Example sentences of "and not one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sleeve of care was unravelled all right : her life was a basket of woollen shreds , all shades and textures and not one of them long enough to do anything with . |
| 2 | THE WHO will be 25 years old next month , and not one of the band looks a day over 50 . |
| 3 | This self-selection process ensures that the Community Relations Branch attracts people with enthusiasm and the necessary personal qualities which make them enjoy work with youngsters , and not one member of the Community Relations Branch we encountered in Easton and elsewhere expressed anything other than pleasure and enjoyment from working with youngsters . |
| 4 | Brynner had left virtually everything to his fourth wife , ‘ the dancing girl ’ as Rock invariably refers to her , and not one personal possession to his son or his four younger daughters . |
| 5 | However , I have to confess that as you were a new arrival and not one of us into the bargain , I thought I should glance at your first letter or two home … |
| 6 | But if you 're thinking of doing the same , make sure you get a recording that can be sung-along with and not one of those dragged out funereal dirge versions . |
| 7 | And then on 10 April 1544 came Henry 's chilling order to his brother-in-law Edward , earl of Hertford , to put all to fire and sword , burn Edinburgh town , so razed and defaced when you have sacked and gotten what ye can of it , as there may remain forever a perpetual memory of the vengeance of God lightened upon ( them ) for their falsehood and disloyalty … and as many towns and villages about Edinburgh as ye may conveniently , sack Leith and burn and subvert it and all the rest , putting man , woman and child to fire and sword , without exception where any resistance shall be made against you ; and this done , pass over to the Fifeland and extend like extremities and destructions in all towns and villages whereunto you may reach conveniently , not forgetting among all the rest so to spoil and turn upside down the Cardinal 's town of St Andrews , as the upper stone may be the nether , and not one stick stand by another , sparing no creature alive within the same … |
| 8 | The ceiling fresco of 1794 by the Viennese painter Franz Anton Maulpertsch , depicting the History of Mankind , is one of the painter 's last works and not one of his best . |
| 9 | And not one of them is more than 300 kilometres from the sea . |
| 10 | Not only could it cure cancer , but it was also ‘ natural ’ , and not one of those chemical horrors dreamed up by juggling with molecules . |
| 11 | Three rides he had today , for three different trainers , and not one of them had a squeak . |
| 12 | They will play before the howling , hipflasking hordes of Old Stiffupperlippians , each of them wearing a red rose and not one of them a Labour voter . |
| 13 | And not one look obtain , |
| 14 | There 's millions of junkies and not one of them ever wanted to be a junkie . ’ |
| 15 | Thousands of words of lies and not one word of apology from any of them . |
| 16 | Current educational philosophy has moved away from focusing on the physical or sensory basis of disability and so it may initially appear that an understanding of the cause of a child 's disability is primarily a medical matter and not one of concern to the educator . |
| 17 | PEACE ‘ Free Your Mind ’ ‘ Heavy , slow and groovy , live and direct from Detroit and not one of those formula tunes . ’ |
| 18 | While the list could undoubtedly be extended , the eight chosen here all have great weight , and not one of them is really imaginable as appearing in a pre-conciliar Roman document . |
| 19 | It might be argued that there are two paratones , and not one , in this extract . |
| 20 | The German prostitutes were terribly clean and efficient and not one of them seemed in the least turned on by what they were doing . |
| 21 | The room was tidy enough , after a fashion , but there was nothing of value on the mantelpiece and not one stick of furniture that would n't have been better employed on a bonfire . |
| 22 | And not one of us must say a word about what we have found . ’ |
| 23 | I phoned seven companies at the end of September and not one of them was selling at the price advertised . |
| 24 | Nobody from Australian cricket officialdom and not one member of the Australian team saw us off . |
| 25 | There are different formats : VHS , Betamax , U-matic , the Philips VCR range , and not one of these is compatible with the other . |
| 26 | Incredulity at my own stupidity almost made me laugh , for Nour would , without a shadow of a doubt , have many , many wives and not one of them would ever be happy . |
| 27 | There was no quota of candidates in community languages for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education , and not one DES regional advisory body had initiated work in the area . |
| 28 | But Stephen Dodd , Neil Roderick , Craig Cassells and Darren Prosser all made less successful attempts and not one of them completed all six rounds at Massane in Montpelier . |
| 29 | I have five children and not much money and not one of them has gone wrong and they all treat me with great respect . |
| 30 | It might be best if you and not one of us were to deal with the boy . |