Example sentences of "[conj] not a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the day you are either a sticker person or not a sticker person . |
| 2 | when you say the entire procedure , would that of included or not a solicitors letter which is set out ? |
| 3 | However , as an illustration of the significance of the different approaches to public finance , we consider the recent debate in the UK about whether or not a poll tax ( ‘ community charge ’ ) should replace a system of domestic rates . |
| 4 | This too would have raised expenditure irrespective of whether or not a Speenhamland system existed . |
| 5 | a shop steward ) is liable for unprivileged acts in the course of a trade dispute , whether or not a trade union is liable . |
| 6 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the expression ‘ is suffering … significant harm ’ in section 31(2) ( a ) of the Children Act 1989 referred to the point in time immediately before the process of protecting the child began , so that , in determining whether the first threshold condition of section 31(2) was satisfied , the court had to consider the position before the commencement of the voluntary care when the children were with the mother ; that the condition in section 31(2) ( b ) related to care by the parent or carer whose lack of care had caused the significant harm to the child and not to the care which might be given by other carers if no care order were to be made , which only became relevant once the threshold conditions under section 31(2) had been satisfied in deciding whether or not a care order should be made ; and that it could not be said that the family proceedings court had been wrong in concluding , first , that the threshold conditions were satisfied and , secondly , on the evidence , that a care order to the local authority was the appropriate order ( post , pp. 1013H — 1014A , E–F , H — 1015B ) . |
| 7 | In addition to the above elements , the King 's Fund also identified several other factors which determined whether or not a community care scheme would be successful . |
| 8 | Ms Garner said : ‘ Whether or not a murder charge stands or is reduced to manslaughter depends entirely on the individual case . |
| 9 | In a doorway , wedged between a Guardian leader writer and a Kleinian analyst , Alan Headleand and his ex-tutor Otto Werner from the LSE were debating with a fine abstraction and a noble disregard of interruption the question as to whether or not a television programme was a primary product or a service , and whether , by implication or extension , Charles 's production company , Global Information Network ( Telex GIN ) was allied in ideological terms with the manufacturing or the service industries : with equal commitment Esther Breuer and Jules Griffin ( colleague of Liz Headleand ) were discussing the nature of ancestral voices in schizophrenic patients and in the Homeric and Biblical epic , and the portrayal of the Holy Ghost in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts . |
| 10 | In the case of a company director , it will be important to establish whether there are director 's loan-accounts and , if so , whether personal guarantees have been given ; whether , if there is a buy/sell agreement , key-person assurance has been arranged ; and whether or not a pension scheme is in force . |
| 11 | Although not a Government publication , this book , first published in 1923 , achieved considerable popularity before the Second World War and has run to twelve editions , all revised by the original writer , the most recent being that of 1954 ; in England it was the main vehicle for the principles of Sir Truby King and his Mothercraft Training Society . |
| 12 | Switzerland , although not a UN member , joined the embargo by banning oil imports and arms sales , and freezing Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets in Switzerland — the first time that the country had associated itself with UN sanctions . |
| 13 | Well that 's o that is a finance company and not a building society . |
| 14 | ‘ Now 's the time to prove that I am a singer and not a singing soap star . ’ |
| 15 | With the boarding in place , and back-filled with clay for support , the inner contours of the pool were now very angular , and not a bit wildlifey . |
| 16 | Most of all , as a musician and not a computer buff , the software must be intuitive , quick to learn and easy to operate . |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | The matter could conceivably be overlooked : either if ( instead of from your last employer ) , you are due to get a pension from an earlier employer ; or if you will only be receiving a State pension — and not a company pension in addition . |
| 19 | They had an expensive apartment of minimalist decor : spindly lamps , metal and glass furniture , real paintings on the wall and not a pot plant in sight . |
| 20 | This is easy once you realize that a Grand Canyon trip is an encounter group and not a river trip . |
| 21 | She wants to be known as a workhorse and not a clothes horse . |
| 22 | Science was public knowledge and not a craft mystery — religious ‘ mystery ’ too is something which makes sense in practice . |
| 23 | Probably a Sam and not a Selina Kettering , she thought , and the signs of an absentee male landlord 's domination became more pronounced in the final paragraph . |
| 24 | But , because it 's a command language and not a page description language the facilities it possesses are adequate rather than sophisticated . |
| 25 | And not a Sage cou 'd blame the prudent Bride |
| 26 | And not a shot gun . |
| 27 | Two real doctors , hundreds of real stories and not a colostomy pun in sight . |
| 28 | But the social setting was now precisely that and not a star feature in its own right . |
| 29 | Curiously , it 's an executable file and not a device driver , so it can only be initially loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT , which could permit a virus to go into memory before Virus Guard is loaded . |
| 30 | Originally the tax had been on each house ( or chimney ) and not a lump sum paid by diocese , and in 1205 Innocent III attempted to get the full amount , seeking Peter 's Pence " from each house that smoke comes out of " . |