Example sentences of "not a [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter she resumed a close relationship with her father , who was not a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 2 | According to her father they discussed the beliefs of the Jehovah 's Witnesses in May or June of this year and she informed him that she was not a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 3 | It 's not a child 's doll — it 's made from coconuts . |
| 4 | It was not a child 's room at all . |
| 5 | But not a saint 's name , I think . " |
| 6 | And the man in question is not a philosophical or statistical abstraction from reality , but the reality itself ; not a theoretician 's concept to play a mechanical part in a Marxist phenomenology of history or a philosopher-king 's model of ideal society , but flesh and blood ; the thinking and feeling individual whose right it is to make his life , including his working life , as fully as possible his own in a society the essential purpose of which should be to maximise his chances of doing so . |
| 7 | IN A LONG and distinguished career , Malcolm Marshall had won almost everything , but not a winner 's medal in a Lord 's cup final . |
| 8 | There was no amorous intent about it , because Matt had assured her that Silas was not a ladies ' man . |
| 9 | George could not face a life on his own , though I do n't think he would consider marrying because he is not a ladies ' man . |
| 10 | Ensure that the oven is simple to use and is not a pilot 's cockpit |
| 11 | It is not a judge 's function on an application to strike out ( post , pp. 49D–E , 58B , 65F ) . |
| 12 | It is not a judge 's function on an application to strike out . |
| 13 | The copy here came , appropriately enough , from the public library at Brentford , scene of John Wilkes 's great electoral triumphs at the Middlesex hustings in the 1760s , not a stone 's throw from the library , on the area of ground , still public land , known as The Butts . |
| 14 | So , for example , if the Director General of Fair Trading was considering whether or not a lender 's use of a persuasive clause such as that suggested on page 39 constituted fair trading practice , we think that he might well recommend that use of such a clause should be conditional on use of the industry-wide non-profit insurance scheme . |
| 15 | He was not a lady 's man in the accepted sense , rather he championed and encouraged single women to travel at a time when it was still considered bad form for a respectable young lady to take a shopping trip to London unchaperoned , let alone visit the Continent . |
| 16 | And she was most definitely not a lady 's maid . |
| 17 | Jan smoked Number 10 , and I smoke Samson which , as Jan says , is not a lady 's cigarette . |
| 18 | the expert sailers say its not a beginners ' boat but will give an exciting performance … they think it will be a good test of skill … and it 's a great boat to sail … it 's fantastic … just the craft to be in |
| 19 | This raises the evergreen question of whether or not a person 's will can be affected by hypnosis ? |
| 20 | He comments : ‘ It is not a person 's maleness which constitutes that person the representative image of Christ , but a person 's having the sacerdotal character , the instrumental priestly power to perform those actions signifying the giving of divine gifts , a power deriving through ordination from Christ , the donor of God 's grace . ’ |
| 21 | Not a second 's pause and he 'd answered me . |
| 22 | Come now , whatever you may have heard of me , this is a perfectly ordinary hand , not a centaur 's hoof or a goblin 's claw . ’ |
| 23 | There 's plenty ti do now Jonna 's gone and besides , it 's not a man 's place . |
| 24 | It 's not a boy 's skull . |
| 25 | Some states even issue a non-driver 's licence : it actually says This Is Not A Driver 's Licence because you need something for identification . |
| 26 | Although this is not a beginner 's resort , it 's easy to escape to the more gentle slopes of Lech . |
| 27 | Not a children 's book at all , but a modern illustrated coffee-table book with careful , delicate photographs . |
| 28 | Pick up any book ( not a children 's book or one which is highly technical or full of pictures ) and open it where you have two complete pages of text . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not a children 's plaything to be toyed with , ’ he shouted . |
| 30 | But on he thundered , not a horse 's length behind . |