Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , although the Cross Country route has not emerged as a high-speed line per se , it now features a number of useful long-distance trains mainly aimed at the leisure market . |
| 2 | I also find it incredible that the demise of Aldershot has not led to a positive reaction to assist the smaller clubs . |
| 3 | ‘ If you look at past efforts to launch soccer here in the States it has not met with a great deal of viewing support , ’ said Bill Sherman , a vice president with the McCann Ericson advertising agency . |
| 4 | Sir Kenneth Newman — then commandant — suggests that the book 's claim to attention is that its contents are contributed by insiders ; while in their introduction , the authors claim it goes some way to challenging Holdaway 's claim ( 1979 ) that ‘ research from the Police Staff College has not resulted in a major project on the police ’ . |
| 5 | The choice of Mr Bernerd ( who recently hit the headlines in connection with the case of ex-Heritage Minister David Mellor and Ms Antonia de Sancha ) as the company 's financial backer , seems to have been an uneasy choice and has not resulted in a long-term commitment to the gallery at a difficult time for the art market . |
| 6 | The matter has not resulted in a bitter enmity between us , you know . |
| 7 | This follows on for from our concern about industrial development in the Harrogate District and that is that we are very pleased that the Harr that the North Yorkshire County Council has not embarked upon a strategic exceptions policy . |
| 8 | The leading Spanish master , who has not shown in a commercial gallery in London since 1965 , was the subject of a study at the Hayward Gallery in 1990 . |
| 9 | Wasps hooker Kevin Dunn has not recovered from a bruised shoulder and is out of the tie at Rosslyn Park . |
| 10 | It has not listened on a whole series of points , even though I am very grateful that amendments have been agreed to in the course of our debate this evening . |
| 11 | The Centre of African Studies in Edinburgh has always maintained a focus on the whole of Africa , and has not concentrated on a particular region — such as West or Southern . |
| 12 | This has not occurred in a simplistic or deterministic manner , as can be seen from the retention of the abolition of the death penalty . |
| 13 | In contrast with most other studies on exfoliative cytology for bile duct strictures this study has not focused on a particular primary site of tumour but rather the overall use of cytology with biliary strictures . |
| 14 | Gans tried not to act like a formal researcher : |
| 15 | Cos she has n't applied for a green card to work , cos there 's point |
| 16 | Every practising barrister knows before which judges he would prefer not to appear in a political case because he believes , and his colleagues at the bar believe , that certain judges are much more likely than others to be biased against certain groups , like demonstrators or students , or certain kinds of action , like occupations of property by trade unionists or the homeless . |
| 17 | Celie strived not to conform to a stereotyped henpecked housebound wife . |
| 18 | Similarly , investors tend not to deal with a new house if they are doubtful about its tenacity — and skilled market staff will not join a firm even for high salaries if they are unsure that it will remain in the market . |
| 19 | Firstly , they tend not to originate from a real typographic font but are often variations on an original while , secondly , being bitmaps they can not be scaled . |
| 20 | No rule of law or the profession , therefore , prevents him from entering into a contract by which he undertakes not to act for a specified class of person . |
| 21 | However , the purchaser should be aware that the effect of the decision by the House of Lords in the recent case of Walford v Miles [ 1992 ] 1 All ER 453 is that the purchaser can achieve exclusivity only in the sense that the vendor undertakes not to negotiate with a third party for a fixed period . |
| 22 | Reports indicated that agreement on the final communiqué was reached only after France had decided not to press for a clearer recognition of a European defence identity distinct from NATO . |
| 23 | As soon as the result was announced , however , Heseltine and then Hurd conceded to Major , and despite some initial confusion as to the correct procedure it was decided not to proceed to a third ballot in which a preference system of voting would have obtained . |
| 24 | In that situation , a person may choose not to contribute to a public facility on the grounds that others will pay enough to cover its finance ( and he can have a ‘ free ride ’ ) . |
| 25 | When you are made aware of this you can consciously choose not to react in a stressed way and you will therefore be able to maintain a calmness even when life becomes hectic . |
| 26 | She screamed , a cry that seemed not to come from a human throat , a deathyell of mortal agony and longing . |
| 27 | What Gowie means probably is that he does n't expect anybody to like him and , because of that , he tends not to behave in a likable way . |
| 28 | There is nothing more annoying than a computer system that works beautifully , say , in a library , and then one goes in at nine thirty in the morning and you ca n't get books out because the power has gone off , and if we are sure to go on having a society with industrial disputes , we want a system that is not capable of being completely ruined by one small section of workers deciding not to work on a particular day , and so I think while we 're putting them in , while we want to put them in in a way which that is compatible , we also need to think of having a kind of fail-safe system , particularly in the sort of more serious applications such as medicine and transport and so on , whereby we ca n't be held to ransom by very a small group of people , or indeed by just some technical fault , such as a power failure or something of this kind . |
| 29 | It can be extremely helpful if the therapist tells the patient that he is concerned about him , although caution must be exercised not to step outside a professional relationship nor to encourage over-dependency . |
| 30 | The council decided not to appeal during a special meeting of its policy and resources committee . |