Example sentences of "not [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As most women — and indeed , most men — do not stay 40 years with one employer , they usually receive less than this . |
| 2 | Much of what is now recognised as social work did not exist 30 or 40 years ago , and what did — child care work , work with mentally ill people and some other matters — was practised on a much smaller scale , away from the glare of the media . |
| 3 | Most organisations do not lend 100 per cent of the purchase price on old properties . |
| 4 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 5 | I 'm not using one of them ! |
| 6 | They made a big thing about us sort of not using one millimetre holes using |
| 7 | Teacher Teresa 's bitter family said in the seven months since the accident they had not received one expression of remorse or sorrow from Mrs Fenton . |
| 8 | But the ballot was inconclusive because Heath had failed to secure the necessary 15 per cent lead-he had not received 15 per cent more of the votes cast than any other candidate . |
| 9 | If those pressures exist , as the hon. Gentleman asserts , they are spread evenly across the system and do not affect one institution more than another . |
| 10 | He had not uttered one word during their entire briefing . |
| 11 | ‘ Papa is n't shouting about the francs , it is the arrangement , the flo-ral ar-ran-ge-ment , he can not paint fifty dozen white flowers when they are brown . ’ |
| 12 | The man who can not make eight or ten bales at least has almost no object in life and nothing to live on . ’ |
| 13 | But we need not make one of your subjects ill . |
| 14 | The purchaser of a life assurance contract does not make one payment at the beginning of the contract but pays a premium in instalments over a number of years . |
| 15 | I got ta make a dozen mince pies for the , she said can you make a dozen mince for the , I said no Sheila , she said pardon , I said no , I said I 'd buy twelve I will not make twelve , so after that she 's , then went round everybody could make twelve mince pies , it 's a bit of a nerve is n't it ? , seems a bit of a nerve asking us to buy the wool and make |
| 16 | Certainly in this area , dentists do not make 20 to 25% return for their efforts . |
| 17 | They do not want hundreds of readers ' letters complaining that the product can not be obtained in Manchester , when the release could have stated that the product was on test market in London and the South-East . |
| 18 | I already have a pension , and do not want two . |
| 19 | ‘ For example , we would not want two jewellers next door to each other . ’ |
| 20 | How can it make sense not to promote two clubs from the Conference next season to bring the Fourth Division up to 24 clubs . |
| 21 | Anyone not got one of these ? |
| 22 | The former prime minister , Mr Edward Heath , said he had not heard one convincing argument which would lead him to support legislation to change the whole legal system in order to bring these alleged war criminals to trial . |
| 23 | I have been listening for hours as our politicians tell us what they intend to do if elected , yet I have not heard one mention of the disabled . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , they 've taken a blood sample , so I understand , on account of her not being able to give a breath specimen , but I 've not heard one way or the other . |
| 25 | ‘ So give , ’ Steve husked , obviously still feeling his loss and talking about it not helping one bit . |
| 26 | United were lucky not to go three down just before the end . |
| 27 | Now we have a physician reporting that he can not treat 30 per cent . |
| 28 | A plea for Tejero 's release was on Feb. 20 , 1991 , rejected by the authorities on the grounds that he had not completed three quarters of his sentence . |
| 29 | Although mainly a director of low budget productions , he told me that before the war he concerned it a poor year if he did not earn six thousand pounds , quite a sum for those days . |
| 30 | Scarborough were lucky not to lose 4–1 with Bradley Sandeman and Painter both missing sitters late on . |