Example sentences of "that [not/n't] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can well understand M M Mr Jewitt 's concerns , erm I think the simple fact of the matter is that not a great deal of Greater York new housing demand is likely to be generated in Hambledon district , whereas in Selby district a significant amount of er demand is likely to be generated , so really by way of conclusion I I would like through you to ask Mr Mr Jewitt if his opposition to the new settlement is as a matter of principle , or whether he 's really stating the case for Hambledon district , in other words , would he object to a new settlement in Selby district ? |
| 2 | There is a small literature on new dialect acquisition ; it must be said that not a great deal is known about it . |
| 3 | He said , ‘ There 's absolutely nothing to see and it 's awfully full of nettles ’ ; at the same moment Jean Powers was saying noisily that not a solitary soul had been into the Britches in years and the village wondered what Edward got up to in there — ha ha ! — some people said he must be into black magic , or maybe he was growing cannabis . |
| 4 | As the years passed , telephone , telex , facsimile and computer data traffic all came under this original warrant , so that not a single communication enters or leaves Britain without being subject to interception by GCCS 's successor , GCHQ . |
| 5 | Changez and Jamila sat apart , and although I tried to catch them looking at each other , I can guarantee that not a single surreptitious glance was exchanged by the future bed-mates . |
| 6 | A spokeswomen at the Museum told Pilot that not a single aeroplane had escaped destruction or serious damage , including Weeks ' Solution aerobatic biplane , in which he competed at the World Aerobatic Championships at Le Havre in July . |
| 7 | On one occasion a professor became aware when lecturing that not a single eye was raised from the all consuming task of rapid squiggling . |
| 8 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 9 | Is the Minister satisfied that not a single case was substantiated by the independent Police Complaints Commission , or does he share the scepticism of Lord Colville and others , who feel that nought out of 726 does not reflect the world that we in Northern Ireland inhabit ? |
| 10 | Does he agree that when Kent County Engineering Society recently held a seminar for primary school heads and local businesses , it turned out that not a single local business had thought of trying to interest primary school children in science and engineering . |
| 11 | Imagine his surprise , therefore , when he discovered that not a single German he met had ever been in the Nazi Party , let alone had even heard of a concentration camp . |
| 12 | I 'm very pleased that not a single motorist follows his advice , since if they did the old Hebridean tradition of driving on to the moors would spread to the mainland . |
| 13 | One imagines that not a few may actually have seized the opportunity to indulge in a quiet sleep in preparation for the evening stint , for the dinner was formal and the occasion for full ceremonial . |
| 14 | Before the train stops every door is opened and all try to get out at once , with the result that not a few alight on their faces . |
| 15 | Pliny 's standing as author of the Historia Naturalis was such that not a few of the beliefs which he set down without personal commitment have continued to influence popular superstitions for nearly two millennia . |
| 16 | She looked exquisite , breakable , so desirable that not a few lustier members of the congregation , whose minds should have been on holier things , found themselves in a sudden , quite ferocious state somewhere between arousal and bewitchment , which could bring any man to his knees . |
| 17 | And it 's a fair bet that not a few of them will rouse hoots of laughter or gasps of admiration when you show them off to you friends . |
| 18 | It was an opinion that not a few of Gould 's associates would have shared . |
| 19 | I feel that not a enough emphasis has been put on the vows that er parents take and the responsibility the minister has in administering those vows and therefore I support er the new amendment because of this , that it offers er a form of evangelism without the risk of having the parents taking vows that they do not er that they can not keep . |