the idea had resurfaced — though not in a form that Owen would have recognised as remotely related to that that he had advocated . |
| 30 | When food is clumped in groups , the best method of search is to move straight ahead when not in a group , but to turn through tight angles once one item has been found , in order to find the rest of the group . |