Example sentences of "not [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted , however , that the disambiguation required by the present project is not between multiple word senses , but instead between multiple interpretations of the input . |
| 2 | The problems of the older cities were to be resolved — if resolved they ever were — on the spot and not through planned decentralization . |
| 3 | Virtue was manifested by acting virtuously , not through passive reflection . |
| 4 | Cavaillès developed these ideas into a theory of science as such , which , he argued , changed not through empirical discovery but through the theoretical reworking of its own concepts in the ‘ pure ’ sciences . |
| 5 | The second of the views we have noted derives from a claim that the route to indubitable knowledge is not through empirical experience of the external world , but through logical , that is rational , principles which are beyond doubt . |
| 6 | But dominion in the Atlantic cable ventures came about not through technological pre-eminence but via another British near-monopoly at that time : capital . |
| 7 | Many adult smokers continue smoking not through unfettered choice but because they are addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes . |
| 8 | He envisaged an emancipation from reification would come not through abstract reflection alone but through ‘ praxis ’ : |
| 9 | For most diurnal raptors it was difficult to obtain large enough samples , not through any shortage of pellet collections but because they contained so little bone . |
| 10 | This is not through any lack of distinction on the part of the writers of the time or those of their works that show the Greek influence ; nor is there any lack of such works . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ When police officers attended the scene it became apparent that the media were also in attendance — how they came to be in attendance is not known and not through any action on our part . |
| 12 | I am happy that he is receiving education suitable to age , ability and aptitude at home , in fact , between ourselves , it is probably more appropriate and worthwhile than that which he is likely to be receiving at school — not through any fault in the local schools but because schools can not always provide ideal circumstances for all learning and certainly can not provide the context in which John is operating . |
| 13 | There can be little doubt that , in the aftermath of the crisis of 1916–17 , Nizan gradually , irreversibly began to perceive his father as a loser ; a loser not through any fault of his own , other than a selfconfessed lack of bourgeois schooling and culture . |
| 14 | One of the changes she made was to include a check in the action , abandoning what had become a ‘ bouncing ’ action , not through any fault in her father 's design but because the technique of those whose ‘ strength ’ knew ‘ no moderation ’ had superseded those whose playing was ‘ soft and melting ’ Between 1796 , when von Schönfeld used those words , and 1809 when Reichardt wrote his letter , the potential of the new instrument became generally accepted in Vienna . |
| 15 | The possibility of mutually advantageous trade which standard competitive theory would associate with point A is devoid of operational significance , not through any unwillingness on the part of workers or employers to exploit such an opportunity , but through their impotence to affect the only price that matters in this market , the real wage rate . |
| 16 | Higginson , crowning his " busy life among " the Stockport boys ' ventured to make some comments to the Governors in a letter on 14th June , " not through any belief that , in your present position in financial and other matters , you can act upon them soon ; but when and if the ability comes " . |
| 17 | Men like Pericles controlled policy not through any power vested in them but only so long as they could persuade the people . |
| 18 | The way to convince this Matron of my mother 's extreme need of a hospital bed is not through any show of carelessness on my part . |
| 19 | The national independence of both Germany and Italy came not through agrarian revolution , but through the force of arms of established powers . |
| 20 | Hence , our data strongly suggest that the inhibiting effects of indomethacin is not through cyclo-oxygenase inhibition . |
| 21 | The working hypothesis reached by the counsellor has to be transferred to the counsellees , not through direct transmission , but by helping them achieve their own insights . |
| 22 | Lifeboats were called out 555 times to people who were in distress but not aboard any craft or vessel , and 185 lives were saved on these calls . |
| 23 | To dismiss the doctrine of consideration as not worth serious attention because |
| 24 | Cunningham rightly remarked that with this appointment Main was placed ‘ intirely in the power of his superior officers upon the coast , and if he should happen not to be favoured by them , his employment is not worth one shilling ’ . |
| 25 | The girl was well enough — all the better for hating and fighting him ! — but not worth that risk . |
| 26 | The loan was refused after a valuation proved the house was not worth that amount . |
| 27 | He did indeed believe in the autonomy of art , but as the exultation of the conflicts of history and not as pure commentary . |
| 28 | Do n't let it become the jealously guarded property of one person — treat it as one more tool for teachers to use , not as specialist equipment only the technician is allowed to touch . |
| 29 | Getting acceptance of the technical specification by these functions is the first hurdle for the project manager ; the process should be viewed as a form of insurance that the proposals are not going to give rise to problems in these areas , not as unwarranted interference with the job . |
| 30 | Not as wild boar running free and doing untold damage to the countryside , as in Italy , France and Germany ; but as farmed wild boar which should ease your mind , even if it causes the farmers untold headaches . |