Example sentences of "not [prep] [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is a matter for the Administration Committee , not for discussion in connection with the order . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , this is not of importance in relation to our present consideration . |
| 3 | In every case the farmer reporting evidence said he was not against badgers in principle , but wanted either adequate compensation for the damage they did or someone to control them , because they had no natural predators . |
| 4 | On this damp cold ground , the grass is not like grass in picture books : it is town grass-tufty , unkempt , in patches of mud . |
| 5 | It is also possible that acid base transport systems regulate cell proliferation not via changes in pH i but via secondary effects on intracellular Na or Cl - concentrations or cell volume . |
| 6 | not with fish in cream . |
| 7 | As Eric John has emphasised , early-eleventh-century kings were invited to identify not with Christ in majesty , but with the suffering Christ , and drawings of the crucifixion survive from this period in which his suffering on the cross is made very explicit ; perhaps the cross which Cnut gave to New Minster , which bore an image of the crucified Lord , did so too . |
| 8 | For DCs which are not in state IN APPROVAL or APPROVED , a transition can be made to state ABORTED using option 2.7.0 . |
| 9 | But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty . |
| 10 | Toby was in fact if not in name in charge of the twenty-seven boarders at Burleigh , and he spent much of the day with nothing to do . |
| 11 | The dangerous journey in store for Sard is not in fact in pursuit of the ideal woman , but a prosaic attempt to get back to his ship before it sails , an attempt frustrated by the theft of his bicycle and by wanderings that involve him with a silver-train and a period in gaol , the traverse of an appalling desert and a rock-strewn mountain . |
| 12 | The referential , truth-functional nature of language is not in abeyance in fiction : rather it is exploited in referring to , and thereby creating , a fictional universe , a mock-reality . |
| 13 | The point should not be missed either that a great deal of capital for investment comes not from profits in industry but from the vast and growing capital of pension funds and other financial institutions relying on personal savings , which , as we shall show below , have shown an upward trend in recent years . |
| 14 | Scotland , therefore , are not without hope in spite of a disappointing start that brought only two points from the first three games . |
| 15 | Yes well , for the experimental aircraft programme British Aerospace specified what G E C had to do and er a a this time , if you like , Deutsch Aerospace has taken on the equivalent role that B A E had for the experimental aircraft programme and er Deutsch Aerospace are not without experience in flight controls they have . |
| 16 | Er , but that assertion needs to be examined just a little more closely because the British government are not without blame in relation to this matter , er the issues er affecting these forthcoming elections should have been resolved at the Edinburgh summit during the presidency of the British government . |
| 17 | Perhaps the present age must beware of an alternative ‘ scandal ’ , not without precedent in expressionism 's heyday : the flowering of a new indiscriminateness . |
| 18 | It was discovered not on earth in fact but on the sun in the first place , in about eighteen sixty-eight erm absorption lines were seen , and , and it was a long time after that before people realised there was some helium on the earth and , and , and eventually erm helium , some gas was found bubbling up through , from a pit in the Black Forest and , and analysed and found to be helium . |
| 19 | First , the analogy itself is rather stretched since many local government services , particularly in education and welfare , unlike those delivered by central government ( for example , through social security ) , have always been based on discretion and variation between individuals and not on standardization in accordance with clearly identified rules . |