Example sentences of "[verb] not [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on . |
| 2 | Those who claimed a break-even or loss situation did not make allowance for home produced food . |
| 3 | At 2250 hrs that evening Eighth Army confirmed in a signal to 5 Corps that they were to act in accordance with AFHQ 's ruling that they could hand over all the anti-Tito Yugoslavs so long as this did not involve use of force . |
| 4 | Hercule Poirot did not spring fully-formed into life on Page 34 of his first adventure , The Mysterious Affair at Styles . |
| 5 | No summary data are presented and some of the individual trials did not measure quality of life at all . |
| 6 | success rate of this operation did not represent value for money' . |
| 7 | But revivalism in architecture did not mean lack of imagination or inventiveness — quite the reverse : it meant a prodigal outpouring of both . |
| 8 | As shown in Figure 5 , treatment with cyclosporin A ( 5 or 10 mg/kg for eight days ) did not affect synthesis of prostaglandin E2 , 6k prostaglandin F1a , and thromboxane B2 by pancreatic tissue ex vivo . |
| 9 | Obstructive symptoms then resulted in a further small bowel resection but he did not achieve remission despite prednisolone . |
| 10 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 11 | He apologized and explained , but she did not waste time in argument . |
| 12 | Papers that did not include a control group , were not randomised , did not allow calculation of ‘ intention to treat ’ results , or did not collect information on mortality or the incidence of respiratory or gastrointestinal infection were excluded . |
| 13 | Patients who did not show evidence of relapse after this four week microchallenge had the diagnosis of coeliac disease confirmed by an open challenge with higher doses of gluten . |
| 14 | The CP , after some initial confusion , made it clear that , while it did not oppose conscription in principle , it was unacceptable under Chamberlain . |
| 15 | The movement may have been divided in this period , but these attacks did not take place without resistance and the value of collective action was learned . |
| 16 | Casual , individual violence was almost certainly more common than today but ‘ hooliganism ’ in the collective and contemporary sense did not take place at football matches . |
| 17 | These hapless people did not take flight in response to the spread of ‘ rumours of independence ’ . |
| 18 | She did not suspect Rachaela of complicity with the authorities , recognizing her as a fellow , though alien , outsider . |
| 19 | For many years farm workers , and other rural inhabitants who did not have access to home ownership , had been quietly and routinely disadvantaged by the housing policies of many rural local authorities . |
| 20 | Only one farmer did not have grass for grazing . |
| 21 | For example , their practice of reiterated warnings to an individual of the wrongfulness of his or her words or actions may have been to ensure that he or she did not plead ignorance of wrongdoing , which could have been an acceptable defence in the courts . |
| 22 | The overbearing sophistication of conceptualism and minimalism did not guarantee success in art for anyone . |
| 23 | It was held that an offence under that section had been committed where the accumulation emitted offensive odours which interfered with the personal comfort of persons living in the neighbourhood , but did not cause injury to health . |
| 24 | He did not see size of firm as a particularly important factor in his choice . |
| 25 | Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye . |
| 26 | As one of Rodin 's most celebrated works , The Kiss did not find favour with public opinion in the USA in the 1880s , which decided that the nude marble sculpture was far too hot for public viewing and had it confined to a special room . |
| 27 | Mosley resigned in May 1930 , when these schemes did not find favour in government circles . |
| 28 | As Freudian ideas entered the popular discourse ( which happened but slowly in Britain ) , they strengthened the view that biology was destiny and that women who did not find satisfaction in motherhood were in some way abnormal . |
| 29 | In the 1970s the real price of cigarettes fell about 30% because cigarette taxation did not keep pace with inflation . |
| 30 | At the same time the quality of cattle was declining and any increase in their numbers did not keep pace with demand . |