Example sentences of "not a [adj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not a sad occasion at all . |
| 2 | So to begin with this is not a static problem at all . |
| 3 | Absolutely , you see the sad thing is that Simon has a seven point five five average erm we sort of balance that out , you know , erm Simon to go and bring in a six point National League boy — it 's not a clever situation at all in my book , but then the rules are the rules and we have to go along with it . |
| 4 | Ian does foul people but he 's not a vicious boy at all . ’ |
| 5 | " Marriage " , however defined , is not a relevant factor at all . |
| 6 | Anybody trying to bring about a major transformation in a science must direct attention to the facts as he sees them : to a herbalist in the tradition of Culpeper it was an important fact that a particular herb was collected under a waxing or a waning moon ; for one of Liebig 's pupils analysing it this was not a relevant fact at all . |
| 7 | Sir Ranulph admitted the ice axe was not a latter-day attempt at emulating Trotsky 's assassin — he simply had no other walking stick . |
| 8 | It just proved how Monsieur Martin , with his jumped-up-gentleman 's fancies , was not a real farmer at all . |
| 9 | Some scholars have claimed that the fact that Ambrose did not give an exact site for the church — indeed , it seems he was actually careful not to — means that it was not a real church at all , merely a metaphor . |
| 10 | But it was n't ; she could see that it was not a real smile at all . |
| 11 | ‘ Not a real world at all . |
| 12 | And it 's not a negative number at all , it 's a positive number . |
| 13 | Would somebody with expertise here like to define for the rest of us what what , what differentiates somebody with a , a , an eating disorder , er from someone who 's er a chronic dieter or a chronic worrier or no not a chronic dieter at all , but someone who just thinks about it a lot ? |
| 14 | " Ah , the mysterious Madam Kitten , " Dan grinned , " not a nice lady at all . " |
| 15 | Erm again when I have bad days with these wrists they just give way , and this is not a mental thing at all , I mean I could be holding a , a glass or a cup in my hand or a , a , a dish of something for that matter , and the er the nerves just relax the muscle and out it goes , it 's n n I do n't know it 's going to happen , but it can happen . |
| 16 | Colonialism is not a dirty word at a new Fulham antique furniture shop that evokes with affectionate nostalgia the era of the Raj in India . |
| 17 | Not a young widow at his age , for heaven 's sake . |
| 18 | Arthur Jaffe was not a benevolent man at the best of times . |
| 19 | I mean it really gets to us when people die , it 's not a shallow thing at all . ’ |
| 20 | It 's not a flat sheet at all . |
| 21 | It 's not a brilliant conductor at all , but l there 's always a little bit of impure , a |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not a good man at names . |
| 23 | He was not a good fielder at cricket . |
| 24 | No , it 's not a good idea at all , we should stick with what we have at the moment , the representation of people who opt to pay the political levy . |
| 25 | I feel this is possibly not a good thing at this present time , when every spectrum of Rottweiler size , shape and type can still be found in the show ring : further expansions of the gene pool can only have a destructive effect . |
| 26 | For Flew , the track which leads from equality of opportunity ( a phrase which he finds ambiguous ) to equality of outcome is not a slippery slope at all . |
| 27 | There 's not a single person at Hailebury I 'd even |
| 28 | Not a single night at home ? ’ |
| 29 | But as Mr Pocket says , ‘ No man who was not a true gentleman at heart , ever was since the world began , a true gentleman in manner . ’ |
| 30 | TEDO was a successor in title according to the F.C.C. and was not a British national at the relevant dates , therefore the plaintiff failed . |