Example sentences of "an [adj] [conj] [not/n't] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until after Philip 's death in 1746 it was still an administrative and not a policy-making body ; but in the second half of the century it acquired greater power and independence . |
| 2 | But on 4 November 1991 , the Court of Appeal ( Cooke P. , Richardson and Hardie Boys JJ. ) held that the petitioner was not entitled to appeal as of right against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 4 October 1991 because that judgment was an interlocutory and not a final judgment and refused leave to the petitioner to appeal to the Board . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's political as Greenfields is in an independent and not a Labour ward , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Indeed , your latest victim seems to have been a veritable bundle of surprises — not a maidservant but a duchess , not dead but alive — and , to top all , affianced to an eleven-year-old and not a virgin ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ This meeting is an educational and not a political exercise . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , to many Iranians the events proved the Shah was an American if not a British puppet . |
| 7 | Once you have begun to understand that recharging yourself is an active and not a passive exercise , the next step is to learn to use your most powerful tool : the mind . |
| 8 | I listened and learned , watched and learned , and soon became adept at striking the first blow : if there was any teasing and tormenting going on ( and there was plenty ) I made sure that I was an active and not a passive participant . |
| 9 | In Oxfordshire , for example , nursery classes ( for three to five year olds ) were forced to close , nursery placements being an allowed but not a compulsory provision . |