Example sentences of "not actually a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From left , standing , ( 33 years at Burston makes the longest serving driver ) ; ( newest recruit ) ; ex Eagle Mill ; ( not actually a driver at all ) .
2 Characteristics of the patient when well that are still present when ill are not actually a part of the picture of the acute illness and are therefore not important when selecting a remedy for the acute disease .
3 Yeah but that forecourt watch is almost er a crimestoppers type of thing , it 's not actually a watch scheme , it 's a reward a rewards job for
4 That 's cos his head 's a scrotum , that 's not actually a hair !
5 It 's not actually a percussion one but it 's er in fact I do n't , I think most of the percussion ones tend to use a a bass clef do n't they ?
6 It 's lucky it 's not actually a boy now .
7 At the meeting which adopted the constitution , Ken Banks of AUEW TASS was added to the executive committee ; he was close to the CPNI , although not actually a member .
8 ‘ That 's not actually a response .
9 As he is also chairman of the 100 Group of finance directors and regularly speaks at conferences and meetings , his timetable requires the skills of a juggler if not actually a magician !
10 They are not actually a family , says the Demon inside William .
11 It requires that there be an independent and impartial judge to adjudicate disputes , I E a judge who 's not actually a party to the dispute .
12 From salmon sperm he also isolated a protein , named protamine , and observed that nuclein was closely associated with proteins if it was not actually a protein itself .
13 He thought about that : perhaps not actually a householder , just someone with access to the two houses in Mouncy Street , his own house and the one next door .
14 Follow the main road into Ambleside ( 3.5 miles ) to the Market Cross in the centre of town , which is not actually a cross but a stone pillar .
15 Not , he 's not actually an architect though is he ?
16 Some workers believe they can see through the ‘ emperor 's clothes ’ , arguing that if a fear of strangers is not actually an illusion , it is irredeemably elusive .
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