Example sentences of "not [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Lawson v Rolfe ( 1969 ) 46 TC 199 , it was held that stock dividends paid under a particular provision in the law of California were not income in the hands of a life tenant of an American will trust . |
| 2 | It was not income from the interest under the trust ( which would have been a foreign possession regardless of the underlying sources ) . |
| 3 | The weather was not kind to the competitors in 1987 , being very wet and stormy . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It is specified that the explanatory note is not part of the Order . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Though these forests are equally important to the orang-utans , they are not part of the reserve . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 14 | The Isle of Man in the Irish Sea and the Channel Islands between Great Britain and France are largely self-governing ; they are not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | ‘ Madge brought the material back from Vienna the last time she went on a buying trip — it is not part of the Luxembourg budget , I hasten to add and , wonderful creature that she is , she threw it together on an evening when Wardrobe were n't using one of their machines . ’ |
| 16 | This risk will also be lessened where the firms involved produce complementary products rather than substitutes , where there are several R&D joint ventures in the industry , and where joint marketing arrangements are not part of the agreements ( joint production may be required for productive efficiency in exploiting the R&D results ) . |
| 17 | The passages were not part of the ratio of the decision by which we are bound and with which I respectfully agree . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | The insurance premium is not part of the holiday price , and is not recoverable . |
| 21 | However these considerations are not part of the remit of the panel . |
| 22 | The mother argued that the society could not rely on this defence as it was not part of the state . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | The spiritual values are not part of the intellect . |
| 25 | It dealt with Rastafarian spiritual entities such as Jah or with ganja ( marihuana ) which were not part of the skinhead scene . |
| 26 | Albania , although not part of the Balkans , is included with Romania and Bulgaria because of the strong similarities in the organization of rug-making in these countries and in the quality and character of their rugs . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Trade in such goods as energy supplies , for instance oil , are not part of the CU effect of membership . |
| 30 | It was not part of the Sakata residential sector , which had its own workers ' and managers ' houses where the Lomaxes lived , but was much more run-down . |