Example sentences of "not [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carol Wilson , who had joined in Music Publishing and signed Sting 's songwriting to the company ( but not Sting as an artist ) had developed her own label , DinDisc , under the Virgin umbrella , which in 1980 gave the company one of its best-selling artists , Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark . |
| 2 | The family can find forgiveness but not comprehension of a crime which it will take weeks to clear up . |
| 3 | The report is not part of a plot hatched by the Opposition to make the Government look bad . |
| 4 | If you are not part of a discussion group you can still represent your parish at the Diocesan Assembly and become involved in local and Diocesan events that develop from there . |
| 5 | ‘ I said when we arrived two weeks ago that by the time it came to this Test you would have to give us a 50–50 chance because this is a one-off game , not part of a Test series . |
| 6 | To Napoleon , the reduction of the monasteries and the abolition of the Inquisition were not part of a plan to reform and regenerate Spain but improvised responses to financial necessity and to the French idée fixe that rebellion was the work of monks . |
| 7 | No , it 's not part of a campaign of cleanliness in the school . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , even though having angles equal to two right angles is not part of a triangle 's essence , it is because it is a three-sided plane figure that it has them . |
| 9 | Thus , despite the striking familial association between gluten sensitivity and ulcerative colitis , it is clear from this study that the gluten driven proctitis is not part of a continuum of inflammatory change which culminates in some individuals in full blown ulcerative colitis . |
| 10 | Moreover , since the 1788 petitions were not part of a movement pursuing significant change in the political system or attacking the range of government policy , the application of humanitarian and general interest criteria to a question of trade probably appeared relatively innocuous to those who were not directly involved . |
| 11 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 12 | Although intelligence in a horse , or lack of it , is also an inherited characteristic , it is not part of a horse 's temperament . |
| 13 | ‘ It is not part of a doctor 's work to become involved in brawls , ’ he said firmly . |
| 14 | The following are examples of the three congruence variants : finger is a congruent meronym of hand ; doctor is a hypo-converse of patient , and patient a super-converse of doctor , because , for instance , dentists also have patients ; index is a semi-meronym of book , because there are books without indexes , and indexes which are not part of a book . |
| 15 | But local department stores or specialist shops which were not part of a chain were used less by credit buyers than cash buyers , whereas fuel board showrooms were used more . |
| 16 | Mr Keith Pavey , the architect responsible for the project , says , ‘ Car parks are a much-maligned building type and it is rare to have the opportunity to design one that stands alone and is not part of an office block , shopping centre or other development . ’ |
| 17 | If the accused takes a cross from a display at a church , he is not guilty if the cross is part of worship , not part of an exhibition : Barr [ 1978 ] Crim LR 244 . |
| 18 | I suggest to the Solicitor-General that a clear intellectual distinction can be drawn between evidence that relates to those who are parties to a trial and those who are not parties to a trial . |
| 19 | By a notice of appeal dated 13 August 1991 the applicant appealed against that decision of the Divisional Court on the grounds , inter alia , that it had erred ( 1 ) in holding that there was no obligation on Lautro to give the applicant an opportunity to make representations prior to the issue of that notice ; ( 2 ) in asserting that there was a principle of law that a regulatory body should know with precision from whom they must invite representations ; ( 3 ) in perceiving any difficulty in identifying persons who should have been given advance notification , so as to be treated fairly , of any proposals by Lautro to issue a notice since such notification should at least be given to anyone who would be directly affected by such a notice and/or whose conduct was in issue ; ( 4 ) in regarding as apposite the remarks of Lord Diplock in Cheall v. Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 180 , 190A since the non-application of the legal concept of natural justice to all persons effected by but not parties to a dispute was not and had never been in issue ; and ( 5 ) in failing to have regard to the absence of any rights of appeal according to the rules of Lautro in deciding whether the principle of natural justice applied . |
| 20 | Durkheim and his followers have been concerned with consensus theory 's one basic and overriding preoccupation — how society can continue as an integrated whole and not collapse into a mass of warring individuals . |
| 21 | However , according to Reid ( 1990 ) 91 Cr App R 213 ( CA ) the accused is , it seems , guilty of reckless manslaughter if he does not advert to a risk which ought to have been taken seriously and someone dies . |
| 22 | What is at stake here is not innocence of a crime , but your reputation , and by a medical , not a legal tribunal . ’ |
| 23 | Do not type in a space |
| 24 | surely there 's bound to be an employment in credits , does , does telephone not work on an employment credit scheme ? |
| 25 | Not act like a bunch of kids ! |
| 26 | I believe that when Milton Friedman defends capitalism as a necessary but not sufficient condition to ensure a free society , it is not capitalism as an ideology to which he refers , but the guarantee by the state to respect private property rights . |
| 27 | Thus monarch in 14 has queen but not king as a synonym , whereas in 15 it has king but not queen : |
| 28 | Without that proof , we would hold it against the conditional theory that it can not even show that we know that we are not brains in a vat . |
| 29 | And I do not know of any other argument , not relying on PC k , which Nozick could use to show that we do not know we are not brains in a vat without showing that we do not know most other things either . |
| 30 | Stroud ( 1984 , ch. 2 ) considers a similar argument against the sceptic 's attempt to generalize from the fact that we do not know we are not brains in a vat . |