Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] not [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is often forgotten how many people in a developed country like Wales , either do not own a car or do not have regular access to one .
2 If the Policyholder was unaware of the faulty roof or did not have reasonable time in which to carry out repairs , then it is in order to deal with the claim for the damage to the internal decorations and/or contents but not the repairs to the roof , which the Policyholder should have carried out as soon as possible .
3 Those that do are , it turns out , using methods that do not meet scientific criteria for routine use in the workplace , the OTA reported .
4 This is best treated with trans-cutaneous nerve stimulators , acupuncture , chiropractic , nerve block injections or surgery , physiotherapy , relaxation therapy , Alexander therapy , meditation and other methods that do not use mood-altering chemicals .
5 Power resides elsewhere , in other places and in parties that do not need urban parliamentary seats .
6 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 .
7 While Western infants are quite happy to draw in ways that are characteristically ‘ childish ’ Chinese children rule careful lines and get quite frustrated in their attempts to produce pictures that do not look childish .
8 It appears , therefore , that there are very few homes that do not provide richer opportunities than are found at school for learning through interaction with adults .
9 The tenant duly paid his rent and did not commit any breach of covenant .
10 We need to find refrigerants that are completely free from chlorine and do not cause other environmental problems such as contributing to global warming .
11 The commonest stress symptom of all is probably tiredness , which ( in contrast to physical fatigue ) is usually present on waking and does not get worse as the day goes on .
12 Cholera toxin is the enterotoxin of Vibrio cholerae and while causing secretion does not impair glucose dependent sodium absorption in the intestine and does not alter mucosal histology .
13 Be warned ; legal cases do not always go the householder 's way , so put away the shotgun and do not get angry when people drop litter on your front lawn .
14 In my judgment , paragraph ( b ) , like paragraph ( a ) , provides a remedy but does not create any new substantive rights or causes of action .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 The Secretary of State can insist upon changes to any plans that do not make sufficient use of independent suppliers .
18 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 .
19 Most effective however are those essays that do not attempt direct explication of the ‘ master ’ discourse , but engage in dialogue with Kristeva 's work , in particular with its complex interactions between semiotics and psychoanalysis .
20 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 .
21 We support the Government 's promotion of recycling coastal land for uses which require a coastal location , but we feel that such developments as supermarkets that do not need coastal locations , should not be given them .
22 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 .
23 The fact that only two poor people were recorded makes one question whether the return provides a complete list of households , but then Thrybergh was an estate village that did not allow poor immigrants to settle within its bounds .
24 Besides , there have been so many opportunities for growth in countries that do not require local equity sharing that they have had little incentive to try to build businesses in those countries that do .
25 The effect would be to damage those companies with a strong research base , some of their products would be replaced by imports from Eastern Europe , Italy and the Far East — cheaper because they come from companies that do not support expensive R&D and a continuing technical back-up for their products .
26 A new study on corporate environmental reporting has concluded that " major companies that do not produce environmental reports will begin to be judged as poor performers in other areas , such as quality " .
27 A bicameral parliament at Stormont near Belfast was given control of domestic policy on matters that did not affect other parts of the United kingdom .
28 Trusts that do not bear close examination
29 The existence of a public sector that did not have significant intended distributional consequences would be one that involves universal marginal benefit taxation for each good or service provided in the public sector .
30 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 .
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