Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government finally agreed to fresh negotiations and promised not to proceed with legislation on banning strikes for two years . |
| 2 | Graf , the French and Wimbledon champion , will be a firm favourite to collect her third U.S. Open crown as she has not lost to Sukova in 19 matches since losing in their first meeting as a 14-year-old in 1983 . |
| 3 | Then Mrs St Maugham asks a friend whom she has not seen for years to lunch . |
| 4 | This use of language marks a significant shift in emphasis from the post-war years when those in receipt of public services were regarded more as applicants and claimants than as consumers ( the same shift can be seen in London Regional Transport 's irritating habit of addressing its passengers as customers — despite the fact that we have no real choice and the quality of service has not altered in line with the changed mode of address ) . |
| 5 | Liverpool believe Molby 's great early season form has reawakened Nielsen 's interest although he has not played for Denmark for almost three years . |
| 6 | Liverpool believe Molby 's great early season form has reawakened Nielsen 's interest although he has not played for Denmark for almost three years . |
| 7 | John Davies has not exhibited in London since 1984 when he converted Marlborough into an arena of circus figures , although the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich mounted a survey in 1985 and he showed in his gallery 's branch in New York in 1989 . |
| 8 | With the exception of a series of drawings seen last year , Davies has not shown in London since 1984 , when he transformed the gallery into a circus of trapeze artists and other gymnasts . |
| 9 | Pouchitis has not occurred in patients with constipation or megacolon but has been found in three of 24 patients with familial adenomatous polyposis . |
| 10 | British Business , for 103 years the official weekly organ of the Department of Trade and Industry , has not passed into history without comment . |
| 11 | However , in addition to pleading that a provision is in unreasoanble restraint of trade a defendant can also plead repudiation , vagueness and that in any event he has not acted in breach of the clause . |
| 12 | Surely the marquis has n't fallen in love with her as well . " |
| 13 | ‘ But I 'm surprised some rich gentleman has n't fallen in love with her . |
| 14 | The magnitude of Crawford 's performance was summed up by Sheridan Morley in The Tatler : ‘ In the end it is Mr Crawford 's evening : he turns in the kind of all-singing all-dancing performance that legends are made of , and the kind that an English actor has n't achieved since Buchanan in the 30s . ’ |
| 15 | That 's one thing , at least , that has n't changed for Guinness in the last 20 years . |
| 16 | And an expert on the case believes she still has n't come to terms with what she 's done . |
| 17 | In return , Louis-Napoleon agreed not to return to France for some years . |
| 18 | I tend not to shop in places like Marks and Spencer , but they have got some good gear in there . |
| 19 | On the other hand , a look at a small group of Young Conservatives might be able to throw light upon ideological issues , which tend not to arise in studies of society 's victims . |
| 20 | A Design Change state indicating that it has been decided not to proceed with work on the Design Change . |
| 21 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 22 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 23 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 24 | So really you can actually avoid not coming into contact with it , but , two years ago , just really everywhere you walked there 'd be someone dealing or whatever , so you could n't really avoid it . |
| 25 | The close agreement between the teams ' assessment diagnoses and those made by formal psychiatric review is reassuring , in that the multidisciplinary approach to initial assessment seems not to lead to misdiagnosis of patients . |
| 26 | The PCCh and the MIR on Jan. 27 , 1990 , undertook not to resort to violence during the term of office of the Aylwin administration . |
| 27 | The unfortunate side effect is that the Act appears not to require as assessment of the utterance as a whole elsewhere in the Act , especially in relation to sections 21 and 22 . |
| 28 | We are not even likely to put up with our politicians ' abdication of monetary responsibility for long , though it is another subject they try not to mention in front of us . |
| 29 | ‘ Try not to fall in love with anybody else before tonight . ’ |
| 30 | Article 16 is expressly declared not to apply to judgments concerning status or capacity of persons , fields in which certainty is essential . |