Example sentences of "and not [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one observer suggested the watchers deserved medals for their patience and not insults for their insularity . |
| 2 | Kant argued that the distinction between numerical and qualitative identity can be meaningfully drawn only in the domain of the phenomenal ; i.e. within the context of space and time , which , according to him , are the " forms of our intuition " and not properties of things in themselves . |
| 3 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it is appalling that the Opposition whinge on about the failure of this country to export , when we know that what we need from both sides of the House is unanimity to help exporters and not complaints about them ? |
| 4 | On the analogy of arbitration law , partiality would have to be actual bias , and not conflicts of interest or apparent lack of independence : see Mustill and Boyd , p249 . |
| 5 | this fixed fee competitive scenario , then we will insist that we are actually comparing apples with apples and not apples with pears , whe when the client looks at our fee and he looks at an external consultant 's or another railway internal consultant 's fee |
| 6 | In addition such a scheme focuses on individuals and not groups of teachers , which , we will argue in Chapter 2 , is an important focus for evaluation . |
| 7 | A reply was received from D.M. McBain , the secretary of Baberton Golf Club stating , ‘ The litter which contributes to this unsightly area is discarded by residents and not members of the Golf Club . |
| 8 | Actinic Degradation This is the breakdown of ( mostly synthetic ) flysheets through prolonged exposure to the sun , but no-one really knows why it affects some tents and not others of the same make and model . |
| 9 | Government recognition of some groups and not others for consultations , negotiations and arbitration , distinguishes corporatism from pluralism ( Harrison 1980 , pp. 73–4 ) . |
| 10 | At the end of the day we must concern ourselves with the practicalities and not philosophies of dealing with everyday problems . |
| 11 | ‘ Nurse Dungarvan , this may have slipped your notice , but patients are human beings and not machines to which one can fix tidy little labels . |
| 12 | Such entities as STOCK , SALES-ORDER and CUSTOMER are appropriate because they are quantifiable , whereas ‘ stock control ’ , ‘ order processing ’ and ‘ credit control ’ are not appropriate because they are functions : what the organisation does , and not things of interest which participate in functions . |
| 13 | Headteachers being leaders and not teachers with ‘ extra jobs ’ . |
| 14 | Thus it is understood that cells are influenced by fields and not currents of electricity , as the effect is minimal . |
| 15 | I should like to think that the Colonel 's sister-in-law ( the daughter of a dean ) to whom he gave dinner at the Café Royal , the Aunt whom he entertained at the Walsingham , and the Uncle whom he nicknamed the Nabob , were really his relations and not figments of his humorous imagination . |
| 16 | A light prism gives a practical example of how the same object viewed from different standpoints gives different images : one person may see only white light while others see all the colours of the rainbow , yet both perceptions are true to reality and not figments of distorted imagination . |
| 17 | He revealed that the poet 's connection with and knowledge of the primitive were only beginnings and not ends in themselves . |
| 18 | He , and Gimli and Gollum and Haldir , keep even Lórien tied down to the level of story , in which rivers are tactical obstacles and not symbols for something else . |
| 19 | There is no reason in principle why such wrongful conduct should include torts and not breaches of contract . |
| 20 | Inductive as well as deductive reasoning involves the relationships between various sets of statements and not relationships between statements on the one hand and perceptual experiences on the other . |
| 21 | ‘ Would n't it be grand if we could show Mr. Olinton that Brownies are helpful and not nuisances at all ? |
| 22 | The context makes clear , though , that American refers exclusively to American women , since it is only women and not men for whom this is ‘ the most personal decision an American can make ’ . |