Example sentences of "not a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A word is not a category at all in the sense used : since a text may be decomposed entirely into a sequence of words , there is no linguistic sense in which one could choose to use something else instead of a word . |
| 2 | Registration is not a safeguard against damage and the Post Office will only pay compensation if the contents were adequately packed . |
| 3 | It was not a day for arguing about the size of tips . |
| 4 | ‘ This is not a day for cheering up on . |
| 5 | Islander did her best , but this was definitely not a day for beating the daily run record . |
| 6 | It 's not a day for viewing houses . |
| 7 | Visibility was about 7km , it was rather hazy with some cloud , but it was possible to maintain VMC , although as Peter said , ‘ it was not a day with endless visibility . ’ |
| 8 | Sometimes Bernard would work all through the night and there was not a day in winter even in snowy , freezing weather when they would n't turn up and bring sandwiches and bottles to keep us all going . ’ |
| 9 | The main sheet is not a sheet at all , but in fact a rope which allows you to control the Topper 's one sail . |
| 10 | Until the end of the last century , knitting was not a pastime in Dent but a livelihood . |
| 11 | 1880 , moreover , is not a date in religious history , even if the French abolished military chaplains and the British parliament opened parish churchyards to nonconformist burial services in that year . |
| 12 | In fact the ‘ decision ’ is not a decision at all , but an acceptance of things as they are . |
| 13 | ‘ Again , not a decision for lowly commanders . |
| 14 | He came to a decision to which on the evidence before him he was entitled to come , and it was not a decision with which the court could properly interfere . |
| 15 | This is not a decision to be entered into lightly . |
| 16 | This issue involves a question of principle as to whether a local authority can sue for libel and not a decision to be made in respect of each individual action . |
| 17 | For many of my constituents who were made redundant , it was not a price worth paying . |
| 18 | She is not a member of the Communist Party . |
| 19 | While the others went on to further success he fought and eventually won a battle against alcoholism , but his writing partnership with Cleese did not survive it , and , at his own choice , he was not a member of the Python film company Prominent Features . |
| 20 | I do n't mind you at all , but the boys they 'd be suspicious of anyone who 's not a member of the police force , and that 's how people will see you : you 're not a member of the force ’ ( FN 23/10/87 , p. 20 ) . |
| 21 | I do n't mind you at all , but the boys they 'd be suspicious of anyone who 's not a member of the police force , and that 's how people will see you : you 're not a member of the force ’ ( FN 23/10/87 , p. 20 ) . |
| 22 | The latest available figures for Holland , Belgium and Austria ( which , though not a member of the EMS , pegs its currency to the D-mark ) show that output remains fairly buoyant . |
| 23 | But Beveridge was not a member of the post-war Labour Government . |
| 24 | But before she could finish , he retorted : ‘ He 's not a member of Equity . ’ |
| 25 | Charles was only here on sufferance , not a member of the club . |
| 26 | This was star billing indeed for a junior minister and Sir Robin Day mischievously asked Mr Major why Mrs Shephard was in the line-up if she was not a member of the Cabinet . |
| 27 | A certain Mr Tomlinson was in trouble ‘ having several times played in the upper part of the links with some gentleman who was not a member of the Club and who had on each occasion omitted to pay his green fee ’ ( at this time 2s. 6d . ) . |
| 28 | The NCT is not a member of the campaign . |
| 29 | Oman is not a member of OPEC but is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ) and is thus sensitive to the interests of other Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia . |
| 30 | David Howell was not a member of Mr Heath 's Cabinet but he was close to him . |