Example sentences of "not a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCO has argued that adoption of SVR4 is not a price issue for it , but is dependent on USL meeting certain technology requirements , in multiprocessing for example , where SCO already has its successful MPX Unix-add on . |
| 2 | So if you are not a UK taxpayer you are advised not to enter into Deeds of Covenant , but to make your regular charitable payments by simple Banker 's Order without any covenant . |
| 3 | So if you are not a UK taxpayer you are advised not to make a payment under the Gift Aid scheme but to make a straight payment by cash or cheque . |
| 4 | That 's not a B type . |
| 5 | I think it 's a reflection of their motivation , because I 'm not a subject specialist . |
| 6 | The Deputy Under Secretary headed the Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom , and that was not a subject matter for gossip and conversation on a bougainvillaea-fringed veranda as the lights of the fishermen 's dug-outs floated inside the coral reef … |
| 7 | However his second Service is marked by a peculiarly English innovation : the introduction of passages for solo voice and organ , which plays not a continuo role but polyphony to which the voice doubles a part or supplies an otherwise missing one : |
| 8 | What they did n't realise was that the places being offered were in the reception class — designed for children of five and over — not a nursery class . |
| 9 | It is rarely appreciated that in Bishop 's day , a Trifle was not a nursery pudding squashed anyhow into a common fruit bowl , but built up into a pyramid in an elegant stemmed glass compote dish . |
| 10 | Not a Julian Clary costume-but Charlene 's wedding dress from Neighbours , as worn by Kylie Minogue . |
| 11 | Note that this must be an ordinary Goblin Mob — not a Night Goblin or a Forest Goblin Mob . |
| 12 | We know that the picture by Rembrandt known as ‘ The Night Watch ’ is not a night watch , but a scene taking place in full daylight . |
| 13 | The fact that Redcar is not a yuppie haven nor affects green welly pretension like certain places nearer Darlington make it an obvious target for sarcastic wit . |
| 14 | Mathematics is not a spectator sport . |
| 15 | If not a Carley float , then certainly an inflatable rubber dinghy . |
| 16 | However , this was a television programme , not a newspaper article . |
| 17 | If that happens , if animals are shot and die instantaneously , there is not a welfare problem ; there is no interval when the -animal is suffering . |
| 18 | The RSPB is not a welfare society for sick , injured or captive birds and you will not find caged birds on public display at our reserves . |
| 19 | Lawrence said : ‘ Wilkinson is not a £3m player but he has worked tremendously hard throughout the season . |
| 20 | I do not envy those who only see in them the messengers of evil tidings , forebodings of rain , and who think the landscape is devoid of loveliness because the sun does not shine — because there is not an Italian sky overhead , and that the open car or gig he travels in is not a Pullman car . |
| 21 | Strictly speaking , this alternative ‘ mental ’ element is not a mens rea requirement at all , although it is properly enough described as a fault element . |
| 22 | It is not a description Docherty takes lying down . |
| 23 | The package index is not a precision tool but in practice variations between packages can be in the order of 2–300 per cent so the differences are likely to exceed percentage error . |
| 24 | To change the picture ; presuppositions are not a booster rocket to get faith off the ground — to be jettisoned as soon as faith is in orbit — but are as vital to faith as an engine to an aeroplane . |
| 25 | This is the Government service , not a holiday camp ! |
| 26 | It 's not a holiday camp . |
| 27 | The most dramatic new facility is the blend tool which is not a kitchen utensil but rather a means of modifying one form or colour into another . |
| 28 | The girl blushed slightly and then laughed , well we 're a public library , not a marriage bureau . |
| 29 | Not a marriage broker . |
| 30 | Aah , that 's why she 's not a window cleaner . |