Example sentences of "not [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not altogether without a sense of loss , from those individuals , perhaps , who believed passion to be vital and life-affirming . |
| 2 | Programmes were long over , but the white screen with the volume down served not badly as a night light ; any of the lamps in the shoebox room kept Sam awake , and total darkness made him frightened . |
| 3 | It 's er almost two years ago now that erm , and it , I 'd like you to wait , but not entirely as a consequence of B C C I 's er , demise , that Citra published a code of practice to Treasury Management and a guide to the Chief Officers who were members of that Institution . |
| 4 | Eventually , I found a young hospital registrar who said , not entirely as a joke : ‘ I expect we 'll find a cupboard for her ’ . |
| 5 | There does not lurk somewhere a Dorian Gray-like picture of an irascible , opinionated Attila ; although people say he is not entirely without a temper . |
| 6 | OSLO — The leader of Norway 's minority Labour government , Gro Harlem Brundtland , is not entirely without a sense of humour . |
| 7 | The whole House will be very relieved to know that such a matter is not entirely in a Minister 's hands . |
| 8 | In this context , the well-known late sixteenth-century comments about the best English being spoken in the London area should be understood for what they are , and not necessarily as a sign of standardized pronunciation . |
| 9 | Syndiotactic polymers are also sufficiently regular to crystallize , but not necessarily as a helix , rather in glide planes . |
| 10 | On the other hand , the Christians ( who could also echo the philosophers ' sentiments ) read the story of the Fall of Adam and Eve as implying a flaw in human sexuality , not necessarily as a cause of sin but as a prime expression of selfish egotism . |
| 11 | It is built on the shape of the letter ‘ E ’ , not necessarily as a compliment to Queen Elizabeth but for the satisfactory symmetry it afforded to the most important east-facing front which the world and his wife could view as they passed by . |
| 12 | To a typesetter , the closure in 1960 of the last Liberal daily , the News Chronicle , might simply mean he must take his typesetting skills elsewhere , and not necessarily to a newspaper . |
| 13 | Parents should be held to some degree , not necessarily to a tune of a thousand pound , but they should be made in some way , to be responsible for their |
| 14 | not necessarily on a camcorder |
| 15 | Any one person may hold aspects of each together , though not necessarily in a way which is successfully integrated . |
| 16 | The medium of an art critic as theoretician is the magazine or journal article , not necessarily in a publication specialising in art . |
| 17 | The bourgeoisie of the third quarter of the nineteenth century was overwhelmingly ‘ liberal ’ , not necessarily in a party sense ( though as we have seen Liberal parties were prevalent ) , as in an ideological sense . |
| 18 | It should be remembered , however , that s459 is a remedy against other shareholders and controllers of the company concerned and not necessarily against a bidder unless he is or becomes a shareholder . |
| 19 | Yale make one at around £5 which allows windows to open a bit for ventilation but not enough for a child to squeeze through . |
| 20 | and she brings back a few bits , not enough for a child . |
| 21 | Mr Mesic had the votes of Croatia , Bosnia , Macedonia and Slovenia , which were not enough for a majority . |
| 22 | It is not enough for a business to be responsive only to its present environment . |
| 23 | 1.2 Advantages and It is not enough for a business to be disadvantages of responsive only to its present forecasting environment . |
| 24 | Secondly , the struggle between Keynes and ‘ orthodoxy ’ has been depicted too much as a battle of theory , not enough as a conflict between rival conceptions of the art and duty of government . |
| 25 | It came out not much above a whisper , lost in the sound of their movements around me . |
| 26 | His voice was not much above a whisper . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not much over a fortnight , sir . ’ |
| 28 | The sound that had made O look up came from a man who was sitting on the floor , leaning against the wall of the tunnel , looking not much like a beggar , but just someone worn out ; perhaps he had collapsed there and was resting . |
| 29 | If the data produces an exactly balanced tree , then this optimal point would be at the same level across all branches ( Sussenguth , 1963 ) , but this is not so with a lexicon , so the construction is much more difficult . |
| 30 | She says ’ Had I been alone and not so near a phone box who is to say I would not have said yes . |