Example sentences of "and not the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The chairman of the education committee said ‘ If boys are to be turned into fairies and girls into butch young maids , it should be for the parent to decide and not the education authorities ’ ( TES 13.10.78 ) .
2 We should note that the small letter p is used for pressure and not the capital P. We use P for external pressure-that is , the pressure acting on a system — whereas p is used for internal pressure .
3 What you do is to select the block of text that you wish to manipulate , ie you use the pointer tool and not the text tool , and then copy it to the Scrapbook via the Clipboard .
4 The fire , which turned out to be the real thing and not the gas imitation she feared , gave out a welcoming warmth .
5 Similarly if junior managers receive a three per cent salary increase , middle managers receive a five per cent and top managers a ten per cent increase the overall rise in salaries must be calculated from the original absolute numbers and not the percentage changes .
6 And this simply shifts the cost of providing that solution to an investment in the people and not the computer hardware .
7 In the present case , the subject matter of the invention was the practical application of a computer program , the technical effect resulting from the operation of the programmed computer and not the computer program itself .
8 Bad news if you only want the end of paragraph markers and not the space dots .
9 However , the results of DNase I/hydroxy radical digestion experiments and gel mobility assays show , on the contrary , that the GGGCCC , and not the CTAGAG element has the inherent major groove directed curvature .
10 And I emphasize , it 'll be the chancellor , it will be the chancellor making the announcements and not the defence secretary .
11 Unfortunately it is only the voluntary agencies which are likely to take its message to heart — and not the government aid departments and World Bank ‘ experts ’ who need most to hear it .
12 This affects only union preferences , and not the MD curve ( see equation 8 ) .
13 I must mention that this is my own car and not the company car , in case our car fleet manager is getting worried !
14 It appears that the conserved basic residues , and not the zinc fingers , are important for complex formation .
15 It appears that the conserved basic residues , and not the zinc fingers , are important for NCp7:DNA complex formation , consistent with the results obtained for the interaction of NCp7 with RNA in vitro ( 6 ) .
16 Spray apply caustic cleaner and very gently agitate the compacted soil with the edge of a wire brush tilted so that the wire bristles contact only the joint area and not the tile face .
17 One of the major critics of the original Phillips curve was Milton Friedman , who pointed out that the main determinant of the demand for and the supply of labour is the expected real wage , and not the money wage ( see Ch. 2 ) .
18 It was the priest and doctor and not the guerrilla fighters who had emerged as the bigwigs in the country Moran had fought for .
19 That homework should last approximately half an hour or whatever it consists of , erm reading , written work , finishing off drawing research whatever that homework should be handed in the next day , form teachers to remind classes of this and to co-ordinate delivery of the books , papers etcetera to the member of teaching staff and that the non production of homework is to be the concern of the member of of teaching staff and not the form teacher , although regular non producers will be the concern of us all .
20 Remember that it is the cleared bank balance on which interest is payable and not the cash book balance .
21 An increasing body of evidence suggests that the desmoplastic stroma in the vicinity of the tumour epithelial cells is responsible for the synthesis of these enzymes and not the tumour cells themselves as Jonathan Waxman and Harpreet Wasan 's editorial implies .
22 I would remind the surgeons involved in such instances that they , and not the duty psychiatrist , are in the best position to know if an operation is in the best interests of the patient .
23 Maybe they are only a crime problem and not the crime problem .
24 If a character rides a monster its points value counts towards the army 's character point allowance and not the monster point allowance .
25 Note especially that if a character rides a monster its points value is included in the Character point allowance and not the Monster point allowance .
26 This is usually recoupable , so the band should realize that they are spending their own money on tour , and not the record company 's .
27 The quicker you can get around the mast the better , some people even jump , but the main point is that both hands should hold the mast and not the uphaul rope .
28 Then comes the fun of making the pattern — and do make sure that the dimensions you are going to work to are for the full pattern and not the kite frame shape .
29 Often , timbers dated by radio-carbon are carbonised oak and a date obtained relates to the age of the rings of the surviving tree and not the felling date .
30 For one thing , this is now high summer and not the hibernation season . ’
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