Example sentences of "and not a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's o that is a finance company and not a building society . |
| 2 | ‘ Now 's the time to prove that I am a singer and not a singing soap star . ’ |
| 3 | With the boarding in place , and back-filled with clay for support , the inner contours of the pool were now very angular , and not a bit wildlifey . |
| 4 | Most of all , as a musician and not a computer buff , the software must be intuitive , quick to learn and easy to operate . |
| 5 | Here , a constant and not a chance model of anarchic relations via exchange is obligatory … the law of value is merely the law of equilibrium of an anarchic commodity system … |
| 6 | The matter could conceivably be overlooked : either if ( instead of from your last employer ) , you are due to get a pension from an earlier employer ; or if you will only be receiving a State pension — and not a company pension in addition . |
| 7 | They had an expensive apartment of minimalist decor : spindly lamps , metal and glass furniture , real paintings on the wall and not a pot plant in sight . |
| 8 | This is easy once you realize that a Grand Canyon trip is an encounter group and not a river trip . |
| 9 | She wants to be known as a workhorse and not a clothes horse . |
| 10 | Science was public knowledge and not a craft mystery — religious ‘ mystery ’ too is something which makes sense in practice . |
| 11 | Probably a Sam and not a Selina Kettering , she thought , and the signs of an absentee male landlord 's domination became more pronounced in the final paragraph . |
| 12 | But , because it 's a command language and not a page description language the facilities it possesses are adequate rather than sophisticated . |
| 13 | And not a Sage cou 'd blame the prudent Bride |
| 14 | And not a shot gun . |
| 15 | Two real doctors , hundreds of real stories and not a colostomy pun in sight . |
| 16 | But the social setting was now precisely that and not a star feature in its own right . |
| 17 | Curiously , it 's an executable file and not a device driver , so it can only be initially loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT , which could permit a virus to go into memory before Virus Guard is loaded . |
| 18 | Originally the tax had been on each house ( or chimney ) and not a lump sum paid by diocese , and in 1205 Innocent III attempted to get the full amount , seeking Peter 's Pence " from each house that smoke comes out of " . |
| 19 | Girls with few friends in childhood report more abuse , though this may be an effect of abuse and not a risk factor . |
| 20 | ‘ I sort of pride myself on being a normal human being and not a rock caricature , not pandering to people 's expectations of being psychopaths or cray-ZEE ! people … ’ |
| 21 | Only Nikolai Vorontsov , the Minister of Nature Utilization and Environmental Protection , and not a party member , was consistent in his opposition to the coup . |
| 22 | Hartlepool chairman Garry Gibson said : ‘ I 'm glad he cost only a train fare and not a plane fare . |
| 23 | The Court of Appeal granted the injunctions on the ground that the extension had generated a second dispute , between the ISTC and the government , which was separate from the union 's dispute with the BSC , and not a trade dispute because the government was not the employer . |
| 24 | In law , in reason , in the common language of mankind , in the dispensations of nature , in the bond of physical union , and the instinct of duty and solicitude , on which the continuance of the world depends , a woman is the common carrier of her unborn child , and not a railway company . |
| 25 | Until after Philip 's death in 1746 it was still an administrative and not a policy-making body ; but in the second half of the century it acquired greater power and independence . |
| 26 | Since it would be a temporary work programme , and not a training scheme , these ‘ intermediate workers ’ would be paid the weekly rate for the job , minus the pay for the day spent searching for an alternative form of employment . |