Example sentences of "not [noun sg] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family can find forgiveness but not comprehension of a crime which it will take weeks to clear up . |
| 2 | The report is not part of a plot hatched by the Opposition to make the Government look bad . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | No , it 's not part of a campaign of cleanliness in the school . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Although intelligence in a horse , or lack of it , is also an inherited characteristic , it is not part of a horse 's temperament . |
| 12 | ‘ It is not part of a doctor 's work to become involved in brawls , ’ he said firmly . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | What is at stake here is not innocence of a crime , but your reputation , and by a medical , not a legal tribunal . ’ |
| 20 | Do not type in a space |
| 21 | surely there 's bound to be an employment in credits , does , does telephone not work on an employment credit scheme ? |
| 22 | Not act like a bunch of kids ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Thus monarch in 14 has queen but not king as a synonym , whereas in 15 it has king but not queen : |
| 25 | Convincing consumers to pay more for premium products is not evidence of a cartel : it is good marketing . |
| 26 | Leaving out the copula ( to be ) , using double negative , interchanging subjective and objective pronouns ( he and him ) can all be shown to be rule governed and consistent dialect practices , not evidence for an inability to express logical relations as Greenfield and some of the writers she cites had claimed ( 1972 , p. 173 ) . |
| 27 | And what I 'd like to do is , we do welcome this Act cos y'know we 're not dog in a manger , when there 's a good Act well , we 'll welcome it and we 'll say so . |
| 28 | There a local Northern Ireland MP occupied a council house in protest at the eviction of a Catholic family and reallocation of their house to a Protestant woman who did not rate as a priority for rehousing . |
| 29 | Rabbits that will not bolt from a warren must be located and killed some other way . |
| 30 | Delivery of a defence is not waiver of an irregularity , but the defendant must promptly apply to set aside the proceedings and take no other step meanwhile ( Ord 9 , r 13 ) . |