Example sentences of "not [art] [noun sg] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not the policeman 's wife . |
| 2 | Is not the Minister 's attitude smugly complacent in view of the fact that the Shelter survey shows an over 100 per cent . |
| 3 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
| 4 | It is therefore extremely important when assessing any child for language impairment to ask what kind of language is appropriate for the child 's home and immediate environment , and whether or not the child 's ability is consistent with her experience and the expectations of those around her . |
| 5 | Recording is an index of whether or not the method of intervention is effective over time and , in turn , of whether or not the child 's behaviour is changing — be it for better or worse . |
| 6 | Here , the aim of assessment is simply to identify whether or not the child 's language is unusual or atypical compared with that of other children of a similar age or in respect of other aspects of development . |
| 7 | In this sense , finance has become not the treasurer 's master but a far more obedient slave . |
| 8 | In the first place , our everyday lives are governed by clusters of obligations , many of them in conflict , which are not the law 's concern . |
| 9 | At the same time we argued that private morality or immorality was a private affair and therefore that ‘ there must remain a realm of private morality or immorality which is … not the law 's business ’ . |
| 10 | Unless a deliberate attempt is to be made by society , acting through the agency of the law , to equate the sphere of crime with that of sin , there must remain a realm , a sphere of private morality and immorality which is , in brief and crude terms , not the law 's business . |
| 11 | But the pervasiveness of the belief that personal matters are ‘ not the law 's business ’ suggests that we are up against something deep-rooted in social consciousness . |
| 12 | ‘ Not the Judge 's House ! ’ she said , and she grew pale as she spoke . |
| 13 | ‘ The condom is not the devil 's raincoat , ’ he declares . |
| 14 | In G. v. Chief Constable for Stroud the Divisional Court made the point that in deciding whether or not the constable 's decision was a reasonable one , full allowance must be made for the circumstances in which the police find themselves in emergencies . |
| 15 | It was not the American 's day . |
| 16 | ‘ Is not the king 's name forty thousand names ? ’ |
| 17 | But it was not the earl 's death that had sent these influential couriers of de Burgh riding hard across country to Parfois , it was the fall of the coveted prize into the hands of Richard of Cornwall . |
| 18 | In some polygynous species it is not the male 's plumage that attracts the female , but specially constructed artefacts — bowers . |
| 19 | But it was not the Federation 's decision . |
| 20 | His own rich baritone rang out with joy , and at the words Lo he abhors not the Virgin 's womb , Frere thought briefly , almost affectionately , of Gypsy May in the cold and dark outside those walls . |
| 21 | On the preliminary issue the judge dismissed the application holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation even though no financial loss was pleaded or alleged , that where a local authority instituted proceedings in reliance on section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 it was for the local authority to decide on the expediency of litigating and it was not the court 's function to do so on an application to strike out , and that since the words complained of reflected on the local authority itself in the management and rectitude of its financial affairs , the statement of claim did disclose a cause of action against the defendants . |
| 22 | In response , Pat Arbor , the chairman of the Board of Trade , said it was not the exchange 's fault that it had been duped by Stotler 's doctored financial records . |
| 23 | It is worth noting that it was not the Committee 's objective to assert directly the primacy of English over classics , but instead to capture for their subject some of the cultural authority invested in classics for an altered social and educational purpose . |
| 24 | It was not the committee 's function to recommend release , but inevitably the committee would attempt to set a date at which there would be a reasonable prospect that the local review committee and then the Parole Board might be able to recommend release . |
| 25 | It was not the Committee 's understanding , nor , I am sure , was it in the Under-Secretary of State 's heart , that those crucial regulations would be bodged together with the uprating statement so that there would be insufficient time to discuss them . |
| 26 | Columbus sees none of it , not the land 's fertility nor the sudden barrenness of the vanquished castles looking down from their pinnacles . |
| 27 | Racial awareness , in this matter as in the other , is not the school 's problem , but it is clearly troubling Mr Singh . |
| 28 | It is not the pathologist 's fault : he has to make a decision as to the cause of death and is not allowed to say he does not know . |
| 29 | It was not the Church 's policy to execute the members of noble families retrieved from Jeopardy 's clutches . |
| 30 | In those circumstances , is not the Chancellor 's promise of an extra £10 billion a similar Tory election hoax ? |