Example sentences of "[is] [prep] a [noun] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's about a musician not a disarmament conference . ’ |
| 2 | Section 8 of the Railways Act 1974 allows grant payments to be made to suitable applicants , provided that there will be a significant environmental benefit , the anticipated expenditure is of a capital not revenue nature , British Rail will carry the desired freight , the rail freight facilities will encourage a transfer from road to rail and that , relatively speaking , the wanted rail freight facilities would not be viable without a Section 8 payment . |
| 3 | An exception is always of part of the thing granted , and only a thing that exists can be excepted ; a reservation is of a thing not in existence , but newly created or reserved out of land ( Halsbury 's Laws of England , 4th edn , vol 12 , para 1529 ) . |
| 4 | This is despite the fact that the Tribunal is appointed by the Government ; that it has no real powers ; and that it is under a duty not to give published reasons for any decision it makes . |
| 5 | Thus Lautro is under a duty not merely at common law but by statute to be fair in these respects towards its members . |
| 6 | It is at this moment that the question arises — is the victim who sustains the harm someone the defendant is under a duty not to harm ? |
| 7 | The difficulty encountered by plaintiffs in obtaining injunctions to stop libels has led to a growth in applications for injunctions on the grounds of breach of confidence , ie that the information has been obtained from someone who is under a duty not to reveal it . |
| 8 | PATIENTS needing non-emergency treatment will face hospital checks to see if their health authority will pay — and may be turned away if the doctor sending them is from a district not having a contract with that hospital . |
| 9 | Most of what local authorities do is in a sense not really party politically controversial because they 've got because most of the things they do they 've got to do , they 're mandated to do . |