Example sentences of "though [not/n't] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This line of reasoning ( though not the approach of the Court of Appeal in Lawrence ) supports a conviction for theft under section 1(1) on any view of the law and enables your Lordships to regard the statements at p. 632 as obiter dicta . |
| 2 | The fingernails also grow before birth , though not the beard . |
| 3 | The Law Society , though not the courts , will hold a solicitor personally liable ( as a matter of professional conduct ) on an undertaking given by him on behalf of a third person unless any such liability has been sufficiently and clearly disclaimed . |
| 4 | A more radical position , at least in principle , was held by the most prominent figure ( though not the originator ) of the Gentile mission — Saul or Paul of Tarsus , a Hellenized Jew with Roman citizenship . |
| 5 | ( Brunner , on the other hand , rejected the virgin birth , though not the resurrection . ) |
| 6 | In a very real sense , though not the sense they were expecting , the kingdom had come in power . |
| 7 | Blackstone thought it ‘ highly necessary for preserving the balance of the constitution that the executive power should be a branch , though not the whole , of the legislature . |
| 8 | The BIS standards do have flaws , though not the ones that bankers complain of . |
| 9 | Williams argues in this issue that there should be scope for a third verdict ( in addition to ‘ guilty ’ or ‘ not guilty ’ of abusing market power ) , where the market situation , though not the firms ' conduct , is not conducive to competition or economic efficiency , and on this basis is to be declared to be against the public interest . |
| 10 | The concept of agency — though not the word — was introduced in England and Wales by Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 . |
| 11 | The second factor is the physical nature of the parent material , especially its particle size and permeability , which influences the rate of weathering though not the weathering products . |
| 12 | Indeed , SunSoft Inc is said to have taken VUE 's virtual workspace — though not the icons and bars themselves — and is thought to have hired Motif experts from the Open Software Foundation and elsewhere to help it build a COSE desktop toolkit . |
| 13 | Indeed , SunSoft Inc is said to have taken VUE 's virtual workspace — though not the icons and bars themselves — and is thought to have hired Motif experts from the Open Software Foundation and elsewhere to help it build a Common Open Software Environment desktop toolkit . |
| 14 | There will also be two novelty events , though not the Desert Orchid versus Linford Christie contest that Gillespie had briefly considered . |
| 15 | At first sight , the dictum — though not the decision — the NIRC in Hudson ( Birmingham ) Ltd v Winsper appears to be inconsistent with the spirit of Schedule 1 Para 32 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act , 1974 , which provides , ‘ … any provision in any agreement ( whether a contract of employment or not ) shall be void insofar as it purports to exclude or limit the operation of any provision of this Act … . ’ |
| 16 | Under the law of a number of member states ( though not the UK ) , transfer of central management and control from the state of registration is only possible if the company is wound up and reincorporated in another member state . |
| 17 | LEAs will have the right ( though not the duty ) to employ such ‘ outside ’ specialists as speech therapists . |
| 18 | This research challenges the sense of prescribing detailed sequences of development , though not the importance of understanding the nature of the tasks that children face in becoming literate , nor the broad routes that children take in doing so . |
| 19 | He sped away back to the car and we could hear his urgent voice , though not the words . |
| 20 | Contracts for these types of credit had to include a certain amount of cost information , though not the amount of the finance charge , nor an interest rate . |
| 21 | Excavations are not yet complete at Ostia , but the main part of the town ( though not the harbour ) has been uncovered with its principal streets and buildings . |
| 22 | The Pakamac , a grey-black plastic coat which epitomised a confident post-war consumer society even though not the height of sartorial elegance , is to make a fashion comeback . |
| 23 | The manager , though not the supervisor , should normally be in attendance throughout the time when the office is open to the public or to telephone calls from the public . |
| 24 | And I always remember the Lotus-land in The Odyssey where everybody lives in ease and luxury — though not the luxury we Europeans think of as such . |
| 25 | Plans are already being made for the 1997 match to be staged in Europe and Schofield expects to announce the name of the successful country , though not the venue , at the PGA Championship in May . |
| 26 | Plans are already being made for the 1997 match to be staged in Europe and Schofield expects to announce the name of the successful country , though not the venue , at the PGA Championship in May . |
| 27 | ‘ Though not the sort of designer , ’ she permitted herself to elaborate , ‘ that you would be likely to employ at G.W. Fashions . ’ |
| 28 | Everything went , even the furnace ironwork ( though not the bricks ) . |