Example sentences of "not a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not a savage nor a shopkeeper to be seen on this windy , sunny afternoon , great clouds pillowing across the sky . |
| 2 | Chapman told them it was not a decision that could be made by the club . |
| 3 | It was not a decision that was understood or desired by all Germans . |
| 4 | It is certainly not a decision that is justified by their findings and their reasons . |
| 5 | All members should have received information about this , but if you have n't , or of you are not a member but would like to be involved with us in the challenge of these days , then please pick up an envelope from the Vestibule . |
| 6 | For example : In the event that any person or persons who was or were not a member or members of the Company on the date of the adoption of these Articles ( " the Acquiring Member " ) either alone or in concert ( as such expression is defined in the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ) with any other person(s) , shall become beneficially entitled to more than [ 50 ] % of the issued Ordinary Share Capital of the Company after the date of adoption of these Articles he shall forthwith be required to serve notice on each of the holders of the Ordinary Share Capital of the Company that he is so beneficially entitled and shall thereupon be bound to offer to purchase the remaining shares in the Ordinary Share Capital of the Company at a price per share ( " the Acquisition Price " ) equal to the highest price per share paid by the Acquiring Member for such shares in the Company acquired by him . |
| 7 | However , having considered the arguments , Lord Bingham said that it was not a subject that lent itself to absolute rules . |
| 8 | It 's not a subject that fascinates me . |
| 9 | They were so dependent on Britain for their trade and knew that they were accepted into the EC only because we had become a member that it was not a subject that exercised them overmuch . |
| 10 | It was not a subject that should have been laughed at . |
| 11 | This is rather like the moment in Lewis 's life when he described philosophy as a subject and Barfield replied that to Plato , philosophy was not a subject but a way . |
| 12 | As I contemplated using this or that , it struck me that the common denominator between many of them was not a subject but a colour combination — blue and white — often highlighted by a punch of yellow . |
| 13 | Although real cream cheese may be made from real cream it is n't real cheese , since it is not a curd but simply ripened cream , semi-solidified and drained of its fluid content . |
| 14 | Although it 's not a shape that I would recommend for a large picture , it can look very attractive used to decorate cards and calendars . |
| 15 | But it should be for work done each day or week — not a promise that hangs on results . |
| 16 | The equally earnest Anglo-French Declaration of 1918 promising the Arabs of former Ottoman colonies their independence if they supported the Allies against the Turks fell into much the same category , although it was not a promise that was intended to be kept . |
| 17 | I 'm not a child and I did n't like my father . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 've no reason to worry , I 'm not a child and anyway the fare is dear enough for one of us , let alone two . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's a rector , not a vicar and he is currently incumbent in — ’ I heard paper rustle as if he was turning pages ' — the parish of West Elsworth near Cambridge . |
| 20 | But then again yo you 're you 're advised against going over the speed limit that most people do , I do I I tell yo like I said I 'm not a saint cos like a couple of times when I was first driving , especially in my fucking sprint cos it was a quick car I used to drive up people 's arses and wait until I could overtake them and if they did slow down that used to incense me and I 'd fucking , I 'd go right up there arse and then probably try and cut them up when I went , overtook them and I s fucking learnt , I got a I had a couple of close calls like , people are slamming brakes on and stuff |
| 21 | It is not a description that would have satisfied Mr C. G. Heathcote , for example , the Stipendiary Magistrate for Brighton , when asked for his opinions on the question of juvenile crime in 1898 : Mr Heathcote 's remarks are preserved in a report on Juvenile Offenders compiled by the Howard Association which had scouted the opinions of the magistracy and police . |
| 22 | It 's not a description that has many parallels today . |
| 23 | This is not a description that applies to WordStar alone — most of the Windows based word processors aspire to this kind of characterization , but WordStar as a company has paid a great deal of attention to the graphics side of the equation , and this includes fiddling with text to get the most impact from it . |
| 24 | But , although in its twisting and turning a line may circumscribe an area and even a volume , it is not a description or an experience of them . |
| 25 | This , with the exception of AC Milan in Italy , is not a trend that is commonplace on the continent . |
| 26 | It 's a privilege , not a proof that a better world would be enriched , or its advent hastened , by pop . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's what they used to say about women ’ is not a proof that saying it about a child is false . |
| 28 | not a screw but the only thing is erm she did n't have Romax size when I went there . |
| 29 | I can see a marriage that is not a marriage and a parson who is not a parson , and you will die of your first child . |
| 30 | Another example is the West London Institute of Higher Education formed out of two former colleges of education , Borough Road and Maria Grey , and Chiswick Polytechnic , which to make confusion more confounded was not a polytechnic as we would understand it but , in effect , a college of technology . |