Example sentences of "and not [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did indeed believe in the autonomy of art , but as the exultation of the conflicts of history and not as pure commentary . |
| 2 | If more than one edited copy tape is required , the extra copies can easily be produced from off the original recordings and not as third-generation copies off a second-generation edited master — with obvious advantages in terms of picture quality . |
| 3 | It was important … for polytechnics to develop as viable alternatives to universities in areas where they overlapped , and not as pale reflections . |
| 4 | I think it is important for trade unionists to realise this , so they know their fellow trade unionists are sitting on these appeal panels to try to ensure justice is done , and not for financial gain . |
| 5 | Citrine was happy to tell them , in the traditional ( if somewhat imprecise ) formula , that the industry was now to be operated in the national interest and not for private gain . |
| 6 | Well , on the news just now the speculation was that the dosh is needed to pay for the refurbishment of the ground and not for new players . |
| 7 | Indeed , slavery was patently on the decline , and not for humanitarian reasons either , though the effective ending of the international slave-trade by British pressure ( Brazil resigned itself to abolition in 1850 ) clearly cut the supply of slaves and raised their price . |
| 8 | It would be even nicer to think he was trying to make her jealous because he still cared for her and not for pure spite , and it would be nice if she sobered up and faced life 's harsh realities ! |
| 9 | ‘ They do things for the fell of it and not for some kind of career motive . |
| 10 | Will my hon. Friend assure my constituents and the House that the Conservative party and Ministers in Scotland are fighting to ensure that that workshop , which has a record of excellence and can carry out plating work which saves the Government millions of pounds on buying replacement parts , will continue because of its record and not for sentimental reasons ? |
| 11 | ( c ) Where the regulations confer a discretion on directors with regard to the acceptance of transfers , this discretion , like all the directors ' powers , is a fiduciary one to be exercised bona fide in what they consider — not what the court considers — to be in the interest of the company , and not for any collateral purpose . |
| 12 | These are however matters for the Law Commission and not for this appeal . |
| 13 | He emphasized that peace had to be preserved for the entire human race and not for particular sections of it , pointing out that the word ‘ civilization ’ could be applied to a wide diversity of values . |
| 14 | But anything outside that is a matter for governmental regulation , and not for parliamentary laws . |
| 15 | The proposals are intended as a package and not for piecemeal negotiation . |
| 16 | Dr James D Gallagher , director of medical research at Lederle Laboratories , has said : ‘ Animal studies are done for legal reasons , and not for scientific ones . ’ |
| 17 | this form of alleged manipulative government could only be transformed by the values of the new caesars , the ‘ fact men ’ of history , who relied on blood , instinct and realpolitik and not on rationalistic ideology to influence masses and govern nations . |
| 18 | On most occasions he refers to them to underscore a particular fundamental truth and if evolution is true and creation is simply a myth then some great biblical truths are built on sinking sand and not on solid rock . |
| 19 | The legality of the move was widely questioned by constitutional experts , who claimed that the constitution envisaged the removal of the sovereign only in case of physical or mental inability to rule and not on moral grounds . |
| 20 | Most academic teaching posts in universities ( but not public sector higher education ) have traditionally been offered on a ‘ tenured ’ basis , so that academic staff can lose their job only on grounds of professional misconduct ( and not on such grounds as redundancy or financial exigency ) . |
| 21 | That fairness would ensure the awarding of Government grant on the basis of genuine calculated need and not on political prejudice against some local authorities while favouring others . |
| 22 | And there 's no relationship at all between those projects and any other part of the system in terms of , costings and all the other things that happen , and the project review will happen on the monthly data collection and not on individual projects . |
| 23 | But we need to make certain that this is not just playing with formulae ; it is all too easy to produce " underlying representations " which are compatible with surface data , but which do not come with compelling reasons , based on other observable data and not on mere rejigging of the representational system , for being chosen in preference to various other compatible representations . |
| 24 | ‘ Officials must concentrate on popularising and organising the game and not on personal relations and politics to stay in power . |
| 25 | So will any sensible person who realises that the strength of an economy and the standard of living depend on the ability to sell goods and services , and not on monetary tinkering . |
| 26 | Ronald Dworkin , Oxford Professor of Jurisprudence , clarifies this fundamental principle that concern for the rights of others must rest on their own personal welfare and not on some sense of the ‘ general benefit ’ : |
| 27 | Fujimori had rejected US$35,900,000 in US military anti-drug aid in September [ see p. 37708 ] , insisting that a successful programme to suppress the growing of coca , which involved over 200,000 peasant farmers , depended on the development of alternative crops with guaranteed foreign markets and not on outright eradication measures . |
| 28 | The effect is on memory and not on motor ability itself . |
| 29 | Consequently , a private company which has 10 months in which to file its accounts , and has an accounting reference date of 30 September , must file its accounts at Companies House on 30 July at the latest and not on 31 July . |
| 30 | Most transport investment has gone on road construction and not on public transport . |