Example sentences of "[coord] not [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many prove to be misfits , too honest for their job , or not enough on the ball to cope with its demands . |
| 2 | The most popular leaders ( Boris Yeltsin , Anatoly Sobchak , Gavriil Popov ) had ostentatiously left the party in 1990 or not long before the 1991 August coup ( as Eduard Shevardnadze , Alexander Yakovlev and Alexander Rutskoi had done ) . |
| 3 | The owner must believe the information to be secret and not already in the public domain . |
| 4 | Collectively , the population of Britain perform millions of acts every day during their waking hours , yet the net result of all this is not chaos and confusion , but a reasonable approximation of order : motorists drive on the left-hand side of the road , not on the right ; shoppers offer coins and banknotes , cheques and cheque cards in exchange for goods and services , not goats and chickens or nothing at all ; love-making takes place indoors in bedrooms , and not outside on the pavement . |
| 5 | It is almost impossible to recreate a wedding bouquet completely accurately , as the original bouquet is three-dimensional and not flat like the picture . |
| 6 | They are simple to install ; all that is required is that they be level from side to side , and with the lip of the lowest basin protruding sufficiently so that the water empties directly into the pool water and not on to the edging of the pool . |
| 7 | Instead I consoled myself that Ellen would be pleased , and a pleased Ellen might become my shipmate all the way around the world , so really , I told myself , I was not doing this for the senator 's happiness , and not even for the twins , but for my own , and so I shook the senator 's hand . |
| 8 | And not even in the land of the troubadours were husbands more tolerant . |
| 9 | It concerns relations between people , and not just between the direct land users and the environment . |
| 10 | Twenty companies moved this year , 49 are set to go by 1993 and another 23 are considering moving — and not just to the suburbs . |
| 11 | However , we will find it of much more use in the context here to conceive of a knowledge worker as someone who actually adds value to the message itself , and not just to the message 's package , by processes of analysis , judgement , and higher-level decision making . |
| 12 | General symptoms are symptoms that relate to the whole person in general and not just to the particular site of the problem . |
| 13 | Nor should we underestimate the importance of Britain to Europe , for we have much to contribute and not just to the agricultural fund . |
| 14 | Yet this was a period when the English Civil War was at its height ; from the coins themselves we would never have suspected that such a large proportion of minting in the war years of 1639–47 was the result of a commercial agreement between the two countries and not just of the high levels of expenditure caused by the war . |
| 15 | This is why , before you embark on any kind of anti-drug crusade with your children , you have to be clear where you stand — and not just on the subject of heroin . |
| 16 | A pioneer in this department is Ed Kienholz , who some years ago became Ed and Nancy Kienholz and not just on the marriage certificate . |
| 17 | My right hon. Friend is to be congratulated on showing that that can happen , and that a further step can be taken towards ’ ever closer union ’ on an intergovernmental basis , and not just on the basis of the treaty of Rome . |
| 18 | They 're cashing in , but at least they 're cashing in on the locals and not just on the Leeds . |
| 19 | It was obviously a popular haunt — and not just with the boating fraternity — so it was some while before their food was brought to them . |
| 20 | Whatever arrangements are made they ought to be convenient for the parents and not just for the school . |
| 21 | Exhibitions were all the rage at that time , and not just for the artistic elite of the big cities to the south , much to JTR 's misgivings , obviously . |
| 22 | DEC ( Digital ) will only work with educational institutions if the project is of advantage to the broader community and not just for the benefit of the school or college . |
| 23 | Music , dance and art are integral to the island 's culture — and not just for the benefit of tourists . |
| 24 | The ideal of providing an adequate and satisfying secondary education for all ( and not just for the few who were fortunate enough to be able to pass a selection test at 11 ) seemed close to realisation . |
| 25 | As was pointed out earlier , in Chapter 5 , this crime has consequences for mankind as a whole , and not just for the individual in relationship to their own father . |
| 26 | ‘ And not just for the boys either . |
| 27 | This integration of production across national borders tends to increase the overall volume of world trade because a good changes hands at various levels of production and not just at the final stage . |
| 28 | There is relatively less emphasis on contact with relatives and relatively more on choosing , making , and keeping friends , often from a fairly wide geographical area and not just from the neighbourhood or street . |
| 29 | I think to have a classless society in this country everybody has to be equal and not just from the rich to the poor and the poor to the rich , but also there 's many people in this country who suffer from persecution . |
| 30 | There is lot of it about these days and not just in the police service . |