Example sentences of "[to-vb] and not [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From these bits of activity , a richer life could develop ; but it is vital that whatever Harry and Elizabeth choose is something they both really want to do and not a situation where she goes along with it in a patronising way , and then leaves him high and dry . |
| 2 | However , it will be noted that the above depends upon the propensity to save and not the propensity to unproductive consumption . |
| 3 | The chairman of the education committee said ‘ If boys are to be turned into fairies and girls into butch young maids , it should be for the parent to decide and not the education authorities ’ ( TES 13.10.78 ) . |
| 4 | Er , a notice to complete is a , is a notice to complete and not a notice to withdraw . |
| 5 | But today the Education Secretary said the County Council was to blame and not the Government . |
| 6 | The fault lay with other clubs who responded to the devastating effectiveness of Arsenal 's attack merely by turning their centre-halves into stoppers , while failing to grasp that a sound defence was only the springboard to attack and not an end in itself . |