Example sentences of "[not/n't] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same idea can be used with contingency tables , but the effects are usually derived by making comparisons not with a typical value such as the grand median but with one of the categories that has been chosen as the base for comparison . |
| 2 | Not with a wishy-washy kind of love , but with the strong love that has no favourites , does n't pamper or fuss , but in which children can feel secure . |
| 3 | But the essential point here , whether or not we describe it in terms of the network model , is that we are concerned not with a superficial survey of the communities , but with obtaining depth of coverage . |
| 4 | ‘ No , Adolph , not with a dangerous guerrilla like you to look after me . ’ |
| 5 | She looked across at the film star , not with a great deal of pity . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Right I will invite the deputy to an emergency meeting on this one subject not not with a big agenda like that |
| 8 | But not with a cold-hearted spinster from Northumberland . |
| 9 | In trying to meet his responsibility to govern , a president must deal not with a select group of leaders but with a multiplicity of party and committee leaders . |
| 10 | But he was n't going to risk going for the green in two — he 's a gambler , but he 's not stupid , not with a one-stroke lead — and so he hit a wedge for his second shot short of the lake and then a 155-yard 9-iron directly over the flag for his approach . |
| 11 | Not with a useless shoe that she , each step , was walking out of . |
| 12 | Not when we 're moving to a democracy , not with a multi-party system . |
| 13 | People want to hear you as they know you , not with a false accent . |
| 14 | for example , if you were sacked you can be prepared , not with a feeble-sounding excuse , ‘ The office manager and I did n't hit it off , he was a very difficult man ’ , but with a positive statement , ‘ Yes , the job did n't suit me and I was asked to leave but I was lucky enough to get a place on a word-processing course so I was much better prepared for my next job and I stayed for two years ’ . |
| 15 | Not with er not with a local authority pension , as far as I 'm aware . |
| 16 | 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 . |