Example sentences of "[not/n't] at the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now one of the features of Microsoft Word is that a only lets you work with text which is what is called selected and if you actually move the cursor down a bit so that it 's not at the beginning of a document and then we 'll follow our way through these various selecting text keys which are outlined in that paragraph , section three six one . |
| 2 | Section 2(1) looks at the genuineness of the belief , not at the reasonableness of it . |
| 3 | Burun was not at the head of the placings . |
| 4 | He was going to take Adolph 's place in bed , but not at the head of his table by marrying the widow . |
| 5 | Its important to realise that the carriage begins to pattern knit at the first point cam , not at the edge of the knitting . |
| 6 | Certainly the importance of such roles , and the strengths won from them , need to be taken seriously ; but not at the price of romanticization . |
| 7 | He wanted to go back home in one piece — but not at the price of buying a drink for a bully and coward . |
| 8 | Whoever farms the land in question may very well want the rabbits disposed of — but not at the price of constant disturbance of his land and perhaps at the risk of the well-being of the game shooting . |
| 9 | Yet is it not at the foot of the Cross that the theology of Joshua 6 falls and dies ? |
| 10 | If , however , there are always general substantive assumptions being made , which are not at the mercy of experience , because they govern the interpretations of experience , then the diagram is not a complete model of scientific method . |
| 11 | Palmer 's opening move was to oppose the introduction of a General Tax Ordinance for Nigeria , and , with the support of the Residents , to propose a return to the 1906 Native Revenue Ordinance , which stated that the tax paid in the Northern Provinces was levied by the native authorities with the approval but not at the direction of the governor . |
| 12 | This was an attempt to secure the reconvening of the Geneva Conference on terms mutually agreeable to the superpowers , both of which intended to expose their clients to some pressure , but not at the cost of a damaging political reverse . |
| 13 | It was felt that however frustrating or exasperating our relationships with the churches may be at times , our ‘ bias to the churches ’ must continue but not at the cost of excluding other ‘ efficient ’ partners who are non-church . |
| 14 | Why should this penalty be mandatory , and not at the discretion of the court as in other offences ? |
| 15 | ‘ In cases of prisoners serving life sentences for murder , where the sentence is not at the discretion of the court , the question of the notional equivalent determinate sentence does not arise . |
| 16 | ‘ In cases of prisoners serving life sentences for murder , where the sentence is not at the discretion of the court , the question of a notional equivalent determinate sentence does not arise . |
| 17 | If the deposition is to be taken in England ( and there may be cases in which a foreign witness can be available in England but not at the date of the trial ) , the examination will be before a judge , officer or ( usually ) an examiner of the court ; if the deposition is to be taken abroad , alternative ways of proceeding are available . |
| 18 | One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted . |
| 19 | The authorities subsequently declared , however , that there had been a single assassin , who had been captured on June 29 but not at the scene of the crime . |
| 20 | We have considered a topic which is , perhaps regrettably , not at the centre of Anglican attention . |
| 21 | In the 1910s , for example , Harlow Shapley discovered that , just as the Earth is not at the centre of the Solar System , the Sun is not at the centre of the Galaxy . |
| 22 | In the 1910s , for example , Harlow Shapley discovered that , just as the Earth is not at the centre of the Solar System , the Sun is not at the centre of the Galaxy . |
| 23 | This gave continuity to the English connection with India , but by the middle of the century India was not at the centre of English overseas activity . |
| 24 | And had perhaps Grace Bird 's goddammit of irritation been directed at her and not at the ball of beige knitting wool which had just then rolled off the shelf of the dressing-table ? |
| 25 | Economic recovery is not at the top of the political agenda in African countries today . |
| 26 | For some decades now the lowest average fertility has been found , not at the top of the social scale , but among families where the husband is in social class IIIN ( clerical workers , clerks , salesmen ) . |
| 27 | Eleven million erm , but they 're some way down the track , they 're not at the top of the hierarchy |
| 28 | And then I was late , when I got round there I thought well she 'll at least be waiting at the top of the drive , if not at the top of the road . |
| 29 | Clearly , there is no way in which digital video information can be effectively retrieved from a disc , at least not at the equivalent of around 25 frames per second . |
| 30 | But not at the level of the big creative decisions and balancing of resources and priorities , money , control — those decisions are still being made by men . |