Example sentences of "not [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not income from the interest under the trust ( which would have been a foreign possession regardless of the underlying sources ) . |
| 2 | The only drawback that I can find is that if the participation is not 100pc across the population then you still need hard cash . |
| 3 | Contracts to sell the following are therefore not contracts for the sale of specific goods : ‘ a bottle of port from the seller 's stock ’ ; or , ‘ one of the seller 's current stock of 12 bottles of port ’ ; or , ‘ 12 of the seller 's stock of 13 bottles of port . ’ |
| 4 | In Reading Capital ( Althusser and Balibar 1970 ) , Althusser explores the development of Marx 's scientific exposition of historical materialism , stressing the point that the raw materials of knowledge production are not things , not essences of the material world , but concepts and abstractions that are ideological or scientific . |
| 5 | The balance-of-payments deficit is not as bad as it looks , partly because it stems from private sector choices rather than public sector profligacy , and is thus inherently less inflationary as individuals can not resort to the printing press to ease the burden of their debt ; and partly because much of it may be imaginary , since the figures omit the ‘ balancing item ’ of unrecorded net receipts from overseas assets . |
| 6 | The essential difference between this offence and larceny is that in larceny the victim does not part with the ownership but in obtaining by false pretences he does . |
| 7 | Agreeing with Sahlins that ‘ Culture is not ordered by the primitive emotions of the hypothalamus ; it is the emotions which are organized by culture ’ ( 1977 : 13 ) , we have presented some different social orders where fighting , competition , and other violent behaviour are not part of the order , or part of the people 's ideas of what a human being is . |
| 8 | It is specified that the explanatory note is not part of the Order . |
| 9 | They decided that he was only in it for himself and was not the sort of person the comrades wanted to have with them , and definitely not part of the consensus . |
| 10 | Though these forests are equally important to the orang-utans , they are not part of the reserve . |
| 11 | Each Saturday morning Eric would fly to Udine from Rome in one of the Desert Air Force bombers , in which he nearly froze to death , then hitch a lift from there to Verona — the huge Fiat was not part of the service . |
| 12 | In El Salvador , Guatemala and Honduras , education is simply not available to substantial portions of the population , particularly the rural poor and those who are not part of the majority Spanish-speaking culture . |
| 13 | According to information received by one of the councillors who contacted your office by phone the re-siting of the seat was not part of the contract . |
| 14 | The passages were not part of the ratio of the decision by which we are bound and with which I respectfully agree . |
| 15 | Certainly they are not part of the ratio decidendi of Butler , so that here BRS , which applies the common law principles in its ratio is to be preferred . |
| 16 | Good and bad , and even the higher good that mysticism finds everywhere , are the reflections of our own emotions on other things , not part of the substance of things as they are in themselves . ’ |
| 17 | The insurance premium is not part of the holiday price , and is not recoverable . |
| 18 | However these considerations are not part of the remit of the panel . |
| 19 | The mother argued that the society could not rely on this defence as it was not part of the state . |
| 20 | Hanson has been built up into one of Britain 's leading companies over a period of twenty years based on an acquisition philosophy which involves a reduction in the acquired company 's bureaucracy , devolution of responsibility to local managers , a tight control of capital expenditure and a disposal of some of the peripheral assets which are not part of the company 's ‘ core activities ’ . |
| 21 | The spiritual values are not part of the intellect . |
| 22 | It dealt with Rastafarian spiritual entities such as Jah or with ganja ( marihuana ) which were not part of the skinhead scene . |
| 23 | Although the firm may negotiate within pre-agreed negotiating parameters or instructions on behalf of a client , it is not part of the firm 's role to take decisions for a client . |
| 24 | Although the firm may negotiate within pre-agreed negotiating parameters or instructions on behalf of a client , it is not part of the firm 's role to take decisions for a client . |
| 25 | MAFF , without support from other Member States , have opposed the Article in its entirety however , arguing , rather spuriously , that ‘ forestry ’ is not part of the CAP . |
| 26 | I enclose a photograph of the display as it appeared at the National Library of Scotland ; obviously the cases are not part of the touring display . |
| 27 | ( 5 ) It is not part of the bankruptcy process , nor should it be a part of the bankruptcy scheme , to ensure that bankrupts are prosecuted and the court should shrink from a construction of the statute that lends support to any such result . |
| 28 | This theory carries with it the implication that the cyclostome characters mentioned above were not part of the history of gnathostomes but were instead specializations restricted to lampreys and hagfishes . |
| 29 | The last two are different from the first five visual elements in that , although they also convey information , they are not part of the interaction in the same way . |
| 30 | She remembered a little of the acrimony , of the mounting bitterness within the house , of their winter of discontent , which was so much part of and not part of the winter outside , and the miners ' strike . |