Example sentences of "[verb] [be] not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basic verbs such as DRINK , EAT , LIVE , BUY , WORK , LOVE , CHEAT , WIN , TRY , ALLOW , ARRANGE , BREAK are not inflected in common use for tense or person : time and person are indicated by the use of adverbs or by pronouns . |
| 2 | Note that whilst the axiomatic method permitted , in theory , the assuming of arbitrarily chosen sets of axioms , those adopted were not chosen at random , the aim being to reflect properties of concrete systems already deemed important . |
| 3 | Review of the case notes showed that coeliac disease had not been considered in any of these patients and the diagnoses that had been made were not supported by satisfactory evidence . |
| 4 | When reason is excluded from love 's excitements what results is not love at all but lust , infatuation , or empty sentimentality . |
| 5 | We therefore became aberrant policemen simply because what we were now living was not programmed by previous organizational knowledge and habit . |
| 6 | Playing like we played was n't lying at all , it was nothing to do with lying . |
| 7 | Exactly what happened is not known for certain , but the most likely scenario is that Crabb was intercepted by Russian frogmen and taken on board the Ordzhonikidze through a ‘ wet chamber ’ . |
| 8 | The logical outcome of all this is that some machinery firms are finding that the cost of exhibiting is n't matched by extra sales . |
| 9 | But most of the problems that we get are not caused by deliberate cheating , they 're caused by genuine mistakes . |
| 10 | As indicated above , the right to vote is not limited to British citizens . |
| 11 | Now what I want you to do is not look at that . |
| 12 | Although the centrally devised programme which all elementary schools then followed was not abolished until 1926 , the freedom given to state school teachers to devise their own methodology to suit the school 's particular needs was a radical innovation . |
| 13 | The great majority of French fabliaux too are to be found in manuscripts that contain extensive collections of fabliaux , and other genres , reflecting a development in manuscript production of the thirteenth century that it is difficult to believe is not connected in some general way to the growth of scholarly " compilations " ( compilationes ) at the same time . |
| 14 | This duty to disclose is not limited by medical practice , it is set by law . |
| 15 | Further ( i ) he may apply for an order for the costs incurred by him before the receipt of the notice of payment into court where the defendant has legal aid or where Ord 11 , r 4(2) ( see below ) applies , or ( ii ) in any other case provided he abandons all other claims , he may lodge a bill of costs for taxation , or have costs assessed and if the costs allowed are not paid within 14 days , he may have judgment entered for them ( Ord 11 , r 3(5) ) . |
| 16 | The best recommendation Gandalf can make is not to think about such things . |
| 17 | Colm feels that one of the most common mistakes beginners make is not going in close enough on the subject matter . |
| 18 | Once again , it is generally understood and accepted that the weapons prohibited are not limited to those specifically mentioned in this Protocol or any other treaty , but extend to all those that come under this description or have this effect . |
| 19 | Virus shedding was not observed at any time during treatment . |
| 20 | The principle of intention to treat was not used in this analysis as the purpose was evaluation of the untreated condition and the effects of treatments rather than their feasibility . |
| 21 | It is only after listening again to my tape-recording of our meeting that I hear him eventually say in his educated , upper-class Dublin accent : ‘ Well , over 90 per cent of people who get raped are not injured in that rape . ’ |
| 22 | The fact that Blake was missing was not discovered until 7.20 p.m. and the first call to the police did not occur until 7.43 p.m. so Blake had roughly two hours ' start . |