Example sentences of "not [prep] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | this joke is not about laughter at all |
| 2 | This demo 's not for sale at the moment but there 's a chance to see the band at the Wheatsheaf , Farnham , on Wednesday night . |
| 3 | ‘ Hirst is not for sale at any price but they just do n't seem to want to accept that . |
| 4 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 5 | This back-dating of the appointment was not of significance at the time but it is an early example of how masters in Stockport could come and go without the immediate supervision of the Company . |
| 6 | ‘ Not like hair at all . |
| 7 | Not like botany at all . ’ |
| 8 | He was not under suspicion at the time , although he was about to be dismissed for his indiscretions and outrageous behaviour . |
| 9 | Erm now he talks about the vanguards of revolutions i it 's just his distinction between the types of of peasant erm he looks at the rich peasants first of all and originally they 're , they 're not into revolution at all , you know , they do n't want to join peasant associations because they 've got nothing to gain erm as er er had said before , you know , p if you ask a rich peasant to join he 's gon na say well , you know , I 've never heard of such a thing before , you know , I 've , I can manage to live alright , I advise you to gi er give it up or alternatively he may just say , you know , good God no , you know , it 's too dangerous I , I do n't want to be knocked off by my landlord . |
| 10 | No , I do n't either , I 'm not like , not into Christmas at all yet , I ca n't . |
| 11 | At the moment the academy has a nearmonopoly of the subject , and I would like to see it broken , in a recognition of the traditional cultural truth that good criticism can be written by poets and novelists , and indeed by people whose professional concern is not with literature at all . |
| 12 | Last week Alan was not in bed at nine o'clock ; he was watching the news with Geraldine . |
| 13 | The law-makers , roundly condemned by Brian Moore , England 's hooker , on the nonsensical grounds that they have not played for 40 years , have decided that when a maul — ball in hand — grinds to a halt , or the ball becomes unplayable , the team not in possession at the start of the maul should put the ball into an ensuing scrum . |
| 14 | ‘ In a maul when the ball becomes unplayable or the maul stationary , the team not in possession at the start will put the ball into the ensuing scrummage . |
| 15 | As trespass is an interference with possession , it follows that if the plaintiff were not in possession at the date of the alleged meddling , he can not sue for trespass . |
| 16 | Where , however , the plaintiff was not in possession at the time of the conversion but relied on his right to possession jus tertii could be pleaded by the defendant . |
| 17 | held that a general charge on the undertaking of a company applied to all its ships , whether or not in existence at the time of its creation . |
| 18 | Prima facie the rules against perpetuities applies to the grant of easements over things not in existence at the date of the lease . |
| 19 | Section 5(2) states that the trade description shall be taken as referring to all goods of the class , whether or not in existence at the time the advertisement is published . |
| 20 | But the old false syllogism , " English Literature is printed in books : books are in libraries : therefore the English teacher should be the school librarian " , overlooks those sections of the stock that are scientific or concern number , those sections of the stock that are not in English at all , and those sections of the stock largely in pictorial form — quite apart from the service of the library to history , geography , sociology , crafts , and other subject departments , and the usefulness of non-book formats to all comers . |
| 21 | Except in the eases of applications for the renewal or permanent transfer of licences , a licensing board may decline to consider an application where the applicant or his representative are not in attendance at the meeting at which the application is to be considered ( subs . |
| 22 | Often a mother can understand her daughter 's needs , if not in detail at least in broad terms , and at the same time she knows that these needs are in conflict with traditional honour and respectability . |
| 23 | However , a general trade embargo would not be effective and would require international support , which is not in prospect at present . |
| 24 | This is the kind of frame from which Dorothy Heathcote often ( increasingly ) wants children to work , and this is why it often seems to be the case in her work that the pupils are not in role at all — they are merely required to look at something from a particular scientific perspective . |
| 25 | Adequate safety measures stipulated by the Indian government were not in place at the time of the accident , according to the documents , which state that the accident was due to " sheer negligence " . |
| 26 | Ah , but he is n't — he 's not in television at all . |
| 27 | Table IV shows that children who recovered were similar to both groups of children who did not in age at follow up , years of follow up , and frequency of day or night wetting . |
| 28 | When asked in 1983 to conduct a similar investigation of the purported Hitler diaries of 1932 and 1935 , Grant found that high grade waste paper containing an optical brightening agent had been used in the pulp and these were not in use at the alleged time . |
| 29 | Equally well , rather than disappoint you , the assistant may say ( hat the item is not in stock at present but may be in next week — after several weeks of returning to ask about it , you may suddenly realize that the item never is coming in . |
| 30 | The Duty Officer made it a fifth time , glanced , not without anxiety at the brief-case , momentarily at Frau Nordern , then with relief , over her shoulder , and jerked his lumps and bumps . |