Example sentences of "if not [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who pays for general structure repairs if not every tenant is insured ? |
| 2 | Alternatively , such an entry might mean a temporary absence , on Church business if not a foray in quest of preferment . |
| 3 | If not a Catfish , could you recommend any other robust tankmate ? |
| 4 | Your noble savage of the slums is nothing if not a realist , eh , Shelley ? ’ |
| 5 | If not a Carley float , then certainly an inflatable rubber dinghy . |
| 6 | increase , against a background of , probably , rising unemployment , growth not exceeding 2 per cent. , and , if not a recession , certainly no expansion in the economy . |
| 7 | Pressure on the financial markets worsened dramatically after Jan. 4 , when President George Bush conceded in public , for the first time , that the country was " in a slowdown economically , if not a recession " . |
| 8 | Unlike Persian rugs , where the name of the weaving group is an indication , if not a guarantee , of a certain quality , the " Persian " names used by Indian weavers are totally useless as pointers tot he quality of an individual item ; they refer only to the design , and must never be taken as indicating that the rug also emulates the quality and structural characteristics of the original . |
| 9 | He discussed religion and politics , leaving no room for doubt that not only was he ‘ a Unitarian , if not a Deist ’ , but also ‘ a Democrat , to the utmost extent of the word ’ . |
| 10 | This old Westminster hand misses the joy of watching a backbench procedural expert destroy a day 's business , if not a bill , with a point of order or a single wrecking amendment . |
| 11 | Gooch who has Fletcher 's total support is nothing if not a fighter , however , and insisted last night : ‘ I 've no second thoughts about staying on as captain . ’ |
| 12 | True , revolution was for a time a strong possibility , if not a probability ; and as true , such a revolution would of course have been seen as the means to industrial democracy by those who sought it . |
| 13 | These licensed pirates were often outstanding seamen , and the most famous , Jean Bart , son of a Dunkirk fisherman , became a legend , if not a hero , on both sides of the Channel . |
| 14 | ( Jan 21-Feb 19 ) Jupiter and Neptune are challenged by the Sun in Libra and everything must seem to be out of focus at the moment , if not a bit unreal . |
| 15 | Naturally , the brighter the white , the more it will suit pictures with a modern style , so consider choosing at least an off-white , if not a cream , for pictures with an antique flavour . |
| 16 | You then face it with another wardrobe , or if not a wardrobe you 'll face it with something like a chest of drawers and the and put a c er er a wrapper over that and then upside down on top of that th there would be a dressing table , and they would face in . |
| 17 | ‘ If not a truce , how about armed neutrality ? ’ |
| 18 | But then what is Wonderland if not a celebration of special effects from white roses being painted red to Cheshire Cats dismantling before your eyes ? |
| 19 | He should value her , a woman of substance : she had , if not a sack of gold weighing sixty kilos , at least one of the most handsome trunkfuls of linen , drawn-thread-work and crochet table-mats in Ninfania . |
| 20 | Children 's parties these days are somewhat more sophisticated , with at least a disco , if not a magician and a film show . |
| 21 | Leave some initial thing undone , and it will be a handicap later , if not a factor in eventual failure . |
| 22 | Or if not a policeman , then a doctor . ’ |
| 23 | This implies , if not a transaction , at least an evaluation of some produce . |
| 24 | Only a minority of the population would have the plasmids needed to combat such a stress but at least the species , if not a majority of individuals , would survive . |
| 25 | In addition , Fortunatus 's panegyrics are a revival , if not a continuation , of the form in which Sidonius had excelled . |
| 26 | Yet a great difficulty , if not a scandal remains . |
| 27 | ‘ Ah yes , certainly this would appear to be , if not a proposal , a promise . |
| 28 | There is instituted under it , however , a regime which , if not a part of the constitution of the United Kingdom , at least discharges there a function which , in most other democratic states , is a constitutional function . |
| 29 | This production would run for six months , if not a year . |
| 30 | So when the searcher eventually believes and becomes a Christian ( I am ignoring for the moment the other levels of understanding which are involved ) , he is nothing if not a man with a memory and a man of special gratitude : Whatever he becomes , wherever he goes , whatever he does , he should never be unaware of what once was , what might have been and what could well be again . |