Example sentences of "if [not/n't] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than assuming that a few corrupt workers steal large amounts , it would seem more reasonable to contend that many , if not the majority , of employees regularly take small amounts . |
| 2 | Whereas profiles were initially envisaged as a form of school-leaving report or record , and designed to fill a gap in the existing certification procedures , it is now true to say that many , if not the majority , of those involved in such developments place their highest priority on the changes such procedures will bring about within the educational process itself . |
| 3 | The result accurately reflected the election campaign , which had sharply polarized the country on political , racial and class lines , despite the similarity , if not the style of presentation , of both candidates ' short-term economic adjustment policies . |
| 4 | And if not the Government , then who ? |
| 5 | Elsewhere are posters of dead Hollywood sirens and live lesbian rock stars , alongside colour prints of ghetto crones and Jewish brides from the workshop — if not the brush — of Rembrandt . |
| 6 | What is the BBC about if not the making of programmes ? |
| 7 | And what , after all , are clients paying for , if not the services of professional guides ? |
| 8 | To this ethnocentric anti-semitism Webster added a belief in the sentiments , if not the authenticity , of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion . |
| 9 | Two weeks later , the paper re-emerged as The New Musical Express , the name if not the publication that you know and love today . |
| 10 | Overshadowed by the intensity of the debates on the death penalty , the ending of judicial corporal punishment was a notable step towards the debrutalizing , if not the humanizing , of criminal justice . |
| 11 | If not the glory , the credit belongs to Murdo Ewen MacDonald , who was the preacher . |
| 12 | It is possible — just — to imagine a relatively orthodox artist , critic or historian appreciating the demolition of postmodernism ( if not the evidence of late capitalism 's corruption and decay ) . |
| 13 | If not the Securitate , with the help of its ‘ special measures ’ , or even psychiatrists with their drugs , would change the victim 's mind once and for all . |
| 14 | But the five year supply deal signed by Enterprise , by which Bass continue to provide the beers , must raise questions as to whether the letter , if not the spirit , of the Supply of Beer Orders are being broken . |
| 15 | If it is breaking down , it is to some extent because the international community has not recognised the separate nature , if not the independence , of that part of Somalia . |
| 16 | And so on : the sentiments , if not the sex , of young Sunil . ’ |
| 17 | Indeed , with the exception of Atlanta 's Cable News Network , seen by a very small audience in Britain , even the introduction of new television technology has so far only extended the reach ( if not the profitability ) of Britain 's existing press barons . |
| 18 | At St Inglevert — do you remember , Lancaster ? he was the match of any he met in arms , if not the master , and so were you , and together you two held any two that France could set up against you , and Jean de Boucicaut himself acknowledged it . |
| 19 | It has often been stated that the coloration , if not the breed type , suggests Scandinavian origins for the White Park and for the British White , in that the pattern is quite common , especially in the Swedish Mountain cattle . |
| 20 | The attention that she has received ( particularly the hype surrounding her tenth anniversary in office in May 1989 ) can tempt one to react and downplay the importance , if not the existence , of Thatcherism . |
| 21 | In 4.2 I gave reasons for doubting the existence or if not the existence the usefulness of infallible beliefs . |
| 22 | If not the damages will be such that the plaintiff can make reasonable recompense to the relative or friend for " the proper and reasonable " cost of their services . |
| 23 | The cash , if not the equipment , was an offer impossible to refuse . |
| 24 | At the present , with a judicial interest rate of 15% , it seems possible to argue that unless the funds retained in the hands of the insurer can achieve a better return , the value of the claim is best restricted by meeting some portion of , if not the whole of past loss , particularly past loss of earnings . |
| 25 | It is clear that London is out of kilter with much of the rest of England , if not the whole of it . |
| 26 | As far as the exemption in s103(3) is concerned , " arrangement " is again widely defined as any agreement , scheme or arrangement and it is thought that it must be the case that at least part , if not the whole , of the consideration for the shares allotted is the transfer of the shares in the other company ( ie the target ) . |
| 27 | Go where the airline , if not the mood , will take you . |
| 28 | What were they using if not the stuff Johnson intended for babies ' bums ? |
| 29 | On location in Australia , he was nothing if not the life and soul of the party . |
| 30 | Formal control is therefore immediately effected by the sergeant and inspector , and their personality and leadership style can have a great influence on the morale ( if not the work rate ) of a section . |