Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally Carol Jones , arriving in a great hurry , apologized but could not stay as she was doing the payroll . |
| 2 | ‘ Not seeing as how politely the young feller asked an ’ all . ’ |
| 3 | Not seeing as yer … |
| 4 | He made pressure of work into an excuse for not seeing as much of her as usual . |
| 5 | Now that type of exception would mean that the practical difficulties to which he referred would not arise except in the comparatively few cases that arise of the particular type . |
| 6 | In my view on the facts as found by the judge this issue does not arise since she was not able to make a genuine decision . |
| 7 | Adverse meteorological conditions should not be considered the fundamental cause of smogs since high concentrations of pollution would not arise unless the general level or baseline of pollution in the urban atmosphere was relatively high anyway : there is a limit to the peak pollution value that the atmosphere can produce . |
| 8 | This may well be the reason why the rebound hunger problem does not arise when carbohydrate foods are consumed in their natural fibre-rich form . |
| 9 | In the end each successive British government was obliged to trust the Americans , and to hope that circumstances would not arise when it disagreed with American policy . |
| 10 | In former days this emotional moment could not arise because archbishops had little say in the choice of bishops and no say at all in the choice of their successor . |
| 11 | The idea of comparing wages did not arise because ( in the small holdings of Punjab , for example ) the question of wages hardly ever arose . |
| 12 | The need did not arise because the man referred to would be here himself before long . |
| 13 | This does not arise because of failure , but , rather , the use of Total Communication offers both spoken and signed stimulation which provides a range of alternatives for the deaf child . |
| 14 | The chance did not arise because Pascoe left in a purple-faced fury . |
| 15 | However , that charge does not arise because of the provisions mentioned above . |
| 16 | The question of unregistered land does not arise because any such purchase is subject to compulsory registration of title ( Housing Act 1985 , s154 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ It may not arise because I may not be staying . ’ |
| 18 | The opportunity to do so did not arise until Racedown was offered to them six years later , by which time Wordsworth could contemplate a life whose course , since his Norfolk visit , had done much to shape his political and poetic character , and had left him with more than a little to repent . |
| 19 | If the contract is voidable , there is no " obligation to make restoration " because the obligation does not arise until the innocent party elects to avoid the contract . |
| 20 | As a result it was held that the sellers ' right to repossess the goods did not arise until the expiry of the credit period allowed by the terms . |
| 21 | Some linguistic abilities may not be detected , not because the child is not able to demonstrate them , but simply because the occasion did not arise where they were required . |
| 22 | v. Lindley Lord Reid said , ‘ A case where a defendant presents to the plaintiff the alternative of doing what the defendant wants him to do or suffering loss which the defendant can cause him to incur is not necessarily in pari casu and may involve questions which can not arise where there is intimidation of a third person . ’ |
| 23 | The problem does not arise where the review takes place on the assumption of a hypothetical letting for the residue of the actual term . |
| 24 | The issue of sampling adequacy does not arise if our analysis is based on the whole of the text under consideration . |
| 25 | This difficulty does not arise if one assumes that both processes co-exist from the beginning of life , that they both have adaptive functions , and they are not necessarily in conflict with one another — even though they may on occasion be . |
| 26 | This would not arise if the universal conception were to be theoretically dominant in a social psychology which resembled a universal anthropology more than it did a historical social science . |
| 27 | The question does not arise if the decision is forced by circumstances . |
| 28 | This problem does not arise if there are independent directors on the board of the vendor company who are responsible for making decisions . |
| 29 | These problems do not arise if the referee is an expert . |
| 30 | It is submitted that there is no good reason why an obligation of confidence should not arise if the supplier of the information clearly expresses it to be confidential . |