Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a book on Bridges should be entered under Bridges and not under a broader heading such as Engineering , nor doubly under both headings . |
| 2 | For events that appear to be crises at the time ( although not in a longer perspective ) occur even in the intervening years . |
| 3 | The merest blemish on a Rolls Royce might render it unmerchantable whereas it might not on a humbler car . |
| 4 | These employ close to two-thirds of IBM 's 300,000 strong workforce : remember that Dell Computer Corp 's success has come from engineering the best , lowest-cost distribution strategy , not to a better product . |
| 5 | Andrew 's face lights up when he talks about such projects and his conversation is punctuated with the names of theatres , directors and actor 's actors — people well-known in the business but not to a wider audience . |