Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] not [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There does not appear to have been an account taken of the of the factors that may reduce traffic on the A sixty one er and ways of ameliorating the current problems on the road which are not just a question of the volumes , but in fact the timescale it takes in fact to clear that road in the mornings . |
| 2 | If Labour MPs are known to have views which are not necessarily a reflection of the opinions of Labour voters , less attention can be paid to them . |
| 3 | The utilitarian theorists — such as L W Sumner and Joseph Fletcher — reject moral absolutes , but still rely on deductive reasoning to arrive at moral principles and are much given to abstract statements like ‘ a fetus is a human being which is not yet a person ’ . |
| 4 | All of which is not just a problem for a properly penitent British Rail : it 's a problem for government too . |
| 5 | Written by a team of authors including Charles , Fürst von Schwarzenberg , one of President Havel 's closest advisers since 1990 , this book is a thorough pictorial survey of the castle which is not just a palace but a complex containing the Library , the basilica of St George , the cathedral of St Guy , the church of St Nicholas , the chapel of St Wenceslas and the National Gallery of Prague . |
| 6 | Large-scale sporting events , such as the Winter Olympics , can also bring about environmental change which is not just a consequence of the sporting events themselves but is also due to the infrastructure necessary to provide facilities for a large number of competitors and spectators . |
| 7 | With a repayment mortgage , you pay back a monthly sum which is not only a proportion of the outstanding debt but also interest on the remainder . |
| 8 | Pearce ( 1988 ) , writing about the use of touch in an intensive care unit , differentiates between instrumental touch ( deliberate , physical contact needed to perform a specific task such as washing a patient or dressing a wound ) and expressive touch ( a relatively spontaneous and affective contact which is not necessarily a component of a physical task , such as holding a patient 's hand during a painful procedure ) . |
| 9 | One of the main reasons is that our system of democratic parliamentary self-government is incompatible with the Brussels machine , which has an unelected Commission with the sole power of initiative and right of veto , a Council of Ministers which legislates in secret , the so-called Parliament , which is not really a Parliament , has no roots in this country and will never be the focus of the hopes , aspirations and loyalties of our people , and a Community court , which in many ways is a political court and engine of federalism , standing above Parliament . |
| 10 | Besides , Botha does not defend , which is not really a problem because he stayed miles from his scrum-half , Du Preez , and made him look terrible with a slippery ball . |
| 11 | We are delighted to have found this beautiful establishment which is not really a hotel , in the conventional sense , rather a whole village turned into a hotel — with the exception of one or two buildings which house the wine production . |
| 12 | By ‘ softness ’ I mean an opposite quality which is not always a fault . |
| 13 | If you do , would not the same argument be applied to a host of other examples of training expenditure ; for example , costs related to acquisition of BS 5750 ( a cost which is not directly a cost of trading but merely a requirement to put companies in a position to carry on their trade , ie where customers seek BS 5750 approval ) ? |
| 14 | Follow the main road into Ambleside ( 3.5 miles ) to the Market Cross in the centre of town , which is not actually a cross but a stone pillar . |
| 15 | Traditionally , literacy campaigns in peripheral rural areas would rely on the Bible , which was not just a source of reading material but , also , a way of encouraging conformity . |
| 16 | I urge that there should be no such hasty reaction to what is not only a tragedy for the patient and his family but a tragedy for two medical practitioners , their families , and their peer group of forensic medical examiners . |