Example sentences of "not a [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | A word is not a category at all in the sense used : since a text may be decomposed entirely into a sequence of words , there is no linguistic sense in which one could choose to use something else instead of a word . |
| 2 | The main sheet is not a sheet at all , but in fact a rope which allows you to control the Topper 's one sail . |
| 3 | In fact the ‘ decision ’ is not a decision at all , but an acceptance of things as they are . |
| 4 | His was not a mission at the cutting edge of British diplomatic activity . |
| 5 | Basically , there are three categories that will be offered : ( 1 ) There will be a basic valuation , which is not a survey at all , but merely to assist the mortgage company to ensure it has adequate security for its loan . |
| 6 | I 'm not a martyr at all — I love Factota . |
| 7 | Some of Mrs Thatcher 's critics claim that she is not a Conservative at all , at least not in the paternalist tradition of Disraeli and One Nation Conservatism . |
| 8 | A narrow view would be that if contributory negligence was not a defence at common law , then it will not be available under the Act . |
| 9 | The hall into which she stepped was not a hall at all , but a large and very high room , with doors leading off it in most directions , and it was so full of unexpected things that she found it hard to know where to look first . |
| 10 | Moreover , I should warn those present of the risks they expose themselves to under McNab 's treatment … which is , however , not a treatment at all , but a waste of time . |
| 11 | Because that glitzy little bit of apparent nonsense is not a novel at all ; but a condensed version of the Real Life Story of Miss Pat Booth , who at 45 still looks as good as she did 20 years ago , and has found fame , fortune and happiness , all wrapped up in a very glossy package indeed . |
| 12 | It is not a substance at all , it is a property , the property of self-replication . |
| 13 | The co-processor using groups of small engines , they will explain , is not a mainframe at all and in fact evidence that the mainframe is a gone gosling . |
| 14 | ‘ It is not a blow at all — you do n't win every order you bid for . |
| 15 | They usually disappointed everyone by recalling that he was remarkable for his unremarkableness , just another kid on the block ; not a hero , not a superstar at sports , not especially remembered for outstanding feats of school bravado nor had he made any particular impression on the girls . |
| 16 | In a way it is not a message at all . |
| 17 | He 's sort of saying , he 's justifying it in , in a very Marxist way , he said this is our duty , what we 're doing is , is , is natural , it 's a process of , of his history you know that there 's nothing we can do avoid this and we should in fact be pleased to see th th this actually taking place , it 's er it 's not a question at all of , of the parents going , peasants going too far , it 's not er a reign of terror at all , erm in fact more than that it , it 's a sort of erm it , it 's not even retribution i it 's a , it 's a course of history . |
| 18 | And the question becomes all the more pertinent because ‘ Thomas ’ is not a name at all . |
| 19 | ‘ P'raps not a gambler at the tables , but in other areas , eh Captain ? ’ with a wink as she looked up from her fan of cards . |
| 20 | Sometimes they would stroll under the leafy canopies of the Mardyke , where the river was not a river at all but a stream — his father used to say that you could n't even call it a branch of the Lee , perhaps a twig at best — often dried-up in summer and so narrow that he could nearly have jumped across it if he had been allowed ; at other times their route would take them down the Marina where the river was a broad rink-like expanse that copied in shimmering reflections the haughty hills of Montenotte drawing themselves up from its other side . |
| 21 | MV That is not a problem at the moment , but this part of the world has always been unpredictable . |
| 22 | The UK view would be logical if nitrate pollution was not a problem at all below 50 mg/litre , and if it was in equilibrium . |
| 23 | This is not a problem at Center Parcs , where everyone else is so inept that you are embarrassed to show them up . |
| 24 | " I am not a guard at all . " |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not a sport at all , it 's a way of life , ’ he explains , unable to avoid the cliche . |
| 26 | The young man — not a man at all , in fact , but a boy dressed like a man , bearing himself like a man — made a strange gesture : holding one hand at head-height , he struck it with the other , palm against palm , a glancing blow . |
| 27 | For it was not a man at all who pulled back the door , but a well-built lady somewhere in her early fifties . |
| 28 | There were punks and Sikhs and he went to work with a postman who was not a man at all , but a woman . |
| 29 | Sometimes I think I am a bird or an animal , not a boy at all ! ’ |
| 30 | A strongly aromatic , somewhat bitter-tasting plant , cotton lavender is not a lavender at all , but a member of the daisy family . |