Example sentences of "not exactly a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm not exactly a chicken any more , dear . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | AZEGLIO VICINI is not exactly a typical Italian , even less is he a typical Italian national team manager . |
| 4 | AZEGLIO VICINI is not exactly a typical Italian , even less is he a typical Italian national team manager . |
| 5 | It may be some comfort to know that short-termism is not exactly a new concern . |
| 6 | No , it 's not exactly a joke out there . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Night marches now and then to keep the men fit — not exactly a picnic doing twenty miles at night over cobbles . |
| 9 | I 've always been a d-i-y enthusiast , but it 's been more through lack of funds than genuine enthusiasm — not exactly a good basis for totally renovating a derelict house . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ( Dec 22-Jan 20 ) The planetary heavyweights — Saturn , Neptune and Uranus — are still passing through your own birth sign and when all things are said and done , life — as any self-respecting Capricorn will readily admit — is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not exactly a strain — but it does get wearing . ’ |
| 15 | There is general agreement that Balder was not exactly a dynamic deity — indeed , he has been described as ‘ a passive suffering figure ’ . |
| 16 | There was something in her face that was unfamiliar ; it was not exactly a different expression — more as if her eyes were not her own . |
| 17 | For instance , there 's the My Bloody Valentine reference in Changes ’ outro , and A Good Idea , while it 's not exactly a Pixies song … |
| 18 | Not exactly a ringing endorsement , I would have thought . |
| 19 | At around £800 , it is not exactly a snip — particularly as it has been worn before . |
| 20 | ‘ Not exactly a time to go visiting , lass ! ’ that lady had said with a sigh . |
| 21 | Lauda led the championship by 2.5 points , not exactly a comforting margin , especially when Prost again qualified ahead of Lauda : not just ahead , but five rows ahead of him . |
| 22 | To produce the same lumpy cheese sauce dish would be morbid , to say the least , and not exactly a Sunday-lunch menu . |
| 23 | Actually , not exactly a sea — more a lake , since around a third of Tory MPs did not join in . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | You 're not exactly a young lad any more so you 've got to pull your socks up . |
| 26 | Knoydart is not exactly a no-go area but should be entered with caution . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not exactly a man of action — that kind of action . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Collaboration is not exactly a new idea . |
| 30 | Not exactly a close contest for this category . |