Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] not [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems arise not from a shortage of water , but from its unequal distribution . |
| 2 | Thus , although these outer-city neighbourhoods do not to a casual observer differ much from the inner city in language , they do exhibit clear social differences . |
| 3 | The new Soviet leaders decided not on a more bellicose response to German rearmament , but on an attempt to steal the limelight from NATO 's success . |
| 4 | In a two page epilogue the author merely states that nowadays students begin not with a description of chemicals and reactions but by learning Schrödinger 's equation and the shapes of orbitals . |
| 5 | This is not unreasonable , given that students have not as a rule experienced any other regime , but it can be misleading . |