Example sentences of "not the word " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , ‘ cosy ’ is not the word I or , I suspect , Eurotunnel would use to describe our relationship . |
| 2 | Restrained is not the word you would choose to describe Caron Wheeler 's style of dressing . |
| 3 | Mr Roger Calvert , an orthopaedic consultant , described the scene of devastation , with severed limbs scattered and passengers still trapped : ‘ Dispassionate is not the word one would use . |
| 4 | But the acceptance of responsibility is typical of these men : modesty is not the word which springs to mind . |
| 5 | ‘ Not the word I 'd choose . ’ |
| 6 | It is not the word that is meant here but the idea denoted by it . |
| 7 | Hard was not the word . |
| 8 | However ‘ chance ’ was not the word which for Tolkien best expressed his feelings about randomness and design . |
| 9 | It takes a Wittgenstein to pull us up with a jolt , by saying that this is like translating a chair — not the word ‘ chair ’ , but a chair — into French . |
| 10 | The concept of agency — though not the word — was introduced in England and Wales by Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 . |
| 11 | What is what is the , what is the , is assessment not the word to use these days ? |
| 12 | I 'm getting tied up in what I 'm trying to ask — it 's simply this — was it — the same no , that 's not the word . |
| 13 | Somehow this surprised me — not the word sod ( I 'd learned most of my swear-words at Addy 's knee ) but the word silly . |
| 14 | ‘ Helpful ’ was not the word Christina would have used , but Mr Braithwaite had grudgingly reached an accommodation with a local lawyer whom Stephen had retained to act for them . |
| 15 | ‘ Love is not the word I 'd use to describe your activities , ’ Polly said caustically . |
| 16 | You could use the word god but not the word they had to be suppressed . |
| 17 | McCowan LJ held that : The history of the interpretation of the 1861 Act shows that , whether or not the word " maliciously " appears in the section in question , the Courts have consistently held that the mens rea of every type of offence against the person covers both actual intent and recklessness , in the sense of taking the risk of harm ensuing with foresight that it might happen . |
| 18 | If the misdescription is material the tenant would be able to rescind the agreement irrespective of whether or not the word " immaterial " is included in clause 11.3 . |
| 19 | One , one of the most common question of the last weeks are we yes last weeks Sunday visiting that I was involved with in my ward was from people who were perturbed , not about means testing because that is not the word that it was about , but about something that is on the same kind of sphere and that was about whether erm East Gates which decided to be their own managers would also be able to their own tenants and keep the ones that were less suitable away from the ones that knew that they were suitable . |
| 20 | Asked if she believed Allen had a sexual relationship with Dylan , the actress said : ‘ I think sexual is not the word I used . |
| 21 | It is and not the word . |
| 22 | I do n't intend to give the council a to solving the world 's problems and that 's not the word to mind but problems . |
| 23 | I saw in publishing a very nice example of that , not the word processing , but at John Wylies , who are a very big scientific publishers in Chichester , where they had a computer system which the editors — he 's the person who deals with the author , puts the book together — set about ordering the book ; the orders and that information went into the computer , when the thing was printed it went into the warehouse and the computer then organised the storage of all of these things in the warehouse . |
| 24 | I saw in publishing a very nice example of that — not the word processing — but at John Wylies , who are very big scientific publishers in Chichester , where they had a computer system which the editor — he 's the person who deals with the author , puts the book together — set about ordering the book , the orders and that information went into the computer , when the thing was printed it went into the warehouse and the computer then organised the storage of all of these things in the warehouse . |
| 25 | I think being 's not the word I use for that |