Example sentences of "not from the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , if that were so , why did his plan entail an attack from the east bank of the Meuse only , and not from the west bank also , to achieve a successful pincer operation ? |
| 2 | Spits differ chiefly from offshore bars in that they spring from the coast and are supplied with material mainly by longshore drift and not from the sea floor . |
| 3 | In line with this , his observations are drawn , not from the consulting room , but from the mundanities of everyday intercourse , while very great pains are taken to record only what the narrator directly observed , or had reported to him on good authority . |
| 4 | Darwin introduced a new element into the equation because he started not from the fossil record but from field studies , which forced him to consider the real-life pressures acting upon species in the course of geological time . |
| 5 | Prior approval is not required ( except in SSSIs and National Parks in the UK , but then not from the Agriculture Department ) and in assessing schemes financially , MAFF has disregarded the fact that it has in the past contributed 50–70% of the scheme 's cost and that a high proportion of the profit to be earned is public money in the form of HLCAs . |
| 6 | The product , now Americanised , but originally developed in Norway for government use , was launched last week at Comdex in Chicago , not from the exhibit floor but out of an invitation-only suite . |
| 7 | Notice that the design which has been used for weaving does not show as with the sample woven with the smooth yarn , always select simple designs for weaving because the pattern in the fabric results almost entirely from the yarn and not from the needle selection . |
| 8 | Certainly not from the club scene , where an average gate is rarely more than a few hundred and even a big club like Hawick has had to launch a special initiative to arrest their declining membership . |
| 9 | He drove from the side of the car , not from the box seat , where he sat when he drove the family . |
| 10 | You 're not from the Midland Region . |
| 11 | They use chalk , but not from the Chesil Beach area , adding flavouring and fluoride . |
| 12 | ‘ One of the greatest dramas in the history of the British Theatre ’ was , as its by-line claimed , from ‘ The Daily Telegraph ’ ; it had come , however , not from the Arts page , but from the front page description of Michael Banks 's murder . |
| 13 | If it 's not from the War Office , where 's the letter from ? ’ |