Example sentences of "by [noun sg] not [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Philipson coat of arms was granted in 1581 : FIDE NON FRAUDE ( By Faith not Favour ) . |
| 2 | FASHIONED BY AEROSPACE NOT FASHION . |
| 3 | Fashioned by aerospace not fashion . |
| 4 | The proceedings of Sir Paul Scoon after the American invasion were just as revolutionary — meaning validated by force not law — as had been the proceedings of the superseded military regime . |
| 5 | As 1989 ends , it is tempting to imagine that Europe is emerging into a wholly new identity , governed by peace not war , common aspirations rather than sectional concerns . |
| 6 | But , like Macedon , Thessaly was ruled ‘ dynastically ’ ; a fourth-century monument to Daochos , ruler of Thessalian Pharsalos , says that he ruled ‘ by law not force ’ ( Syll.3 274 ) , a claim echoed exactly by Arrian about the kings of Macedon ( see p. 75 ) . |
| 7 | agreed : ‘ Managers ruling by punishment not reward are very stressful to work for . ’ |
| 8 | After much discussion , the task of building the island ( which is surrounded by traffic not water ) falls to the winner of last year 's competition , the architect Oswald Matthias Ungers . |
| 9 | And though , by a well-established convention , Members do not ask Ministers questions about the day-to-day conduct of the industries ' affairs , since that is by definition not government business , they may very well ask him about a matter that most certainly is : about the appointments Ministers make to the boards of nationalised industries . |