Example sentences of "and not [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1892 there were 340 members and not a foreigner among them ( Americans did n't count ) . |
| 2 | Pahl and Winkler , however , construct an ideal type of corporatist system , and not a description of contemporary Britain . |
| 3 | During pre-trial hearings at the Old Bailey , Mr Greenway 's counsel argued that he should be tried by his fellow MPs and not a court of law . |
| 4 | ‘ And not a porter in sight . |
| 5 | Delivery of air cargo to a named consignee or agent merely requires his identification , and not a surrender of the air waybill . |
| 6 | For the latter , the term God is the main religious symbol for the Ground of Being while , for the former , God is the name we give to the mysterious power that pervades the universe and not a symbol in the Tillichian sense . |
| 7 | He declared that ‘ our only wish is that Afghanistan should be a neutral and independent state developing in its own right and friendly to the USSR , and not a base for hostile activity threatening the security of neighbours ’ . |
| 8 | If a writer produces a novel in which the role of the police in society outweighs all other considerations , then what has been produced is precisely a novel and not a work of crime fiction . |
| 9 | Norman McBeath is , as his name suggests a purebred Scot and not a man of Oxfordshire . |
| 10 | Or was it because it was Finn who kissed her and not a man like the men in whose arms she had imagined herself when she used to imagine things like that , in the past ? |
| 11 | It does appear however , the application made to us , is exclusively local authority support and not a part of an overall support that includes the commission for racial equality . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's the combination and chemistry of two people , and not a question of one person being able to shag solidly for three hours , ’ said a cohabiting 25-year-old sales executive . |
| 13 | A quality , indeed , in the custom of language , does not admit of individuality : it is supposed to be one thing common to many ; which , being explained , means that it is the name of a resemblance among our sensations , and not a name of the individual sensations which resemble . |
| 14 | She could see dance programmes filling up , and not a name on hers . |
| 15 | Furthermore , the hierarchical structuring of the book is typeset so as to emphasize to the reader that p2 is at the same level as p1 and not a continuation of p6 . |
| 16 | The raised IgG1 proportion appears to be disease specific instead and not a reflection of unspecific inflammatory changes . |
| 17 | Even when nuclear physics brought what might seem less restrictive ideas , those ideas would be refinements on , and not a revolution against , the mechanistic perception of things . |
| 18 | A beautiful non-tidal cove where Dublin 's finest flaunted themselves at an indifferent sea while their wives , children and girlfriends sat half a mile away on what was an excuse for a beach amidst the polluted debris of the capital and not a wave to be seen . |
| 19 | It was revealed on Aug. 5 that the special prosecutor in the Iran-contra affair , Lawrence E. Walsh , had informed Ronald Reagan that his office considered the former President " simply as a witness " in the investigation and not a candidate for indictment . |
| 20 | Hatchards in Piccadilly was crammed to bursting with authors last Wednesday for its Authors of the Year reception , the annual event the bookshop stages to enable authors to get together with each other , and not a publisher in sight . |
| 21 | Evans concluded that in some developing countries , the foreign multinationals might be a help and not a hindrance to the state . |
| 22 | Kenneth has a list of questions to ask as a result of his reading , but the Dr has to admit that the subject is a highly complex one and that his knowledge is limited as he is a G.P. and not a specialist on the subject . |
| 23 | Rendering a service connotes some positive action on the part of the renderer and not a state of passivity . |
| 24 | In their Lordship 's judgment , the Guinness Articles permitted only the Board and not a committee of the Board to make the award of a fee to Mr Ward . |
| 25 | The House of Lords held that the board alone , and not a committee of the board , could grant special payments to a director so as to bind Guinness . |
| 26 | Sarah said , and Mick added , ‘ And not a word about world affairs for once . ’ |
| 27 | It was in a concealed metal box underneath the dashboard , that he 'd had one of the fitters weld in one evening for him , thirty quid and not a word to anyone , least of all Tom Holdfast . |
| 28 | In fact I happened just to have spent the weekend with a dear friend and was well aware that at some point over the two days she had entertained everyone suspected of being concerned , and not a word of politics was discussed , nor a syllable about supplanting anybody . |
| 29 | Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love . |
| 30 | Not a word of gratefulness and not a word of forgiveness and not a word of love . |