Example sentences of "not at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not all that much more , not at the actual scene . |
| 2 | It was struck not at the weak man who suffered it but at the strong God who was the man 's master . |
| 3 | But not at the first interview . |
| 4 | The tobacco trade has become part of Gibraltar culture and is legal there , but not at the other end . |
| 5 | Otherwise we , who after all live in the everyday world and not at the atomic level , would be unaware of the observation . |
| 6 | There have been one or two double-handers but not at the highest level . |
| 7 | The drama course for professional performers which does not at the present time qualify for a mandatory award , is fully accredited by the National Council of Drama Training as is the Acting Option of the Graduate Diploma course . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't see that it matters , ’ said Betty ; ‘ not at the Agricultural Fair . ’ |
| 9 | She thumbed towards the wall as if her mother were just beyond and not at the far end of the corridor . |
| 10 | It was also the first time that her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi , Allen 's new lover , was not at the traditional family meal . |
| 11 | After the publication of the plan , numbers were reduced , though not at the anticipated rate and only in the face of strong criticism from some quarters . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not opposed to specialisation , but certainly not at the tender age of 16 . ’ |
| 13 | It 's feared that without active promotion tourism may suffer in the region , perhaps not at the major centres but at small businesses like bed and breakfasts . |
| 14 | Do n't hesitate , do n't look down , not at the stones , not at the wheels , not at the rushing sleepers . |
| 15 | In bars 11–12 , the root note of the Am add 11 chord should be played not at the 7th fret of the D string , as in the start of the piece , but as an open A string . |
| 16 | This is often an unintentional form of steering which happens when the sail is not at the correct angle to the wind — the section of the sail next to the mast does not fill with wind and the driving force acts from a couple of feet farther back . |
| 17 | When Peter and Anna had come for interview , Anna had looked at the hills with hunger , and not at the cramped kitchen or the meanly proportioned sitting-room , and had urged Peter to accept . |
| 18 | It took place not at the Blue Mosque but further along the street in front of the great Mosque of El Mouayad . |
| 19 | Otherwise , if the oil is not at the right temperature , you end up boiling the food rather than deep-frying it . ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps before this time the seas were not at the right temperature or did not have the chemical composition to favour the deposition of the lime from which most marine shells and skeletons are constructed . |
| 21 | The class gets used to performing at a particular speed and also the movement becomes greatly disturbed if not at the right tempo . |
| 22 | Not at the OK corral out west , but at the entrance to a dimly lit back court down south … of Glasgow . |
| 23 | There continues to exist an element of uncertainty as all EC member countries are not at the same level of preparedness to proceed at an identical pace towards the final stage of European monetary unification . |
| 24 | Any particular location only appeared once in the 48 stimuli , however , stimuli consisted of 24 pairs where the two films in any pair showed an identical manoeuvre in similar traffic conditions although not at the same location . |
| 25 | From the outside people may say she has married into such and such a descent group but this does not mean that she is also not at the same time the wife of a particular man . |
| 26 | They can not at the same time absorb and spread the credit risks of their corporate clients as well . |
| 27 | They were offered , as Sue Lawley proudly pointed out , the only opportunity of quizzing all three party leaders under the same roof , though not at the same time . |
| 28 | It was the Indians who showed that man is capable of separating the two worlds and living in both of them , not at the same time but alternately . |
| 29 | It is not possible to accept the belief that ‘ God pervades everything that is to be found in this universe down to the tiniest atom ’ , and not at the same time accept the idea of universal brotherhood and the essential unity and equality of all earthly creatures . |
| 30 | First , if holism and individualism are to be distinct , causation and autonomy must be mutually exclusive categories : if the autonomous character of action is to stand in the way of the truth of determinism , actions can not at the same time be caused . |