Example sentences of "and not the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was part of the way of life for the gentry , and not the political issue it is today . |
| 2 | Is he aware that there will be a wide welcome for my assurance that an incoming Labour Government will review each and every one of these decisions to ensure that the size and structure of the regiments in Scotland and throughout the United Kingdom reflect our military needs , and not the political expediency of the Tory party ? |
| 3 | ‘ One must recognise that these polls take place , but also carefully remember that a decision about any vacancy that takes place is taken by my colleagues in the House of Commons , and not the general public . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You will perceive ’ , he noted touchily to Jardine , when Jardine implied that the subscribers had borne the cost of the cancellation , ‘ that I am a looser [ sic ] and that to a considerable amount , and not the former subscribers . ’ |
| 5 | Hamilton asserted that in ordinary life it was the strong arm of the law and not the strong arm of the husband which protected women from hurt or molestation . |
| 6 | This is hardly the best of reasons for planting , and not the right attitude . |
| 7 | SUMMER nights are very short and not the right time of the year to look out for the stars . |
| 8 | The most fundamental realization that needs to be made is that desktop publishing uses ‘ real ’ typefaces which are proportionally spaced and not the monospaced characters of the word processing world . |
| 9 | On July 23 Gerashchenko had denounced the moves and instructed all Russian banks to obey Gosbank and not the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet . |
| 10 | Note that a brake drum is part of the wheel and not the braking system . |
| 11 | Thus it has been shown that with professional pre-planning and management , exhibitions can be a powerful sales tool and not the expensive luxury that many companies regard them to be . |
| 12 | The House of Lords held that in the context ‘ transferring ’ obviously meant assigning the beneficial interest and not the technical process of having a transfer registered . |
| 13 | Each criterion will be concerned with the supervisory aspects of Bill 's job and not the technical aspects . |
| 14 | referring to Council treadmills and not the actual committee . . |
| 15 | Indeed , occasionally one can , even in normal males , observe amplification of the control locus and not the Y-chromosome locus . |
| 16 | and would do very well at it if it was a sensible package and not the rubbishy WordPerfect . |
| 17 | Under this section , the police authority and not the chief officer of police , has the responsibility for ensuring the complaint is investigated . |
| 18 | A High Court action needs to be a team effort between the client and his solicitor and barrister , otherwise the action tends to run the client and not the other way round . |
| 19 | I ca n't live off my mother and my younger brother : I 'm supposed to look after them and not the other way round . |
| 20 | The all-important notion of the dreamwork involves an assumption about the function of dreaming ( and possibly of consciousness in general ) — that the dream is controlling the subject 's psychological state , and not the other way round . |
| 21 | To revert to what is fundamental , the distinction made by the two conditionals gives some clear sense to our saying that causal circumstances explain effects , and make them happen , and not the other way on . |
| 22 | It is in virtue of ( 5 ) , ( 7 ) , and ( 8 ) that we can truly say that the circumstance makes happen and explains the effect , and not the other way on . |
| 23 | However , N. lapillus is thought to have arisen from one of the Pacific species and not the other way round ( see p. 338 ) , so the 13 form probably arose from a 30 form by reduction . |
| 24 | Yet what they seem satisfied with is that they initiate contact with the lawyer , and not the other way round , as and when they think he or she is needed . |
| 25 | It was probably the Marquess who had jilted her , and not the other way round . |
| 26 | It was still possible , as far as she knew , that Sykes was Puddephat 's victim and not the other way round . |
| 27 | Exposure and outcome must be distinguished : a graphic should display variation in outcome as a function of exposure , and not the other way around . |
| 28 | ‘ To have you working for him and not the other way round . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm glad it 's th gone this way and not the other way . |
| 30 | Maybe it was she who 'd been deluding herself about the state of his and Sandra 's relationship , and not the other way around . |