Example sentences of "not the [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Approaching this cosmology , it is natural for an outsider to suppose that the Chinese can think only concretely , after the analogies of breathing or the veins in jade ( a supposition encouraged by misunderstandings of Chinese script as a kind of picture-writing ) , while he thinks abstractly ; that the Chinese are wrong and he is right ( for is not the universe in fact composed of matter obeying the laws of nature ? ) ; that the Chinese are trapped within an unchanging conceptual scheme while he is free to go wherever reason bids . |
| 2 | The scheme is applicable whether or not the school in question is the student 's main base . |
| 3 | Although their youth and lack of training were viewed with scepticism by other day-centre users and staff , this was not the case in Contact . |
| 4 | One was that the crack tip was elliptical or rounded , which is clearly not the case in detail in a material made out of atoms . |
| 5 | This was certainly not the case in respect of the Geneva Conventions Act where the offences were newly created solely to give effect to the Convention , and were described as being hardly applicable to the case at all . |
| 6 | The syllabus gives indications that skills other than in painting should be developed in the teaching , but this is not the case in practice . |
| 7 | This is not the case in relation to health . |
| 8 | This is certainly not the case in relation to current provision in Scotland or proposals being brought forward in England . |
| 9 | And it is the outcome of the vote that counts , not the lobbying in advance . |
| 10 | However , deficiencies in the ability of the study to accurately record information on the cause of death meant that it could not be shown whether or not the reduction in mortality had been due to a reduction in diarrhoea-related deaths and hence due to the programme . |
| 11 | In 1987 , the Howarth Bill took a different route , proposing to add an alternative test based on whether or not the work in question was ‘ grossly offensive to a reasonable person ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ So here the wisdom of the common law lies in this , that it holds the breach of duty to be , not the carelessness in manufacture , nor the putting into circulation of a faulty machine , but the wrongful infliction of damage : and the time accordingly only runs from that date . |
| 13 | The basic principles set out in this Code will apply whether or not the lending in question is secured . |
| 14 | This is to allow the Commission an opportunity to determine whether or not the aid in question is compatible with the Treaty of Rome . |
| 15 | This is not the start in life I would like to have given her . |
| 16 | The situation without a check varies depending on whether or not the action in question has an escapement mechanism . |