Example sentences of "certainly [not/n't] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And certainly not as a reason or excuse , to kill . |
| 2 | Certainly not to a man like Pete or to Henry . |
| 3 | It is a lovely series of images that Wordsworth brings to mind , but it is not a suitable subject to be translated into a picture , and certainly not for a child . |
| 4 | I do n't know what their motivation is but we 're certainly not on a nostalgia trip . |
| 5 | The problem of succession had by no means been solved , and certainly not in a way that could be used as a precedent for the future . |
| 6 | Now obviously this can happen a bit , but I do n't think , on the whole it happens very much , at least certainly not in a way that matters erm I do n't think it does matter if people change things a little bit , because erm but on the whole people are doing things in the way that they 're doing them erm because they 've got accustomed to doing them that way and that 's the way that they 've planned it , and that 's the way that it comes out as a result of all of those pressures that there are on them . |
| 7 | Newco is certainly not in a position to confer any benefit on management , but rather the managers create their own opportunity by forming Newco and subscribing the initial shares in it . |
| 8 | We 're certainly not in a position to do so at the moment . |
| 9 | With the swimming cap and goggles on , I could hardly recognize myself , certainly not from a distance , and I also intended to be under water for most of the time . |