Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] not [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A study showed that the level of stress related illness among employees in a department which provided support as described was much lower than in a similar department that did not take such precautions . |
| 2 | So you got a cell that 's not got any entry in it , is not formatted , so you 're looking at the panel you can see that there 's no , nothing in the parenthesis , and there 's no U. So if you copy a blank cell , over what you want to erase . |
| 3 | The tenant duly paid his rent and did not commit any breach of covenant . |
| 4 | In my judgment , paragraph ( b ) , like paragraph ( a ) , provides a remedy but does not create any new substantive rights or causes of action . |
| 5 | Make the ‘ low flags ’ area a nonstopping zone that is , retain the bus stops on the High Row side but do not allow any stopping at all on the lower side , say , from Woolworths to the Tubwell Row corner . |
| 6 | The Court of Session agreed on the issue of unfair prejudice but did not accept that , because unfair prejudice had not been found , it would be inappropriate to make an order for the winding up of the company . |
| 7 | Chelmsford coroner Malcolm Weir was told American police were still investigating the crime but had not made any arrests . |
| 8 | And for my money that does not include such activities as flipping through Who 's Who , taking a telephone directory off the shelf , or getting hold of a mate 's mate on the blower . |
| 9 | He gathered his own particular circle of close advisers around him and was prone to discount views that did not reflect those prevailing in his own circle . |
| 10 | Nowadays , very few excavations take place on sites that do not have some form of threat of damage or destruction , because enough funds are not available to finance a full research excavation on every possible site . |
| 11 | In fact , there are now more companies with no plans for future investment ( 52 companies ) than companies that had not made any investment over the previous three years ( 43 ) . |
| 12 | I replied to Ms Chevannes through the same newspaper thus : ‘ Generally , black kids do not demonstrate interest in school work and do not sink much enthusiasm into their efforts . |
| 13 | The lobster has a tiny brain like our city council and does not feel any pain . ’ |
| 14 | The cats in question have never lived near the new home and do not have any knowledge of the new locality . |
| 15 | Cultivated blackberries are not far removed from their wild parents and do not need much fussy soil preparation . |
| 16 | In recent years the situation has become confused , because there are now exterior wood stains available , which differ from a true dye or stain , as they leave a coloured film on the surface of the wood and do not require another finish to be applied over them . |
| 17 | The company owned and hired out barges but did not employ any of the union men , but their action meant that barges were not returned and so the company 's business came to a standstill . |
| 18 | Evening Primrose Oil ( e.g. Efamol ) is helpful for PMT but does not contain any vitamins or minerals . |
| 19 | Of the non-participating countries ( i ) the Greek government announced on July 12 , 1990 , its intention to do so in 1993 if government fiscal measures were successfully implemented ; ( ii ) the Prime Minister of Portugal , Aníbal Cavaço Silva , was known to favour early participation in the ERM although there was division within the government as to the exact timing ; and ( iii ) the United Kingdom government had declared its intention to join the ERM but had not given any commitment as to when . |
| 20 | In contrast , the South Australian ‘ notoriety for profit ’ provisions do not depend upon the existence of a contract and do not provide any mechanism whereby the benefits can be re-directed to the victim of the offender 's crime . |
| 21 | The Jivaro depend largely on agriculture and do not eat many wild plants , though they hunt a lot . |
| 22 | But although there are hundreds of freshwater lochs in Shetland , the majority are on the acidic peatlands and do not produce enough underwater vegetation to satisfy the needs of big grazing birds like swans . |
| 23 | Choueka [ 1988 ] has designed an algorithm for locating collocational expressions in corpora that does not include any morphological or syntactic component and does not require any dictionary lookup . |
| 24 | A defence is only as good as its defenders and do not forget that good players do not turn out in non-League football for beer money . |
| 25 | PERMITTING — means an express or implied permission and does not involve any order to take a vehicle on the roads . |
| 26 | Here are some examples of statements that do not satisfy this requirement and that are consequently not falsifiable . |
| 27 | Critics , though , point to a mediocre record at club level — Harlequins ’ strength in depth has never been reflected in either their cup or league results — and to an England ‘ B ’ record that does not stand any sort of comparison with that of his famous predecessor , Alan Davies ( who England gave the boot ) . |
| 28 | The sideboard knocked the wall as he swung round and the noise groaned in the room that had not known such life since the night Francis Sutherland , drunk in front of weekend guests , told his wife , self-assured and aloof on the distant coast of the table , that she was a frigid bitch who needed seeing to and he did n't care who did it . |
| 29 | Bègles is a super team and does not need such nonsense . ’ |
| 30 | Dr Nathanson said that a reply had been received only on the eve of the press conference and did not alleviate all its concerns . |