Example sentences of "[coord] not [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They discussed the rudiments of the Charleston , that still over-sophisticated exercise in dancing , a world apart from the slow foxtrot and not yet a familiar of Irish Hunt Balls . |
| 2 | After a brief goodnight and not even a peck on the cheek he looked down , then said , ‘ I 'll be in touch some time , Sarella . ’ |
| 3 | When he 'd arrived home there had been nothing to eat and not even a bed of his own . |
| 4 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 5 | The Flag Cichlid is Mesonauta insignis , but the American Flag fish is quite different , and not even a Cichlid . |
| 6 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 7 | ‘ It was a feeling of being suspended — it was not a negative feeling and not even a loss to be mourned , but I just could not see a way ahead . |
| 8 | The shoemaker 's daughter was pretty enough but poorly dressed with a Welsh shawl over her shoulders and not even a hat to cover her hair . |
| 9 | A light touch and not even a mouse could have scuttled through that ballroom without setting off the alarm all over the house — and the city . |
| 10 | No reply and not even a hint of a smile . |
| 11 | There was complete silence and not even a breath of wind disturbed the peace . |
| 12 | ( 95 ) Outdoors you will find Wren create new green dimensions with sensitive landscaping that creates a community and not just a row of houses . |
| 13 | Thus what we should be looking for is a system of screening that is capable of picking out expeditiously all cases that require testing and not just a sample . |
| 14 | The representatives of the media should see the meeting as a constructive activity and not just a propaganda exercise . |
| 15 | Running is a part of my life and not just a way to prepare for races . ’ |
| 16 | Now that the law embraced the principle of what lawyers called cessio bonorum — yielding up of goods — some thought imprisonment should be regarded as punishment and not just a way of preventing the debtor absconding . |
| 17 | Will you allow people to address the panel as a a comment and not just a question yes or no if you say no fine we all understand and we have to er formulate our our ideas as a question and we 'll carry on that case is quite simple and straight forward like that . |
| 18 | When a woman is politically involved , the decision to have or not have a child becomes a political decision as well and not just a question of personal wishes . |
| 19 | The point here , I think , is that if the latter is to be an ability , and not just a performance repertoire , then it has to be based on the internalization of systemic knowledge as a communicative resource . |
| 20 | What I have advocated is possible and not just a dream , but it would be remiss of me not to consider the nightmare scenario of colliery closures at a time when we are increasing restructuring grants by £1,000 million . |
| 21 | And to ensure that we act as a group and not just a collection of separate offices . |
| 22 | Dale Spender , for example , is a well-known representative of the alternative idea that language is a cause of oppression , and not just a symptom of it . |
| 23 | They have a lot of family problems , a lot of other personal social problems , and it 's very important to see really the person as a whole and not just a focus on one particular aspect of their problems . |
| 24 | It is also our view that a full bail application followed ( if appropriate ) by a full hearing certificate should be made and not just a hearing limited to whether there has been a breach or not . |
| 25 | ‘ If I 'd been educated proper , I expect I 'd be able to talk more , ’ said Dolly , ‘ specially if I 'ad good looks and not just a sort of orphanage face . |
| 26 | Either way , astronomers are regarding it as a fascinating astronomical object and not just a recordbreaker . |
| 27 | For the first time colleagues , the community will be able to legitimately address these issues and initiate action into ensuring the E C is a people 's Europe and not just a business Europe . |
| 28 | The justification for selecting the variable with the largest penalty implicitly assumed that the penalty gave a useful estimate of the decrease in objective function value and not just a bound . |
| 29 | Labelling a particular SBU as a ‘ dog ’ should be seen as a challenge to the people involved with it to search out and propose new SBUs and not just a signal to give up and die . |
| 30 | Although the rigorous justification for supposing that deterministic chaos is a basic property of some non-linear systems ( and not just a matter of inadequate control ) comes from theory , its nature may be best illustrated by an actual physical system . |