Example sentences of "and [not/n't] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is noteworthy that at this time ( when secularised education was patronised by nearly all the governments of Europe including those that were nominally Catholic ) this query was dealt with as a matter of discipline by the Congregation of propaganda , and not as a matter of doctrine by the Congregation of the Inquisition . |
| 2 | Churchill , Eden , Macmillan , and Home had been political grandees ; all emerged through the ‘ magic circle , and not as a result of election by MPs . |
| 3 | We might , of course , do the opposite , and try to explain the depictions of temples on coins or patterns of coin loss from our knowledge of surviving temples or official statistics for the money supply , but in this case we would be using coins as secondary evidence and not as a primary source of new information . |
| 4 | REGIONAL RAILWAYS sees the spread of light rapid transit systems in our cities and suburbs as a development that can be harnessed to serve its interests — and not as a potential for poaching passengers . |
| 5 | How do we ensure that management is seen as a set of empowering activities and not as a control activity ? |
| 6 | It would mean you see me as a woman who happens to be in science , and not as a scientist . |
| 7 | As a human being , and not as a guinea pig . |
| 8 | Art is seen as an exercise in fine motor skills or appreciation of nature and not as a creative activity . |
| 9 | It is enough to say here that slag should be used sparingly as a soil conditioner from time to time , and not as a routine crop food . |
| 10 | The singles chart needs to be treated as a separate entity , and not as a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen . |
| 11 | When this practice was changed , recorded levels of property crime soared : but , obviously , as a consequence of changes in policing and not as a result of changes in crime . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're not going anywhere — not as a band and not as a person . ’ |
| 13 | The remedy may change , or in acute injuries more than one remedy may be required , but in classical homoeopathy the remedies are administered one at a time and not as a mixture . |
| 14 | Spectra or Dyneema is best wound on the spool individually , and not as a pair ( or foursome ) of lines . |
| 15 | There was no catch to question 10 ; after 12 minutes in the climb with a ground speed of 90 knots our aircraft was exactly 18 nm from the aerodrome , and the correct answer should have been printed as c and not as a . |
| 16 | ’ Becke 's revision reads : ‘ He dwelleth wyth his wyfe accordinge to knowledge , that taketh her as a necessarye healper , and not as a bonde servaunte or a bonde slave . |
| 17 | They should be treated as a guide only and not as a complete or detailed study of the law . |
| 18 | They should be treated as a guide only and not as a complete or detailed study of the law . |
| 19 | We talked of all we would do when he was strong enough , and I put everything else out of mind and concentrated on being positive and cheerful myself , which was not always easy but I was determined to behave normally and to treat him as a convalescent and not as a sick man . |
| 20 | Mr Smith said : ‘ People should enjoy , as a right of citizenship and not as a privilege of wealth , the opportunity of a good education , the chance to find a decent job with decent pay , the opportunity to buy or rent a decent home . |
| 21 | The Letterewe estate is run as a wilderness area and not as a commercial estate — this is an immense boon as far as preserving the beauty of the area is concerned . |
| 22 | He argued that the bread and wine somehow coexisted with the body and blood , and more importantly that the miracle occurred because of the presence of the faithful and not as a result of the magical powers of the priest . |
| 23 | However , official teaching has gone the other way , becoming increasingly restrictive in its emphasis on the grounds that the sharing of communion is acceptable only as an expression , and not as a cause of unity . |
| 24 | ‘ Direct mail ’ ( often known as ‘ junk mail ’ ) , on the other hand , even though it came through the letter-box dressed up as a personal letter and not as a newspaper , arguably met the mass medium definition of reaching large numbers of people quickly and simultaneously . |
| 25 | All these groups are concerned that the EC should develop organically as a co-operative trading bloc and not as a bureaucratic United States of Europe . |
| 26 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
| 27 | He added that he would be speaking only as an individual and not as a representative of the Chief Police Officers Association . |
| 28 | Doing fair copies of written work , infrequently and not as a punishment , can be useful ; but give it a real purpose . |
| 29 | the party reacted as an independent group and not as a partner , for the Lloyd George government was never a focus of loyalty for Unionists . |
| 30 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support , and I hope that when my nest book is published they will feel confident enough to treat me just as a novelist and not as a problem . ’ |