Example sentences of "not [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O Heavens ! that this treason were not , or not I the detector ! ’ |
| 2 | As to this , counsel for the council accepted the correctness of the following statement ( so far as it went ) which I made in Powell v McFarlane ( at 471 – 2 ) : " … the animus possidendi involves the intention , in one 's own name and on one 's own behalf to exclude the world at large , including the owner with the paper title if he be not himself the possessor , so far as is reasonably practicable and so far as the processes of the law will allow . " … |
| 3 | This action is not itself the centre of interest , however . |
| 4 | The man of reason is becoming reconciled to admitting that the function of his reason is critical , that it is not itself the initiator of what it judges to be best in him . |
| 5 | In short , the fundamental rule that accords legal validity to Acts of Parliament is not itself the foundation of the legal order , beyond which the lawyer is forbidden to look . |
| 6 | The way of doubt is not itself the path to truth , but in sealing off mistaken approaches it provides an impetus to the search . |
| 7 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 8 | Note by the way that a picture of a graph , like Figure 1 , is not itself the graph . |
| 9 | To see it requires imagination , and yet it is not itself the product of imagination . |
| 10 | This , however , produces a further paradox , for this reflexive style , welding the practical mastery and special knowledge of the subjective insider to an objective interpretation of events is not one the institution of policing is geared up to handle . |
| 11 | This is not something the public knows much about ; history textbooks are inadequate , and the older generation will not discuss it . |
| 12 | In many contexts the impression one gets is that this happening is not something the speaker would have expected , but all such uses express a critical judgement on the person represented as the infinitive 's support having gone ahead and done something when , in the speaker 's opinion , he should not have . |
| 13 | Is not it the case that the sooner the Government face a general election and are defeated , the sooner small firms will have a decent chance in the economy ? |
| 14 | Is not it the case that the present underlying rate of inflation in the United Kingdom is 5.5 per cent . |
| 15 | Although I agree with the Minister that empty properties could be used to house homeless people , is not it the case that until capital receipts are released from the sale of council properties , councils will not have the resources to put properties back into use for people who need them ? |
| 16 | Is not it the case that we do not have widely available anywhere near the diversity of potatoes that is available in other countries , such as the United States ? |
| 17 | Is not it the case that the European Commission , through the THERMIE programme , would back Bilsthorpe only if it was certain to go ahead , and that the only way to ensure that was through Government support ? |
| 18 | Is not it the truth that CTCs have emerged only as a result of the lavish use of taxpayers ' money to prop them up ? |
| 19 | Is not it the truth that the right hon. and learned Gentleman 's Government , having created recession and unemployment , do not care about the casualties of their policies ? |
| 20 | Centrifugal launchers did at least recognise a genuine need , even if they were not themselves the solution . |
| 21 | But he sees such expression as running contrary to the dominant idiom and cultural meaning in which users of the language are socialised and as therefore not what the anthropologist is trying to make sense of . |
| 22 | I 'd be the first to admit that we do n't always make the best use of our review space from the manufacturer 's point of view , because we mention what we feel is important to our readers and not what the manufacturer wants us to promote , though the two will often coincide . |
| 23 | It 's not how many stocks and shares they 've got , it 's not what the size of their balance is , how much they 've got on deposit account , how much credit , how credit worthy they are , that is not the richness of a man or a woman . |
| 24 | On the other hand an undue concentration on economic payoffs is not what the SEA is all about . |
| 25 | Surely what counts , from the point of view of the person in authority , is not what the subject thinks but how he acts . |
| 26 | Herein you will see a series or medley of events , pictures and scenes ( not what the butler saw which was rather mundane ) which are only a part of my memory store . |
| 27 | Erm that seems to be the main motivation but I do n't think it is , personally , er it might be what is suggested to them because if they look like going socialist again , then it is not what the majority of the capitalist wants , or the major powers want . |
| 28 | This is not what the revolution was for . |
| 29 | We have encountered a number of difficulties where the calculation of the scheme charge is certainly not what the customer expects to see on his bill . ’ |
| 30 | ( c ) Where the regulations confer a discretion on directors with regard to the acceptance of transfers , this discretion , like all the directors ' powers , is a fiduciary one to be exercised bona fide in what they consider — not what the court considers — to be in the interest of the company , and not for any collateral purpose . |