Example sentences of "not the [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the doctrine adopted by Finnis and I would have to show that the arguments applied here could be applied equally effectively to the very much more sophisticated account presented in Natural Law and Natural Rights . |
| 2 | Music was now for the young , not the middle aged : folk had taken over from jazz as the language of the radical and the sentimental . |
| 3 | With the exception of the use of nominalizations and a change from the past to the present tense , my suggested version is identical to the existing translation ( the present tense is the correct one to use here because it signals that the abstract reports the contents of the paper , not the procedures undertaken in the research — see discussion of tense as a signalling device in academic abstracts , Chapter 4 , section 4.2.4 ) . |
| 4 | Now a new book , The Reader 's Digest Family Guide to Alternative Medicine* , has been published to help you find out when alternative medicine may be helpful and whether or not the claims made are valid . |
| 5 | The corresponding Jamaican word is [ bada ] , with RP / / /d/ , but this is not the adaptation made by the speaker , who bases her adaptation on the London form " bovver " ( [ del> ] ) . |
| 6 | Therefore , he was not the genius depicted by Goebbels , and had ‘ intentionally unleashed this world conflagration in order to be proclaimed as the great ‘ transformer of mankind ’ ’ . |
| 7 | Yet can not the elder referred to in the example be said to have acted morally even though he did not adhere to the sect 's fundamental principle of non-violence ? |
| 8 | Has not the Minister discussed with the chairman of British Airways the very large order for American planes with American engines ? |
| 9 | If that view were correct , it would appear to pre-empt Woolwich 's arguments in favour of a right to repayment arising at common law , though it is fair to say that this was not the position adopted by counsel for the revenue before your Lordships ' House . |
| 10 | Then Bernard suggested taking part himself , an idea which was vetoed however , as his was not the name associated with the company . |
| 11 | This is because the important factor is the frequency of repetition of the remedy and not the quantity given . |
| 12 | but it 's not the hexagon shaped one , it 's round and it 's got an orange lid on it and an orange side |
| 13 | It characterises capital instruments as a means of raising finance : an instrument may be within the definition whether or not the consideration given for its issue takes the form of cash . |
| 14 | These are not the accounts given by spectators and it is difficult to imagine them offering such accounts . |
| 15 | He is not the despot portrayed in the West . |
| 16 | Do not the figures given by my hon. Friend underline the point that many pensioners are well off — and we welcome that — and that that is a justification of the Government 's policy of targeting extra help on those who really need it ? |
| 17 | The tribunal will also have considerable discretion in deciding whether or not the reasons given are adequate . |
| 18 | It is not the ANDF selected by the Open Software Foundation . |
| 19 | You are not the user associated with the given Software Performance Report ( SPR ) or the username you have specified does not exist . |
| 20 | You are not the user associated with the given Software Status Report ( SSR ) or the username you have specified does not exist . |
| 21 | Had we emphasized not the choices made but the social rules followed by social actors , then a more collective account of social action would have emerged . |
| 22 | Gooch reached his half-century by pushing Waqar off his hip for four , and might have had four more had not the ball bobbled off the wretched Cornhill advertisement mat at straight-hit . |
| 23 | The demands of the king upon the realm for sacrifices and contributions towards the war effort would have been much less effective even than they were , had not the church acted as a kind of ministry of information and propaganda . |
| 24 | Where he might have been standing still had not the eagles lunged at him , as if moments before it fell they had sensed that some danger was there and had sought to protect him . |
| 25 | Have not the Government given the French-backed consortium a licence to print money ? |
| 26 | During his opening speech , I asked the Secretary of State a question to which he did not give a full or satisfactory answer — why had not the Government sought to introduce those measures before they privatised monopolies , rather than wait until the customers had suffered the consequences of several years of high prices and not necessarily improved services ? |
| 27 | No doubt the infant would have followed the adults down the well , too , had not the Padre offered to take the risk of burying it . |
| 28 | Egypt 's interpretation would increase the participants in all disputes by designating any protesting State a party , whether or not the actions protested against affected it directly . |
| 29 | ‘ The valuer advises whether or not the price agreed for the house is realistic , taking into account its repair and condition and the property market in general . |
| 30 | In contrast , an unavoidable cost is one that is going to be incurred whether or not the decision related to a particular opportunity is accepted or rejected . |