Example sentences of "not [adj] [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed Punk Rock 's attitude to the sex act itself was not libertarian but puritan : |
| 2 | If our income is not stable and inflation resistant , then budgeting becomes impossible . |
| 3 | Information regarding numbers is not definite but total may be about 500,000 . " |
| 4 | As shown above , direct comparison between the different types of investigation used is not possible and ony immunohistochemical techniques provide direct demonstration that the tumour cells do indeed contain xenobiotic metabolising enzymes . |
| 5 | Despite the myriad perversions emblazoned across Vivienne Westwood 's clothes for ‘ Sex ’ , Punk Rock 's concerns were not private but public : the Self here was amplified , in songs like ‘ I Wan na Be Me ’ , into a desperate assertion of individuality in a Burroughsian world of collapsing values and dehumanized sex , and the body was not something to be celebrated but — in songs like ‘ Bodies ’ , with its excoriation , ‘ I 'm not an animal ! ’ — objectified through fear . |
| 6 | Suddenly what seems to be at stake is not economic and material wellbeing , but the Britishness of being Britain … |
| 7 | Certainly , if you are eating a good diet , not smoking cigarettes , consuming little alcohol , are physically and mentally well , aged between 18 and 65 years , and not pregnant or breast-feeding , then you should not need any nutritional supplements . |
| 8 | I do not make a fuss , I do not rant and splutter . |
| 9 | The point of distinguishing them is to show that ‘ social classes , although objectively determined ( structures ) , are not ontological and nominalist entities , but only exist within and through the class struggle ( practices ) ’ . |
| 10 | what you should give up is not smoking but sex . |
| 11 | It can develop strongly in almost any weather , but contrary to popular and widespread belief and advice , the conditions that most favour and encourage it are not damp and mugginess , but hot dry days interspersed with clear , cold , dew-laden nights . |
| 12 | Rimsky-Korsakov added an orchestral figure representing flames for the immolation of the Old Believers , and brought back the Preobazhensky March ; Shostakovich added to that a reminiscence of the Dawn music opening the opera ; and Stravinsky used the intended tune plus two more , giving the ending a much more positive and balanced view of the Old Believers as not regressive and obscurantist but charged with dignity and Christian endurance . |
| 13 | This time around it is a case of ‘ once bitten , twice shy ’ and their doubt is not simple but compound . |
| 14 | In large buildings , communication with other staff if often not easy but discretion is preferred to valour ! |
| 15 | Such interim copies would be necessary if the logs , which are not serial but wrap-around , were to approach the point of overflow . |
| 16 | The effect of these personal remarks spoken in Creole is thus rather like that of the " jocular " refusals ; potentially insulting on the face of it , but in fact treated by all participants as not serious and non-threatening . |
| 17 | Laboratory rodents that spontaneously develop autoimmune type I diabetes did so at a much lower frequency when fed a synthetic chow free of cows ' milk protein , and recently a peptide antigen called p 69 was identified on rat insulinoma cells which cross reacts immunologically with a similar sequence present in bovine , but not human or rat , albumin . |
| 18 | Foppington is the King of Fops ; hard and witty , not soft and camp ; relish the tartness of his delivery , his enjoyment of the spoken word . |
| 19 | They claim they are pre-Christian and good , not satanic and evil . |
| 20 | But , further , we shall find that our conception of property relates to many things which are not tangible or material . |
| 21 | Not crossing out , spelling , getting my homework in on time , asking for help when I 'm not sure and presentation |
| 22 | And then suddenly , not black and gold but gold and silver . |
| 23 | But the end product would be very different — not indecisive and multiple , but single and decisive . |
| 24 | Not self-pity but exertion was what they told themselves was the first requirement , applying their skills to return to normal , to restore the status quo . |
| 25 | The pH of gastric juice predicted the concentrations of magnesium and calcium but not copper or zinc , in the juice . |
| 26 | Within a few years of the introduction of the Dip.AD , it became apparent that all was not well and discontent in some of the art colleges culminated in the so-called ‘ revolution ’ of 1968 which centred on the then Hornsey and Guildford Colleges of Art . |
| 27 | Understanding is not present and time is wasted . |
| 28 | not flashy or flamboyant , just ordinary human beings . |
| 29 | These children are not wicked or evil — but the love of power is there . ’ |
| 30 | in cold countries , markets are not dynamic and investment would be more risky and difficult . |