Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , good reasons to believe that the Earth 's radius has not increased significantly during the past 500 Ma or so . |
| 2 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 3 | But the main reason why interviews prove ineffective is that the interviewer has not been properly trained and has not prepared thoroughly for the task . |
| 4 | Seaton has not grown much over the years due to lack of building land , though there are now new terrace-type cottages in the centre of the village . |
| 5 | Indeed , no accepted curriculum subject has not featured somewhere in the proposal documents . |
| 6 | The simple service has not altered basically over the years . |
| 7 | In the past , the use of these uplands for sheep and beef cattle rearing has not conflicted significantly with the need to retain habitats such as moorlands , hill grasslands , high altitude montane vegetation , enclosed pastures and hay meadows , wetlands and native woodlands , which form the basis of the nature conservation interest of the 9.68 million hectares of upland in the UK . |
| 8 | Formby-born tournament referee Alan Mills said : ‘ It was a difficult decision bearing in mind he has not played much in the last couple of months because of injury . |
| 9 | But despite being subject to the second wave of pan-European reform in psychiatry since the 1940s , France has not moved away from the asylums with any speed . |
| 10 | Critics may argue that it has not moved enough with the times , is not as up-to-date in its special effects as its counterparts across the Atlantic , but this perhaps highlights its attraction . |
| 11 | And although attendance during the rainy season was poor , the company 's projection of 11m visitors for the first year has not proved far from the mark . |
| 12 | So far this argument has not departed far from the ‘ radical social control ’ position outlined above . |
| 13 | The four claim the current administration has not responded adequately to the fast-moving demands of a modern-day sport . |
| 14 | The role of the scientific journal has not changed much in the 300 years since the first was published , although greater dependence is placed on it than ever before , according to Osburn[000] . |
| 15 | The role of the scientific journal has not changed much in the 300 years since the publication of the first such journal , although greater dependence is placed on it than ever before , according to Osburn . |
| 16 | The picture , measured by the statistics , has not changed significantly since the Budget a month ago , but consumers who had braced themselves for the biggest cut in living standards ever imposed at a single stroke suddenly find themselves spared . |
| 17 | The substance of building surveying has not changed appreciably over the years and while certain aspects of the more academic subjects of economics and law have been latterly introduced , they were there to prop up the whole discipline rather than to provide invaluable information . |
| 18 | In an attempt to prove they were unaffected by this , they raised their voices as they chatted to each other , and pretended not to glance uneasily at the nearby rectangles of darker , freshly turned earth . |
| 19 | On the desk and she has n't bothered probably with the cheque . |
| 20 | This geezer has n't got much in the way of skills , but he 's fairly popular with the fans . |
| 21 | Today apart from some obvious signs of 20th century living , this oucnilc house in Tadmarton has n't changed much on the outside . |
| 22 | He has n't come here for the Portrush air and must not be written off . ’ |
| 23 | Prosecutors agreed not to go ahead with the case , in return for Chieke pleading guilty to separate , less serious matters , for which he is now serving 12 years in prison . |
| 24 | Etam sales , up 32 per cent to £84.3m on an increase in trading space of 29 per cent , appeared to benefit from the hot summer weather and its low-priced fashion for younger women seemed not to suffer greatly from the effects of higher mortgages . |
| 25 | He took a step towards her , and it was all she could do not to back away from the menacing look on his face . |
| 26 | When you have noted the area where the bream cease to roll and do not appear again in the immediate vicinity , the terminal point will be a few yards further along in the direction they were travelling . |
| 27 | Many may have been persuaded or encouraged not to do so by the uncertainty in the law , so I would not go quite as far as my hon. Friend in suggesting that local authorities alone are to blame . |
| 28 | It considers that early implementation-would not add greatly to the costs of preparation of financial statements and that it is probable that such costs would be exceeded by the benefits to users . |
| 29 | Further , the defendant does not have the option of minimising the cost by deciding not to go ahead with the case ! |
| 30 | I say ’ or ’ simply because I am not aware — and at the moment there is no way of finding out — whether the consultants who wished to involve the NRA or Cardiff city council 's environmental health department were told not to do so by the Cardiff Bay development corporation or whether , off their own bat , they simply chose not to do so , in which case , if there is a design fault , it lies with them . |