Example sentences of "not [noun sg] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | surely there 's bound to be an employment in credits , does , does telephone not work on an employment credit scheme ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Is it not time for an initiative to make local authorities hand over their property to housing associations , and could regional ombudsman be set up for that purpose ? |