Example sentences of "not the [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not the Communist Party leaders expected such a letter to have anything more than a propaganda appeal they can hardly have been surprised by the Labour Party reply on 27 January 1936 which rejected the application and outlined the history of relations between the two parties , particularly during the social fascist " period . |
| 2 | The hard fact is however that such altruistic dealers are still the rarity and more often than not the innocent computer customer will come face to face with an almost equally innocent computer sales person ! |
| 3 | ( The knife was a rather blunt penknife , not the sharp sheath knife Nick had hoped for , but it was better than nothing , and Carrie tried hard to be pleased with her Bible because Nick was grinning so slyly . ) |
| 4 | Bearing in mind the millions of pounds that the Government raised from privatisations — the selling of the family silver — and all the money that has been raked into the Treasury , should not the Economic Secretary stand at the Dispatch Box and apologise for the economic mess in which the Government have landed this country ? |
| 5 | Access to information , however , was not the only problem Mrs Jones faced . |
| 6 | Social class is not the only speaker variable which presents problems of definition and interpretation , but it has been singled out here for detailed discussion for two reasons . |
| 7 | Burnett was not the only friend Southey and Coleridge hoped to visit in the course of the Somerset expedition . |
| 8 | Sensitive leniency is not the only principle operating , however , for constables also need to avoid being ‘ taken for a ride ’ by an unrealistic excuse which makes them look foolish . |
| 9 | Main was not the only excise officer resident in Inverkeithing , and the Cunningham party , while continuing to press for Main 's reinstatement , did not neglect the remainder of the excise establishment . |
| 10 | She 's not the only metal worker at the exhibition . |
| 11 | Direct rule was not the only way Europeans exercised political power overseas . |
| 12 | But it is not the only reference point . |
| 13 | Benefices , however , were not the only church assets which the king exploited for his clerks . |
| 14 | Chichester was not the only Sussex town to feel the pinch of economic decay . |
| 15 | UDCF is not the only factor/invoice discounter to have reviewed its ‘ book ’ and shifted some clients to factoring , where they are subject to tighter controls . |
| 16 | The malaise had spread countrywide however ; Coniston and Keswick were not the only mining regions to suffer inactivity . |
| 17 | BUT THAT 'S NOT THE ONLY REASON IT FITS HIM PERFECTLY . |
| 18 | The search for dollars led to grandiose plans for African economic development , most famously the groundnuts scheme , though that was not the only madcap project to surface in this period . |
| 19 | Mortgage interest relief is not the only tax subsidy available to houseowners . |
| 20 | But he was not the only finance minister in the world to do that . |
| 21 | Er in the U K we 've held our market position and it 's been a a pretty desperate market we were one of the few if not the only book seller who refused to er to yield better discount terms er , on the threat of er every , every book seller was every er publisher was threatened with erm not being stocked unless we gave bigger discounts . |
| 22 | The problem with this reasoning is that even if we accept the narrow definition of freedom on which it relies , a system of private property , and in particular private ownership of productive assets , is not the only property system that is capable of bringing about the required dispersal of control over material goods . |
| 23 | As alkalis and acids are not the only cleaning materials used in food environments this grouping is not sufficiently precise . |
| 24 | It was not the only time Poindexter had to shut North up : partly because North genuinely did not know how widely the secret was known , but partly because he could hardly resist it anyway . |
| 25 | But it was not the only rainforest tree to fall on that day . |
| 26 | This is clearly revealed in the brick wall of indignation which flattens any suggestion that the crime problem defined by the state is not the only crime problem , or that criminals are not only those processed by the state . |
| 27 | But Morgan was not the only merchant bank in favour . |
| 28 | I have not the remotest idea David . |
| 29 | Ellen Wilkinson called him ‘ The Sheikh … not the nice kind man who rescues the girl at the point of torture but the one who hisses , ‘ At last … we meet ! ’ ’ |
| 30 | Although Mr Taylor refused to reveal whether or not the Premier League deal is acceptable to him or his members , who yesterday gave him overwhelming support for necessary action , it would be foolish to embark on a strike now . |