Example sentences of "not exactly a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kevin ‘ I 'm not exactly a pauper ’ Keegan intends to do things in style at Newcastle United . |
| 2 | But just show Mr Laing that he 's not the only one that can Strathclyde water engaged Sir William , in , not exactly a name that friendly with labour councils or trade unionists , to undertake a brief external overview of its strat strategy procedure in capital expenditure programme at a meeting on the twenty third of March . |
| 3 | It was Gandhi 's favourite hymn : not exactly a call to revolution ( ‘ One step enough for me ’ ) . |
| 4 | I think it 's , I think that 's erm well it 's not exactly a bluff , but it 's , it 's a case of er what they hope will happ hope will happen . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not exactly a man of action — that kind of action . |
| 6 | I 'm not exactly a policeman , but I do belong to the Police Liaison Group under Sir Edmund Pusey , and I 'm very much concerned with police work . |
| 7 | The revised clause is not exactly a paraphrase of the original one , since it implies something more : the old man was not just insensitive to his elder son 's feelings , but was so insensitive as to be possibly unaware of them . |
| 8 | Actually , not exactly a sea — more a lake , since around a third of Tory MPs did not join in . |
| 9 | And yer occupation of wood preservation consultant is not exactly a description he comes across every day . ’ |
| 10 | At £5 per quarter , this rarity is not exactly a budget snack , but with a focaccia still warm from the oven and accompanied by a few herb-steeped olives , it could be the most extraordinary sandwich you ever eat . |
| 11 | ‘ However , ‘ normal ’ is not exactly a word that fits you , so we will let that one go . ’ |
| 12 | This dog is given a passing significance as … less than a symbol , not exactly a metaphor ; call it a figure . |
| 13 | With the new Conservative Government in 1979 , Ken Stowe moved from Downing Street to become Permanent Secretary in the Northern Ireland Office — not exactly a rest cure — and in 1981 came back to the DHSS . |
| 14 | But I 'm not exactly a chicken any more , dear . |
| 15 | This is not exactly a character that springs to mind watching her at the Queen Vic jumping into the sack with her husband 's brother . |
| 16 | ‘ Not exactly a day to fill the heart with joy , ’ Munro observed . |
| 17 | It seems there is an impression that the Co-op is , if not exactly a charity , is certainly some kind of philanthropic organization , so it must follow that their funerals are cheaper . |
| 18 | It 's not exactly a skill , but , I 've got good erm , at work I 've got a good memory , like a knowledge of all the different items an the counter . |
| 19 | ‘ I gather though that she 's not exactly a woman without a history — I daresay Aunt exaggerates — and rather at a loose end at present — and . ’ |
| 20 | Not exactly a wedding photograph , but close . |
| 21 | " Not exactly a nanny , " said Frederica . |
| 22 | The fact that everything relating to my loss was scribbled in children 's school jotters with cartoon covers was not exactly a boost to my confidence . |
| 23 | She was not exactly a refugee from the violence of invaders like many other Anglo-Saxon women , including one whose case we shall soon encounter : she was simply a woman of royal birth being educated in a monastery awaiting a suitable marriage . |
| 24 | Irish singles champions from the NIBA are not exactly a dime a dozen . |
| 25 | Among the first series of guidebooks published were those of Baedeker and of John Murray who published a two volume eight hundred-page Handbook for London in 1849 — not exactly a pocket guide . |
| 26 | No , it 's not exactly a joke out there . |
| 27 | A gift shop , a snack bar and a petrol station is not exactly a model , thriving Highland community , and the disquieting feeling that these places now exist only to empty the contents of your wallet if you so much as slow down is not a pleasant one . |
| 28 | The reverse tends to be the case with Ventura which is both extremely complex as a program and is further hampered by a user interface that is not exactly a model of the way things happen in the real world . |
| 29 | Not exactly a ringing endorsement , I would have thought . |
| 30 | of a well not exactly a disaster , but if ev if ever you 're in some sort of uncomfortable plight er stuck in a train or anything like that the way t to cope is to go off to sleep if you can |