Example sentences of "not the [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a publicity exercise , however , its main target was not the public at all , but the CAA . |
| 2 | Not the ocean at all , of course ; just illusion . |
| 3 | There was a drowsiness and calm about the ward , which I guessed was not the case at all times of the day . |
| 4 | I quickly realised that that 's not the case at all , they do it to everybody . |
| 5 | I appreciate roses more than snow , but that was not the case at the beginning . |
| 6 | This is not the case at the CAB . |
| 7 | Initially , he presumed that this phenomenon was merely a personal idiosyncrasy , but later observations showed that this was not the case at all : the tensing-up of neck muscles is practically universal . |
| 8 | ‘ So if it appears that the Princess has contrived to bring her own marriage down then that is not the case at all , ’ says Penny . |
| 9 | ‘ If I was the best second row forward in England I 'd hope to get into the side , but that 's not the case at the moment , ’ he said . |
| 10 | This is not the case at a rehearsal where the players are dressed casually , people come and go , some members of the orchestra are talking to one another , while others are sitting drinking coffee , tea ( or perhaps even soup ) . |
| 11 | In institutions where this is not the case at present it should be given priority in plans for staff development and forward planning . |
| 12 | It is sometimes said that few young people get involved in CPRW 's work , but this is certainly not the case at our Annual Youth Environment Conference where this year , as ever , 100% of the delegates were under 21 ! |
| 13 | In Gundovald 's description of his conversations with Guntram Boso , as set out by Gregory of Tours , Boso is reported to have said that Chilperic was dead ( which was not the case at the time ) , that Guntram was childless , and that Childebert had no support . |
| 14 | He says it 's not the case at all . |
| 15 | They do a different kind of work , they 've traditionally done considerably responsible work within Oxford City 's Environmental Health Department , so there is n't a suggestion on the part of any of us that they are somehow lesser beings , because that is not the case at all . |
| 16 | But that does not mean that the sale is not a retail sale to which the section applies or that the ordinary retail selling price is not the price at which the record is ordinarily sold , in this case 1s. 6d . |
| 17 | This was not the distillery at Newton House which was supplied with water from Loch Skerrols by a lade which ran just inside the wall of the wood below Newton school where J. MacFarlane made 3937 gallons . |
| 18 | But it was not the doctor at the door . |
| 19 | The members simply have not the time at their disposal to take on the continuous pressure needed to effectively construct a platform for alternative or opposing views . |
| 20 | Between 10 and 7 BC , however , Quirinius was known to be on military service in the Syrian area , and so there is the possibility of him being involved in a previous census even though he was not the Governor at the time . |
| 21 | This is just for the trade , still all very much in the air , ’ she warned , ‘ and not the trade at large . |
| 22 | ‘ But that is not the matter at issue . ’ |
| 23 | If it strikes you this way , let me remind you that Peter 's particular values are not the point at issue , and invite you to sit down quietly and compose your own , very different equivalent . |
| 24 | But the ‘ truth ’ is not the point at issue ; what matters is that as human beings we necessarily engage in an interpretative process when we encounter others , as they do with us . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's not the point at issue , ’ Fen told her . |
| 26 | He admitted his language was ‘ somewhat clumsy ’ but declared : ‘ I was talking to an unhappy young man — not the world at large . ’ |
| 27 | Interest rates are based on the initial sum , not the sum at the end of the period . |
| 28 | Not the thing at all . ’ |
| 29 | I expected to pay for twin-lens versatility with loss of picture quality , but this was n't the case at all . |
| 30 | This is n't the case at all , and to see why , one need only to look at the composition of the rocks involved . |