Example sentences of "as not a " in BNC.

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1 As not a single local party had discussed either of these issues , not a single delegate took umbrage and Mr Kinnock received a Tory-style standing ovation .
2 Officially the case has never been cleared up , as not a soul reported the man to the authorities .
3 From the first days of August , the president has had trouble even articulating the war aims , as not a few American commentators pointed out before ‘ supporting our boys ’ , prayer breakfasts , and a patriotism that may be more anxious than it yet seems , silenced them .
4 Just as long as not a South Westerly or a gale .
5 In the introduction to his first published work , Lodwick describes himself as not a scholar but a ‘ mechanick ’ , but his surviving library catalogue demonstrates that , even if self-educated , he was extremely well read .
6 ‘ The figures of the heads are beautifully done , ’ noted Selby , ‘ [ and ] are quite sufficient to identify the species , [ but ] I wish he had added a little more to the letter press as not a single word is said about habits , a description of the plumage alone being given . ’
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