Example sentences of "not at the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 But your Major alas … ’ ‘ … while we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen : for the things which are seen are temporal ; but the things which are not seen are eternal … ’
2 They had every man his mark , and they loosed at leisure ; not at the horses — good horses never came amiss , and certainly never were wasted — but at the men .
3 But Jesus ' criticisms were in fact directed not at the laws , but at the way the rabbis had interpreted them .
4 Do n't hesitate , do n't look down , not at the stones , not at the wheels , not at the rushing sleepers .
5 In such circumstances , therefore , it may be prudent to include the following additional proviso : PROVIDED THAT while this Lease is vested in ( Tenant 's name ) any notice or document to be served on the Tenant shall be served at its registered office and not at the Premises The tenant may object to the amendments suggested to be made to s 196 and wish to amend or delete them .
6 Cos we 're not at the pictures
7 No one looked anywhere but at them , not at the advertisements or each other or the tube map , but at the man and the bear .
8 Digestion occurs in approximately equal numbers at the tips of the incisors and along their lengths , 32 per cent at the tips only , 36 per cent at both the tips and along the lengths of the incisors , and 32 per cent along the lengths only and not at the tips .
9 competition from the new commodity , the new technology , the new source of supply , the new type of organization … competition which commands a decisive cost or quality advantage and which strikes not at the margins of the profits and the outputs of the existing firms ( and possibly even entire national economies ) but it their foundations and their very lives .
10 I can remember once being told by a karate teacher that the trick of breaking planks of wood with the edge of your hand was to aim your blow not at the planks but about six inches below them .
11 Do n't hesitate , do n't look down , not at the stones , not at the wheels , not at the rushing sleepers .
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