Example sentences of "[conj] not [adv] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two miles to the north-west of this village near Redruth in the desolate former tin-mining region of Cornwall is Gwennap Pit which , although not exactly an industrial monument , has great significance in the social history of the local tinners , who were often ruthlessly exploited by their employers and were obvious targets for the message of Nonconformism . |
| 2 | Although not yet an impressive fighting force , they were a force , and getting supplies from somewhere . |
| 3 | The following example , although not strictly an authenticity examination , uses the same approaches and shows the application of scientific detection in a related sphere of the British Museum 's activities . |
| 4 | It is all around , all of the time , and not even an interpretation of another but similar society , ‘ at home ’ in what Hastrup ( 1987 ) has called a ‘ parallel culture ’ . |
| 5 | And not even an air raid warning to send them into the cellars . |
| 6 | This form of political violence requires political answers and not just an anti-criminal , police-oriented , coercive response . |
| 7 | Naturopathy is one of the oldest forms of medicine and is based on four principles : the individuality of the patient , that you should treat the cause of the condition and not just the symptoms , that the body retains the ability to heal itself and that you must treat the whole person and not just an affected area . |
| 8 | That was really the reassurance I most wanted , the knowledge that what was going to happen was only a beginning and not just an incident . |
| 9 | You can see the stars , now , in the city , or everybody else can , and not just an attractive smattering here and there . |
| 10 | It 's a vigorous faith ; it 's the faith that enables a Christian ( and not just an apostle like Paul — any and every Christian can echo those words ) to face the challenges and demands of each day , at home , at work . |
| 11 | During those difficult years , when he drank rather more than he should , he would sometimes even forget on the way home from gigs I was his daughter and not just an ordinary groupie . |
| 12 | Also it is to be noted that all the property given to the donee by the donor will be dutiable if the donor retains any benefit , etc and not just an apportioned part quantified with respect to the benefit . |
| 13 | The whole of Blackacre is chargeable on Mr X 's death and not just an apportioned value thereof . |
| 14 | This says that while it may be all very well to make philosophical statements about evil , evil nevertheless is real , and not merely an absence ; and what 's more it can be resisted , and what 's more still not resisting it ( in the belief that one day Omnipotence will cure all ills ) is a dereliction of duty . |
| 15 | This provided not only an overview of the stated intentions of Major Project schools but also some kind of check that the six schools chosen as the focus for our study were in these terms not atypical . |
| 16 | This was largely but not exclusively an obsession of Congregationalists , much as it had been of mediaeval bishops . |
| 17 | Finally we are offered such topics as Landscape-Movement ( Joan Eardley , W.G. Gilles , John Minton and Ivon Hitchens ) and Landscape-Space , with last but not least an Elizabeth Blackadder still life and Edward Middleditch 's panoramic vision of sea and rocks . |
| 18 | Whilst not strictly an aeroplane book , it nevertheless gives the reader an overview of how land , sea and air operations were co-ordinated during the last world conflict . |
| 19 | Austria — which , though not yet an EC member , has applied ‘ emergency brakes ’ on imports of eastern cement , fertilisers and tractors — has said it would be wrong for Austrian firms , having invested in environmental safeguards , to go bust because of competition from East European rivals who have not . |
| 20 | Though not yet an officer , she was leading the Australian delegation and the timbrel , group , " an outstanding young woman even in those days . |
| 21 | Until about twelve years ago , they wore frock coats , and Clifford ( an Englishman who has adopted tartan trews himself for evening wear ) sees the new uniforms as not only an escape from the banality of the present outfits , but an opportunity to take part in the Scotland 's resurgence of national pride . |
| 22 | The Shah had repeatedly been to American during the last thirty years. ; he had been welcomed with full honours as not only an important chief of state by also a vital ally by every single president since Harry Truman . |