Example sentences of "[noun sg] not [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unbelievable , I mean I 've always looked upon the horse as a nice horse not as the winner of an Arkle . |
| 2 | Even when subjects are selected for experiment not on the basis of extreme scores in the attribute being studied but on the scores of some correlated attribute , the same problem can arise . |
| 3 | PR departments of advertising agencies , which can vary from a small press office handling product publicity to augment an advertising campaign , to a large comprehensive PR department not unlike the agency setup itself . |
| 4 | This was a result not of the Bill or of the war but of a 1938 decision whose effect was delayed by the outbreak of war . |
| 5 | Reference to the both Taskopruzade 's original and Mecdi 's translation , makes it difficult to understand how such confusion has arisen ; for although relatively few facts are given there about Abdulkerim , and although it is impossible to specify with any assurance the precise dates of his Muftilik , one thing at least is clearly stated : that Abdulkerim was Mufti not in the time of Bayezid II ( 886–918/1481–1512 ) but in the time of Mehmed II ( 855–86/1451–81 ) . |
| 6 | This writer remembers one Good Friday sermon in an Anglican parish church in which the preacher referred to the crucifixion not as the self-offering of God 's only Son and an event unique in man 's history but as an example of the ‘ little man ’ being maltreated by the all-powerful state . |
| 7 | At break I was on duty in the corridor telling people to get out and go around to the canteen not through the school . |
| 8 | Gilbert would probably have done better to base his case not on the child 's moral sense , which was largely that imposed by adults , but rather on the child 's tendency to invest violence with fantasy . |
| 9 | This case is therefore best considered as an instance not of the role of intention in trusts , but of the general role it could play in the interpretation of testamentary dispositions . |
| 10 | Ordinary people who have been awarded ‘ less important ’ decorations like the British Empire Medal may well find it pinned on their chest not by the Queen but a lord lieutenant in the form of a retired colonel or minor baronet . |
| 11 | He answered prayer not in the way I sought , Nor in the way that I thought he ought , But in his own good way , and I could see , He answered in the fashion best for me . |
| 12 | It seeks the origins of the present not in the past which is temporally distant , but in external contacts which are spatially remote . |
| 13 | You should have told him that we pay for it by the gallon not by the year ! |
| 14 | In Nambudiri eyes these women were concubines ; therefore the children belonged to the mother 's caste not to the father 's caste . |
| 15 | Not only is Jesus the only saviour but he 's also a presence saviour not for the future or the passed , but he is there now and he says now , Paul to the Corinthians now is the acceptable time , now is the day of salvation , not to be put off , not to wait until you 're older until this is settled and till that 's done and you 've had this experience or that experience , now is the accepted time , he is the presence saviour , he is not a saviour for you tomorrow , you do n't know what tomorrow will bring but he is a saviour for the present for now , also he is a complete saviour in Hebrews seven twenty five he is able to save forever , those who draw near to God since he always lives to make intercession for them and finally not only is he a complete saviour , but he will actually save you , not the person beside you , do n't worry about that he will actually save you , there in Romans chapter ten , thirteen , for whoever , for whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved and so the invitation 's to you and it 's to me , it 's to us as individuals , are there a few that 's gon na be saved . |
| 16 | Any disregard of this may provide the minority shareholders with a claim under s459 Companies Act 1985 , under which they may complain against resolutions of the company which are for the benefit not of the company as a whole , but of the majority shareholders alone . |
| 17 | We need a conception of ourselves in the universe not as the master species but as the servant species : as the one being given responsibility for the whole and for the good of the whole . |
| 18 | I say a reasonably just society , rather than a reasonably just law , for consent to obey the law expresses an attitude not to the law but to the society whose law it is . |
| 19 | He points out that when John uses that term in a negative sense it is with ‘ specific reference not to the whole of culture , but to a particular use of that culture by the forces of evil . ’ |
| 20 | He concluded , ‘ The matter … falls for determination not on the basis of accuracy , validity , or acceptability of the scientific evidence or aspects of it , but simply upon its existence . ’ |
| 21 | One issue not on the agenda , on US insistence , was the COCOM list [ see pp. 37021 ; 36822 ] . |
| 22 | Lord may I pick it up page four hundred and two erm at lesson B er there 's a plea of breach of duty , this new plea does however raise the issue not of the original , not apparent on the original fee then what is the scope of the solicitor 's duty that part of a particular aspect of a problem . |
| 23 | A Dangerous Man — Lawrence After Arabia looks at the maverick hero not on the battlefield but in London and Paris after World War I. |
| 24 | I did n't understand her questions was it the figures had come from the private sector I 'm not sure if she understood it herself either erm we 've talked in the social services planning cuts committee about a list of homes for refurbishment and Mr wanted a very long list er a list which would blight every home not on the list . |
| 25 | So that answers all those years that I have been conducting these seminars , it answers my question not in the way I was particularly happy about I have to say , but I mean it did answer my question and then it may be them having you know I mean like sort of things I may not be particularly happy with , but maybe it is good that the papers are reflecting what the community wants . |
| 26 | Men , it is often said , give their allegiance not to the government of the day but to the state . |
| 27 | Like Sartre , he sought to constitute Marxism as a form of truth , but attempted to prove its truth not through the dialectic of history but rather as a science , authenticating Marx 's ‘ immense theoretical revolution ’ epistemologically through a demonstration of its scientificity . |
| 28 | Not the way it is today , when on the rare occasion an employee accompanies a guest here , he is likely to be some newcomer who has little to say about anything other than Association Football , and who prefers to pass the evening not by the fire of the servants ' hall , but drinking at the Ploughman 's Arms — or indeed , as seems increasingly likely nowadays , at the Star Inn . |
| 29 | In opposing a Bill , however , the opposition ( occasionally it may be a dissident member of the government party ) will move an amendment not to the text of the Bill , but to the motion that the Bill be read a second time ( the motion before the House ) . |
| 30 | A company my request a one-time exemption for a crop not on the list or it may ask the government to add its crop to a list of those permanently exempted form the permitting requirement . |