Example sentences of "[coord] not about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , and I 'm not saying this is , this is so , but it 's not unusual in that kind of dream if it 's recurring in the present , to find that really it 's about the present and not about the past . |
| 2 | Now it might be objected that I am talking here about language knowledge and not communicative behaviour , about how grammar might be learned and not about the development of a language using ability . |
| 3 | He 's bothering daily about his soldiers in the field and not about the crosses in the school … |
| 4 | If we accepted this entirely arbitrary target , the review would be seen merely as a cost-cutting exercise and not about the reform of social security . |
| 5 | At best they can tell us about aspects of the general biochemical and hormonal ‘ state ’ of the brain necessary for learning and memory formation to occur , the tuning and volume mechanisms , but not about the memory processes , the message on the tape itself . |
| 6 | I 'm disappointed about that but not about the standard , it was a great game . |
| 7 | Avril was worried — but not about the operation . |
| 8 | They would talk about the weather , about what went on by the sea-coast , about Easterling pirates , about news from Lincoln , or Peterborough , or York , or Chester , but not about the forest . |
| 9 | There is a lot left to do so can we please er try and stick to the point I have to chair right to respond should he so chose , but not about the cars in Stretton Avenue . |
| 10 | ‘ But not about the caves , ’ she laughed and , tugging at his arm , she insisted they tag on with the other tourists . |