Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENGLAND fly out to Poland today confident of securing the draw that will be sufficient to take them to the World Cup finals , stirred but not shaken by a warning from Bobby Moore . |
| 2 | Mrs. Upton explained that the polling station was changed this year to the Forestry Commission 's office in Alice Holt Forest , so that it would be more centrally located for Bucks Horn Oak voters , and not situated in a school which would then have to be closed for the day . |
| 3 | Attitudes towards employment , retirement , and early retirement are not formed in a vacuum . |
| 4 | On scrutinising the notes of the 80 patients not referred for a specialist opinion we concluded that a nephrological opinion might have helped management in 17 cases . |
| 5 | If this population is representative of the situation nationally , substantial numbers of patients with end stage liver disease might benefit from liver transplantation , but are not referred to a centre . |
| 6 | The storm damage was not treated as a consequence of the collision but as an intervening event in the course of an ordinary voyage . |
| 7 | None is , nor can be , so structured as to ensure that the individual is not treated as a thing , as a commodity for use in the process of production or provision . |
| 8 | Now if these maxims of co-operation are not honoured by a speaker on a particular occasion and the hearer has reason to suppose that this is intentional , the hearer will look for meanings other than those which are explicitly expressed . |
| 9 | She had not pressed for a statement at Westminster out of respect to his family . |
| 10 | The losses involved in retirement are often either not foreseen , or not recognized as a problem . |
| 11 | It is more difficult to talk about the construction of ‘ physical science ’ than it is to talk about the construction of physics , because physical science is not recognized as a discipline in the way that physics is . |
| 12 | Lying is never due to witchcraft , nor can it excuse adultery ; a thief can not plead in mitigation that he was bewitched , for witchcraft is not recognized as a cause of theft . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a long way to go for a 45-minute service and a reception — even if you 're not 92 years old , ’ said one of her aides , who insisted that her absence was not intended as a snub . |
| 14 | The charges are not intended as a pollution tax per se , although the NRA acknowledges that they may cause some businesses to review polluting activities . |
| 15 | Halpin ( 1980 ) , for example , questions their similarity with the APU lines of development which , because they were tentatively suggested , were specifically not intended as a curriculum model . |
| 16 | Although Symphonic Variations was not intended as a ritual , Ashton can be said to have used it as such for six dancers who were practising their art in the spacious simplicity of Sophie Fedorovitch 's décor . |
| 17 | The surprises of God are not intended as a substitute for strategy . |
| 18 | This invariably only occurs when the mulch is allowed to pack and remain undisturbed — mulching is not intended as a boon to lazy gardening by putting an end to the need for hoeing . |
| 19 | It is not intended as a guide to the relative merits of competing products — Which ? magazine , with its comparative testing reports , fills that role — but rather as a guide to the tools , materials and techniques needed for home plumbing and to the various plumbing jobs around the home , including the installation of central heating . |
| 20 | The judges declined to accept the Tobacco Institute of Australia 's argument that the sentence was not intended as a statement of fact but as merely an expression of opinion or as the platform of an argument in a community wide debate . |
| 21 | This book is not intended as a textbook of theories , so there will be no detailed exegetical analysis of each one . |
| 22 | Bowlby 's report was abridged and published as a paperback ( 1953 ) , thus becoming widely available to the lay public ; in the year of publication and the five years following , more than seventy-five thousand copies were sold , and nearly as many in the next five years : an exceptional sale in Britain for a book not intended as a baby book for parents . |
| 23 | The console is not intended as a pattern storage system . |
| 24 | It appears from the context that this is not intended as a limitation on the use of ‘ judicial channels ’ but rather as a preliminary observation before a specific provision that in such border cases legalization is not required . |
| 25 | They are presented in order to illustrate some similarities and differences in the way the Cockcroft recommendations are being interpreted in relation to assessment and are not intended as a review of all the initiatives currently being undertaken . |
| 26 | The picture in our feature was supplied to us by a manufacturer to illustrate a particular cot set and was not intended as a recommendation of how to put a baby down to sleep . |
| 27 | Nick 's stiffness was not intended as a rebuff ; it was simply an instinctive reaction to the sentimental concern in Martin 's voice . |
| 28 | It was not long before the Princess proved that her patronage was not intended as a sinecure . |
| 29 | It is not intended as a source of support for the committed student . |
| 30 | The government 's previous attempt at land reform , shortly after independence , was not regarded as a success . |