Example sentences of "[subord] [not/n't] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The history of the Kilwinning papingo shoot is much longer and more interesting , The Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers was formed in 1483 and is still in existence , although not with a continuous history . |
| 2 | Development can only be achieved over time , and more often than not along a difficult path . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , it was Major 's readiness to use this language ( which , interestingly , Mrs Thatcher , in her effluvial megalomania , regards as Marxist ) that allowed people to vote Conservative , albeit not with a clear conscience . |
| 4 | If the one-tier board structure were used , then the executive directors would ‘ manage ’ and the non-executive directors would ‘ supervise ’ ; to some extent , the boards of UK-listed companies are already moving towards this division , albeit not on a prescribed legal basis , with the establishment of audit committees of non-executive directors to whom the auditors report any matter of concern in the company 's draft accounts , and with the determination of the remuneration of executive directors by a committee of non-executive directors , who also deal with ethical matters and conflicts of interest . |
| 5 | Treaty involves two factors : physical location and the exercise of an economic activity , both , if not on a permanent basis , at least on a durable one . |
| 6 | But they argue that factors such as regional variations , better Tory organisation in marginal constituencies and the ‘ incumbency ’ factor where sitting MPs are defending seats , could result in the Conservatives ending up as the largest party , if not with a narrow overall majority . |
| 7 | It is possible that he now established Anna 's brother , Aethelhere ( see Appendix , Fig. 5 ) in his place , to judge from Aethelhere 's presence in Penda 's army at the Winwaed , if not as a dependent ruler at least as an ally ( HE 111 , 24 ) . |
| 8 | As a consciousness which is objectively necessary and yet at the same time false , as the intertwining of truth and falsehood , which is just as distinct from the whole truth as it is from the pure lie , ideology belongs , if not to a modern economy , then , in any case , to a developed urban market economy . |
| 9 | Constitutionally disinclined to surrender preferment , being , as he once observed , ‘ of a modest if not of a retiring disposition ’ , he remained librarian until 1952 . |
| 10 | Where , that is , if not in a small workroom in up-state New York ? |
| 11 | Locate the ceiling joists , and if not in a suitable position fit noggins in between the joists . |
| 12 | Bromley points out that there is a great difference between the truly independent street seller and seasonal workers , who work for a regular wage though not on a permanent basis and who would be included in the informal sector category ( Bromley 1979 ) . |
| 13 | Now it looks like a beacon , welcoming us home , thought Alice , though not without a wry glance at her own romanticism . |
| 14 | Though not under a legal liability to maintain his illegitimate child , the father is under a moral duty to do so . |
| 15 | Much as it is ‘ obvious ’ to us from the diagram ( though not from a verbal or mathematical description of the same sate-of-affairs ) that B will hit D , that D will then tilt with its left half moving downwards , and that B will end up touching both A and D but not the ground , so it is easily discoverable by the program that this is what will happen . |
| 16 | When not in a regressed state Eileen had absolutely no recollection of those words being spoken by her mother . |