Example sentences of "not [adv] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , the question of the ‘ pistol gangs ’ was not entirely a mare 's nest . |
| 2 | It is true that some attention is normally indicated and this may involve a certain amount of expense , though not necessarily a king 's ransom . |
| 3 | … the bilateralism inherent in the traditional structures and processes of international law is secured on the one hand , by a prohibition of intervention protecting not only a State 's internal but also its external affairs against third party interference and , on the other hand , by the pacta tertiis rule in the law of treaties , according to which an agreement can create neither obligations nor rights for a third State without its consent . |
| 4 | Recommendations regarding placement will need to bear in mind not only a child 's existing abilities , but also the progress a child is likely to make in different educational settings . |
| 5 | To serve and suffer is considered not only a woman 's lot but right . |
| 6 | We have a long way to go before society really shifts in attitude , and both men and women assume that caring is not only a woman 's job . |
| 7 | Again , this is not only a woman 's prerogative . |
| 8 | She commanded huge respect from everyone she worked with and was not only a singer 's singer but also a musician 's musician . |
| 9 | Now this is not just a scholar 's whim , or , worse , a bit of conceptual art ; this is serious chic . |
| 10 | I was not just a printer 's ‘ devil ’ ( name applied to an apprentice ) but a much exploited ( though dedicated ) slave . |
| 11 | It is not just a tourist 's generalisation to say that the Basques , with their deep , narrow valleys , are stubbornly provincial and to describe the Catalans , whose forebears ruled a Mediterranean empire , as cosmopolitans . |
| 12 | But developing entirely new arguments is not usually a textbook 's main function . |
| 13 | Joey Dunlop had an early season run-out at Aghadowey last week and should be back on the 125cc and 250cc Hondas , but Joey is not really a Nutt 's Corner star and riders like Stephen Farmer , Paul Harbinson , Gary Dynes , Ian King and Phelim Owens will probably dominate the proceedings along with those mentioned earlier . |
| 14 | ( It 's also obvious that it 's much safer , and the dangers of losing a client with the attendant bad publicity [ not even a Land 's End Ltd press release would cover that one ] , are not in anybody 's professional interests . |
| 15 | But these days not even a king 's ransom would tempt ‘ Arry to ditch Yorkshire and return to the bright lights of London . |
| 16 | He gestured to lockers where rudimentary padded armour hung not quite a Scout 's attire . |