Example sentences of "not a [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strictly speaking , this alternative ‘ mental ’ element is not a mens rea requirement at all , although it is properly enough described as a fault element . |
| 2 | We anticipate a shortfall of fifteen thousand pounds compared to our original budget and what we 've done in that is we 've taken an element of seven thousand in a sense below the line so that it does n't affect this committee , but this committee has had to find eight thousand pounds with that shortfall and now the bulk of that has been met by the savings we found elsewhere in the budget and the final item there is er setting up a consultants budget of ten thousand pounds , there 's not a consultants budget of any significance at , at the moment of the committee erm the County Planning Officer anticipates there 's a need for consultants in the minerals local plan work which we 're coming into this year and also to assist in environmental assessments er and special on that . |
| 3 | The book is technical and thorough , not a beginners book , nor a book just to dip into but , if you want to push your weaving in new directions and are prepared to put effort into it , this book should interest you . |
| 4 | She wants to be known as a workhorse and not a clothes horse . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're not a drugs band and we 're prepared to fight for our beliefs . ’ |
| 6 | when you say the entire procedure , would that of included or not a solicitors letter which is set out ? |
| 7 | Estonia ( not a CIS member ) had become the first ex-Soviet republic to replace the rouble by its own currency [ see p. 38971 ] . |
| 8 | The Stag is not a sports car , nor is it especially fast : any modern GTi hatchback will comfortably outpace it in a sprint from rest to 60mph . |
| 9 | Another part of him — not a customs officer — told him that guilty people were dangerous , and he wondered in panic what she would do . |
| 10 | It 's not a savings plan . |
| 11 | Yeah , I , I could say well that 's not a police issue and then forget about it but that 's not really a good response , ? |
| 12 | Well of course erm the basis used to be that many courts erm had written above them ‘ Police Court ’ and I think some of the older courts where this was sort of carved in stone may still have this above them , but Magistrates have gone to great lengths erm in recent times to emphasise this is not a police court , this is a magistrates ' court . |
| 13 | You 're not a police officer . ’ |
| 14 | They both shot looks over their shoulders : not a police car . |
| 15 | Mr Kydd , who on Saturday challenged ‘ there is not a police force in the country can keep these roads open ’ , added ‘ we are now entitled by the court to have meetings and if we wanted to we could have half a million up there . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm a Civil Servant , not a Police Inspector . |
| 17 | So the emphasis now is more on the people themselves , basically Neighbourhood Watch is your scheme , it 's not a police thing , we support it , we pay for the hall tonight , we pay for the signs for the street and we give you all the literature free , but it is your scheme and it 's how you want it to be . |
| 18 | It was not a careers forum and he reckoned that that title was a misnomer . |
| 19 | Therefore Paige Emerson is not an antiques dealer ! |