Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also necessary specifically to select veined material for study , hitherto not a regular practise in traditional carbonate petrography . |
| 2 | The more general international implications of this thesis , however , may require modification since in a country like Sweden , which has a very high level of white-collar union density , government action was apparently not a necessary condition for the growth of such unions ( Adams , 1974 ) . |
| 3 | It is perhaps not a surprising liaison , considering that the British drug industry is one of the superstar contributors to our balance of payment figures . |
| 4 | I can make what is perhaps not a usual boast in Scotland : I can claim that some of my best friends are Conservatives . |
| 5 | ‘ On the other hand , perhaps not a good idea , ’ said Sacco . |
| 6 | mind you it 's perhaps not a good idea to go and have a look not with this |
| 7 | Perhaps not a great deal , but at least a glimmer ! |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps not a Jacobite Guinea ; but it must have been something worth having . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ My old friend , my youth , ’ he wrote to her afterwards , ‘ during the long years I have lived without knowing your whereabouts , there was perhaps not a single day when I did not think of you . ’ |
| 10 | That 's it M A L E so it 's perhaps not a bad idea that we spell it differently cos you can tell which one you 're talking about then . |
| 11 | If patients wish to give up coffee , it is perhaps not a bad thing . |
| 12 | If you are likely to be using the camcorder near the car , it might be worth taking one of the special leads which enable you to feed power from the car battery directly to the camcorder ; however , this is obviously not a practical option for general holiday use . |
| 13 | My gaze can kill , but obviously not a blind woman . |
| 14 | ‘ Most importantly , it looks non-threatening — just like an ordinary white Land Rover — and is obviously not a military vehicle . |
| 15 | So not a good day for City , but they should n't lose heart , as the score line the home side , and on another day might well be reversed as they were not that much difference in the goals . |
| 16 | Talking of money , the Social Secretary succeeded in raising nearly £50 in sponsorship at the Bishop 's Castle Carnival Triathlon and a stall manned by willing preservation group members raised a further £30 at the Carnival , so not a bad start for our fund raising efforts . |
| 17 | well there 's only not a great deal , I mean there 's a load in there already done , I think , is it done ? |
| 18 | But linguistics itself is arguably not a normal science , in the sense that there is a single agreed paradigm for research or application . |
| 19 | I looked up the phone directory and , sure enough , there was a P.Lawn , ( luckily not a common name ! ) , from which we surmised , correctly , that Ken had died but Pat was still there . |
| 20 | Thurii was thus not a straightforward piece of Athenian imperialism . |
| 21 | It is thus not a close substitute for financial assets . |
| 22 | It was also held in that case that the settlor 's power to liquidate the company was not a power to terminate the settlement ; it was thus not a revocable settlement . |
| 23 | So does that mean that he is a good teacher of music , he 's just not a good disciplinarian ? |
| 24 | She told TODAY : ‘ I am just not a good traveller . ’ |
| 25 | Marc you 're just not a funny person . |
| 26 | It would suggest it 's just not a transitory stage . |
| 27 | Once you begin your revision , it 's generally not a good idea to undertake new reading . |
| 28 | Political considerations may have made them less inclined to return to China , but it was generally not a major reason for leaving in the first place . |
| 29 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that the charity Release is putting out the leaflet that I have here , which dupes young people into the belief that Ecstasy is somehow not a harmful drug ? |
| 30 | It is moreover not a new word to use in connection with theft . |