Example sentences of "[subord] [not/n't] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , the centre has collapsed as a political force — although not as a constituency — and this obliges both major parties to compete more assiduously for middle-of-the-road votes . |
| 2 | The latest CBI surveys suggest that more stockbuilding has indeed occurred , although not on a scale sufficient to explain the trade figures . |
| 3 | Although not in a sense surprising , the impact of the bare facts is nonetheless considerable : for it emerged that these women spent an average of over three hours on weekdays on various caring activities compared to the 13 minutes offered by men ! |
| 4 | This does not affect the cogency of his criticism and prognostication — the cultural barbarism which he feared has perhaps descended , although not in a form which he could have envisaged . |
| 5 | After all that toil and trouble , the outcome was the same as it is more often than not in a constituency of the Republic — the same , that is to say , as if not a single vote had been transferred : the candidates elected were those who , on the showing of the very first count , had the greatest number of first-preference votes . |
| 6 | She was born , if not with a silver spoon in her mouth , then certainly not one with any chicken soup on it . |
| 7 | ‘ The brave man had killed the thing he loved , ’ if not with a sword , at least with a razor . |
| 8 | A reserve of justice remained with the King , and so those who could not get relief in the King 's ordinary courts might , with some hope of success , petition the King and his Council for redress , if not as a matter of right at least as a favour . |
| 9 | ‘ Where are you taking me , if not to a hotel ? ’ |
| 10 | If not to a woman , ’ he added , apparently as an afterthought . |
| 11 | To acknowledge any such standard would be , in effect , to accept a principle that might lead to a lesser religious or other liberty , if not to a loss of freedom altogether to advance many of one 's spiritual ends . |
| 12 | If not during a period , then adequate contraceptive measures must have been taken since the last period , such as the pill , or sheath , or cap with spermicide , used on every occasion . |
| 13 | Clause 17 should be dealt with separately , if not by a Bill in its own right then at least by the Scottish Grand Committee , which should sit separately to consider clause 17 , as it applies only to our country . |
| 14 | The comparison was naive in its failure to recognise the burden borne by working class wives , but Becker was rebelling primarily against the idea that the middle class woman should be ‘ kept ’ , if not by a husband then by a father , brother , or other male relative . |
| 15 | If not upon a mandamus , why in an ejectment ? |
| 16 | When , and if , I got to the 2ème Régiment Étranger des Parachutistes I hoped that my efforts during basic training would pay off , and that I could get involved , if not in a war , then in something physically and militarily more adventurous than anything I had done so far . |
| 17 | The second example is that of a young mother who , while not in a tower-block , lives on the top floor of a maisonette . |
| 18 | While not in a heat Jan would be out encouraging the other competitors . |
| 19 | ‘ Pray be seated , my lady , ’ he said , using the courtesy title whilst not for an instant confusing her with her half-sister . |
| 20 | Lawrence , ’ he replied , though not without a struggle . |
| 21 | The party in the Commons would probably have done so , though not without a severing of all connections by a determined minority ; there is little doubt though that the party outside parliament would not have accepted fusion , or that they could have prevented its implementation . |
| 22 | Grenada was the last tiny but bitter dreg in the constitutional cup which the United Kingdom has drained in the past thirty-five years ; and bravely , though not without a grimace of disgust , did we swallow it . |
| 23 | If Mr Spicer 's dismissal for drunkenness last Christmas was a charade ; if he is still in fact in your employment though not as a chauffeur ; if your American mistress telephoned Mr Fairfax-Vane and lured him here ; if I should happen to fall victim to a break-in apparently arranged by Mr Fairfax-Vane in order to lay his hands on my Tunbridge Ware but actually carried out by Mr Spicer in order to bring about my death ; if my demise should leave you in possession of your father 's letters and free to publish them … |
| 24 | After a break during the Franco-Prussian war , in which he was actively involved , though not as a combatant , his thoughts on tragedy took final shape in 1871 . |
| 25 | Try to walk into the room with good posture , though not like a guardsman on parade . |
| 26 | For Althusser does deal with this distinction — though not in a way Lukes can accept — by denying its validity . |
| 27 | In the 1960s , the idea had resurfaced — though not in a form that Owen would have recognised as remotely related to that that he had advocated . |
| 28 | He envied Boxer Sullivan waiting for him in the farmhouse , as like as not with a bottle of beer in front of him or at the very least a cup of tea . |
| 29 | When food is clumped in groups , the best method of search is to move straight ahead when not in a group , but to turn through tight angles once one item has been found , in order to find the rest of the group . |