Example sentences of "not [conj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm whilst I 've not been able to produce an audited er set of accounts I do have er a set of figures for you erm and as you said at the the beginning of your opening er speech Mr Chairman that erm we had one or two losses during the year , those er in actual fact did n't erm affect us in thi this particular financial year as they were aimed at the September December period , but therefore they will be reflected in next year 's figures not or in the current year 's figures or the next annual general meeting 's figures . |
| 2 | In the present study , α-tocopherol in the serum but not that in the gastric mucosa significantly decreased with time after indomethacin administration , and , also , the decrease of α-tocopherol in the serum was returned to the normal range by concomitant treatment with SOD and catalase . |
| 3 | It was not until after the Second World War that a distinction between an exoteric display of prejudice and an esoteric anti-semitic ideology can be discerned in racial nationalist literature . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , no — not until after the New Year , ’ was the reply . |
| 5 | It was not until after the 1914 war and nearly five years with the French army — although domiciled in England for some thirty years he never at any time entertained the idea of becoming a naturalized British subject , considering it highly improper for a Frenchman to renounce his country — and following the failure of his London decorating business , which before the war had been successful , that Boulestin turned to cookery writing . |
| 6 | The payment of means-tested benefits to the families of strikers was part of the poor law system from the end of the nineteenth century , but it was not until after the National Assistance Act , 1948 , that the conditions for the payment as well as the level of the benefit were improved . |
| 7 | It is submitted , on behalf of the defendants , that it does not and for the following reasons . |
| 8 | I am going to say that at the deep level there is not but at the ordinary , everyday level there often is and we need to take it quite seriously . |
| 9 | This phenomenon has been discussed above and is not because of the carcinogenic effect of cimetidine but undoubtedly reflects that some patients with gastric cancer were thought to have peptic ulcer and therefore treated with cimetidine . |
| 10 | It is not because of the poor 's isolation from the modern sector that they remain poor , but because they provide a cheap human resource for that sector . |
| 11 | Dover is now proposing a third force that can genetically transform a species ; transforming not because of the external forces of selection or drift , but from within . |
| 12 | Last month John Taylor decided he would n't stand in Cheltenham again , but not because of the racist taunts . |
| 13 | Felt broke up in 1989 , not because of the usual tired catalogue of ‘ musical differences ’ or drug problems , but because it was written in the stars that they would break up . |
| 14 | It can be argued that he won the election not because of the Tory campaign but in spite of it . |
| 15 | Amnesty strives to stop rape because , in keeping with our mandate , it is seen by us as ‘ cruel and inhuman ’ ; not because of the social consequences . |
| 16 | But the child protection system had broken down in this instance , not because of the excessive timidity or woolliness of social workers who missed the warning signs and failed to act , but because of their over confidence in medical diagnoses and their ready reliance on compulsory measures to remove the children . |
| 17 | " We 're going to blackmail her , but not because of the lucky devil who got away . |
| 18 | Whether or not because of the oppressive presence of the new Master , Baldwin , as he later saw things , largely wasted his time at Cambridge . |
| 19 | The day after flying 300 City folk to France , the share price jumped 44p to 443p — not because of the free champagne , Collinson says , but because of the share placing ‘ which took our market capitalisation over the £100 million mark ’ . |
| 20 | The woman who feels her breasts are too small to be attractive , the man who is bothered by his small stature , the individual subject to some ( even very minor ) deformity or disfigurement may all have difficulty in forming the relationships upon which sexual attraction and activity are based not because of the physical " problem " but by reason of their own exaggerated view of it . |
| 21 | Not because of the new-found fame , the cash she 's pocketed or the car she stands to win in the national finals . |
| 22 | Even if I could identify these contacts I would not because of the obvious dangers . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Even if I could identify these contacts I would not because of the obvious dangers . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Even if I could identify these contacts I would not because of the obvious dangers . ’ |
| 25 | The start is at 11am and not as in the Scottish Cyclists Union handbook , and entries will be accepted up until 10.30am . |
| 26 | in our case the unions approved our proposals of the company , they raised no objections it was only the who raised objections , the employees did n't and in the High Court case , we 've just said , how can an employee be independent when he depends upon his employer for his future work . |
| 27 | I mean we ought to say in our case approved our the proposals of the company , they raise no objections in which only the who raised objections , the employees did n't and in the High Court case we 've just said , how can an employee be independent , when he depends upon his employer for his future work . |