Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] not [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a surgeon may justifiably run the risk of killing the patient if the operation is necessary to save life , whereas employers may not take a substantial risk with the lives of their workers in order to increase profits . |
| 2 | Moreton councillor Ken Hemsley said : ‘ I am just concerned that people answering 999 calls may not understand a local dialect and they may be talking about a place which the person they are speaking to will never have heard of . |
| 3 | Where , in complying with s 51(8) , the responsible person reduces the amount which would otherwise be awarded to the person in question , the amount of that reduction must not exceed a prescribed percentage ( for the time being 25 per cent ) and on any taxation of the costs payable by that person to his legal representative , regard must be had to the amount of the reduction ( s 51(9) ) . |
| 4 | It was recommended that the United States should not urge a definitive peace settlement with Japan at this time owing to the Soviet Union 's policy of militant communist expansion . |
| 5 | Lewis bowled a few inswingers , and Malcolm sometimes got a sizzling short one on line , but with care there seemed no reason why Pakistan should not build a formidable score . |
| 6 | When Flagstad could not manage a high C in the 1952 Furtwängler recording of Wagner 's Tristan und Isolde , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sang it instead . |
| 7 | Not that , I 'm sure , India or Pakistan could n't put a mugging team in the next Olympics if they wanted to , but it was unusual . |
| 8 | Once rehearsals started it would become obvious that Therese could n't support a romantic juvenile lead like Sonja , and they would have to do something . |
| 9 | The main issue was the defence of Berwick town and port , without which King Edward could not risk a major advance into Scotland by land . |
| 10 | Drama work in a historic setting need not involve a polished " performance " but rather a workshop situation where every pupil is encouraged to enter into the thoughts and the feelings of a historical character , or perhaps several characters in turn . |
| 11 | Instinctively , she understood that Ceauşescu would not want a standard architect 's model made from cheap materials with only general hints at the building 's style and decoration . |
| 12 | ‘ After all , if a priest ca n't get a helping hand in Ireland , where would he get one ? ’ |
| 13 | Implied terms underpin the law of challenge to experts ' decisions , because some basic terms are not spelled out : namely , that the parties would not accept a final decision intended to have binding effect when that decision was vitiated by dishonesty , partiality or mistake . |
| 14 | Managing director Kevin Eakin said that while the half percentage point cut would not have a dramatic effect , it was part of a series of cuts all in the right direction . |
| 15 | After all , the chairman of a transport conglomerate which had tipped hundreds of thousands into party funds would not thank a prime minister who gave him the same reward as a Blackpool entertainer . |
| 16 | Clearly letting for the residue of the actual term will not produce a worthwhile rent . |
| 17 | Erm the constant frequency generator is not actually delaying the first flight , the , the first aircraft will not have a constant frequency generator on board it . |
| 18 | The one per cent cut wo n't have a substantial impact on people 's expectations and confidence . |
| 19 | The drivers wo n't take a huge amount of memory and they wo n't slow things down too much , but it all adds up . |
| 20 | STALEMATE : when a king is not in check and when his side can not make a legal move , the position is called a stalemate and the game is a draw . |
| 21 | Schools can not achieve a major change on this and the ‘ basics ’ unaided by the rest of us . |
| 22 | Schools can not have a real effect on children 's basic values because these have been instilled earlier by the process of primary socialization in the home and in the wider social community . |
| 23 | Clearly , this study can not provide a definitive answer . |
| 24 | New staff recruited locally who are not trained in the company 's methods can not make a full and effective contribution to the running of the business straight away . |
| 25 | Waves can not exceed a seventh of their length in height without breaking ; but they can stretch to as much as a thousand feet . |
| 26 | Second , a large reduction in UK emissions might not create a large reduction in the pollution deposited in foreign countries . |
| 27 | A congressman 's support for the president on a particular issue may not represent a straightforward quid pro quo ; it could well be a mark of his gratitude for favours bestowed upon him in the past . |
| 28 | ( Smaller companies may not have a special book , but instead keep the advice/delivery note on file ) |
| 29 | The obligation of directors to account for profits made as a result of abusing ( in the sense of taking advantage of ) their position as directors is often described as the principle that directors must not make a secret profit . |
| 30 | Pilger supported the payment , on the grounds that the editor should not feel a poor relation in Fleet Street . |