Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] not [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish , dearest , that I was a poet and not just a silly twenty-three-year-old man about town … |
| 2 | ‘ To touch is a pleasure but not necessarily a sin , ’ he added softly , seeing her confusion . |
| 3 | Eating should be a pleasure and not merely a means of fuelling the body . |
| 4 | At 14 a girl is no longer a child and not quite a woman . |
| 5 | And to ensure that we act as a group and not just a collection of separate offices . |
| 6 | ( 95 ) Outdoors you will find Wren create new green dimensions with sensitive landscaping that creates a community and not just a row of houses . |
| 7 | If aortic valve replacement were classified as a need and not simply a benefit , then needs theories , if implemented , might lead to an increased total budget for such surgery to meet the needs of old people with aortic stenosis . |
| 8 | She did not look so gaunt and old , and her lips were red and full , and curved , like a smile but not quite a smile . |
| 9 | As he is also chairman of the 100 Group of finance directors and regularly speaks at conferences and meetings , his timetable requires the skills of a juggler if not actually a magician ! |
| 10 | That was really the reassurance I most wanted , the knowledge that what was going to happen was only a beginning and not just an incident . |
| 11 | But whereas they concluded from this that it was desirable to devise institutional checks on the will of the majority , Rousseau accepted the principle of majority decisions but tried to envisage conditions under which the majority would truly represent the community as a whole and not simply a collection of group or individual interests . |
| 12 | They have a lot of family problems , a lot of other personal social problems , and it 's very important to see really the person as a whole and not just a focus on one particular aspect of their problems . |
| 13 | Blackwall was only a miner but not likely a fool — few miners are . |
| 14 | Will you allow people to address the panel as a a comment and not just a question yes or no if you say no fine we all understand and we have to er formulate our our ideas as a question and we 'll carry on that case is quite simple and straight forward like that . |
| 15 | First , everyone should realise that the countryside is a workplace and not just a recreation place . |
| 16 | Rather the state is the central site for the negotiation of conflict over a whole range of issues , in which the state is a participant though not necessarily a consistently dominant or united one . |
| 17 | Thus a local manager could make new arrangements about National Diploma work in a school but not about a First Diploma . |