Example sentences of "and not some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a feeling of relief — that was true — that it was Alain and not some midnight prowler , but also there was a wonderful floating feeling of joy just to hear his voice , no matter how angry he sounded . |
| 2 | That — and not some Government decision — is what will determine how many pits stay open . |
| 3 | Note that the G appearing on the right-hand side of ( 7.16 ) is the usual gravitational constant and not some contraction of a tensor . |
| 4 | Stones dropped from the top of the mast of a uniformly moving ship fell to the deck at the foot of the mast and not some distance from the mast , as Aristotle 's theory predicted . |
| 5 | However , this view was challenged since ideologies are only resources to draw upon and not some kind of categorical imperative that governed decisions . |
| 6 | Rostov forced himself to remember that the planet on his viewport 's horizon was Knossos , capital of the Imperium , and not some rebel outworld . |
| 7 | ‘ When you did not come to see him I made myself a vow that you would face reality and not some story that has been hammered into you since childhood . |
| 8 | ‘ Even if it 's true and not some sort of dream , what can you do about it ? ’ |