Example sentences of "not a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — Besides , you 'll find , that their Couples were never marry 'd : — But yonder I see my Coridon , and a sweet Swain it is Heaven knows ; — Come , Dorinda , do n't be angry , he 's my Husband , and your Brother ; and between us both is he not a sad Brute ? |
| 2 | Not a sad occasion at all . |
| 3 | interpretation is not a pure skill but a discipline deeply dependent on knowledge . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Scholes is right to say that ‘ interpretation is not a pure skill but a discipline deeply dependent on knowledge ’ ; as much was conceded by Richards in Practical Criticism , a fundamental text of the New Criticism , when he acknowledged that those who had not already read enough poetry would read poems badly . |
| 5 | Rice starch is not a pure carbohydrate and on ignition about 0.4% remains as residue . |
| 6 | In addition commercial water , that is water from a tap , is not a pure substance . |
| 7 | The clause cited from the will , however , is not a pure example of a trust clause , for its purpose is not purely to confirm in trust form what has already been said in civil-law terms . |
| 8 | Note that the Avogadro constant is a physical quantity with the dimension [ amount-of-substance ] 1 , and is not a pure number . |
| 9 | For example ( taking the Avogadro constant to be ) : By turning these statements around we can show that the Avogadro constant is a physical quantity and not a pure number . |
| 10 | The fallacy in the plaintiffs ' argument lay in the assertion that the challenged paragraphs of the order of Buckley J. constituted a proprietary remedy and not a mere order for discovery . |
| 11 | Bagehot also urged that the monarch must ‘ be a figure , and not a mere person liable to criticism even for vices . ’ |
| 12 | He was moved to do this because of the feeling that this is not a mere river but the Lord 's compassion flowing before us . |
| 13 | It is not a mere reflection of it ; the media do not simply report the world for us in any ‘ neutral ’ or ‘ objective ’ sense , they interpret the world for us . |
| 14 | ‘ We now need a new party , one that is the heir and not a mere continuation of the present one . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Lewin was not a mere passer-by . |
| 16 | Contrary to what some historians have thought , the campaign in Spain was not a mere side issue . |
| 17 | If he were not a mere creature of my mind I imagine he would by now have fallen into a dangerous sleep of despair and exhaustion , frozen in a little car outside a small cottage he is too fearful to enter . |
| 18 | It is not a mere matter of citizenship ; it is a birthright and a shared inheritance . |
| 19 | Enlightened Despotism is not a mere figment of the historian 's imagination . |
| 20 | In Flockhart v. Robinson Lord Goddard C.J. said that it is ‘ not a mere body of persons ; it is a body of persons who are moving along a route . ’ |
| 21 | It should provide a readable condensation of the recent literature : a critical appraisal , not a mere catalogue . |
| 22 | In 1950 the Court had held these ‘ declarations to constitute recognition by the Union of the continuance of the obligations under the Mandate and not a mere indication of future conduct of that government . ’ |
| 23 | It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent . |
| 24 | The cyclic model of development was intended to thwart the transmutationists , but was not a mere product of Owen 's and Miller 's imaginations . |
| 25 | A soldier or airman on active service , or mariner at sea , can make an informal will , even by word of mouth , which will be valid provided that his communication to his audience was not a mere statement , but a request to him to see his intention carried out . |
| 26 | But the exception he contemplated was in respect of a particular type of statute , namely , a statute creating criminal liability in which the question was whether or not a guilty intention was required to create liability . |
| 27 | I 'm an art dealer , not a private detective . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not a private detective , you know , ’ Melissa pointed out , but already her mind was buzzing with possible lines of enquiry . |
| 29 | He hoped he at least sounded businesslike , as though it were not a private call , and realized immediately that Alexandra would refuse to take the call if she knew it was him . |
| 30 | And they 're having these X billions to finance er capital investment cos cos they 're not a private company . |