Example sentences of "[noun] [not/n't] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Barnsley 's advantage could have been cut from five to two points had Keegan 's side not lacked the creative nous to topple them . |
| 2 | There are big prizes at stake , although Roy , Judy and the other contestants do n't yet know it , they could win a car not forgetting a bendy bully for the mantlepiece . |
| 3 | She considered it very remiss of the Social Work Department not to inform the Social Work Committee of what guidelines or policy it intended to use as a stop gap measure . |
| 4 | O. alberti is similar to O. gracilis Koehler , 1914 ( Fig. 23 ) from the West Indies ( Albatross Stn 2751 16° 54'N : 63° 12'W 1236 m ) the main differences appear to be the arrangement of the oral papillae and tentacle scales which are more regularly arranged in O. gracilis not forming an irregular line along the edge of the adoral shields . |
| 5 | It was an apparent attempt not to highlight the deep rift between herself and her estranged husband Charles on the one day of the year which is symbolic of happy families . |
| 6 | A buyer under a tender offer , on the other hand , faces no such restriction unless he has stated or implied his intention not to make a full bid . |
| 7 | Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer named a new Cabinet on Jan. 31 after he had requested the resignation of those ministers who had announced their intention not to contest the general election which was due later in 1990 . |
| 8 | Differences in economic priorities had emerged soon after Germany indicated its intention not to authorize an early cut in interest rates . |
| 9 | ( 3 ) The tenant should resist a provision not to agree the reviewed rent under the underlease without the landlord 's approval , as the time it could take to obtain such approval could result in the undertenant changing its mind . |
| 10 | The courts have also refused to interfere with a policy direction not to enforce a particular law . |
| 11 | Daily Mail journalists voted for industrial action over plans not to recognise the National Union of Journalists in a postal ballot . |
| 12 | No-one minds a few Greenpeace loonies demonstrating , but when you get nice middle-class housewives not wanting a nuclear station in their back-yard , you 're in trouble . |
| 13 | When we are privileged to know this in advance ( and I think that it is wrong in nearly all cases not to tell a dying patient ) it is a time for preparation and repentance , and ultimately of acceptance . |
| 14 | The old Grenfell charm must have been working even under all that hair not to mention the scruffy beard . ’ |
| 15 | Or for a student studying literature not to grasp a wide range of ‘ readings ’ of the works of Jane Austen , for instance ( including Marxist , feminist and post-structuralist readings ) . |
| 16 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's decision not to support the French proposal to fix the conference date in Strasbourg highlights his concern that the question of European monetary union and the inevitable transfer of powers from West Germany 's Bundesbank to the new European central bank would get caught up in the German general election next autumn . |
| 17 | The manoeuvring ability left to the Callaghan government was now slight , following the decision not to call an early election . |
| 18 | Instead , the debate here focused on the bonuses Charlton 's players will receive for getting to Italy ( £25,000 per man ) and the Sports Minister 's public criticism of Irish television for their decision not to screen the other tie in Group Six , between Hungary and Spain . |
| 19 | And it says the decision not to assign a psychiatric nurse was made on medical and not financial grounds . |
| 20 | In June opposition parties had boycotted parliament in protest against the government 's decision not to appoint a special tribunal to try Azam for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1971 war of independence [ see pp. 38967 ; 39007 ] . |
| 21 | Moreover , the NUM decision not to hold a national strike ballot , but opt for the ‘ domino-effect ’ instead , was based on a belief that the former was too risky because the self-interested attitude of groups such as the Notts . |
| 22 | [ For Bush 's Dec. 3 decision not to cancel the Argentine leg of his Latin American tour see p. 37914 . ] |
| 23 | If Jacques Chirac , the RPR leader , stands by his oft-expressed decision not to seek the prime minister 's post , the job is thought most likely to go to Edouard Balladur , his former finance minister . |
| 24 | Patients sought a declaration that the Secretary of State and health authorities were in breach of duty as they had had to wait an unreasonable time , because of a decision not to build a new block for a hospital on grounds of cost . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) That the court 's discretionary jurisdiction to stay criminal proceedings should be exercised very sparingly and only in exceptional circumstances ; that , while the longer the delay was the greater was the likelihood that the prosecution was at fault and that the defendant had suffered prejudice and the less the prosecution could explain the delay the easier it would be to infer fault , the question whether the defendant had discharged the heavy burden of demonstrating that it would be an abuse of the process of the court for the proceedings to continue , was to be considered in the light of all the circumstances without applying shifting burdens of proof ; and that , accordingly , since the district judge had correctly taken into account all the relevant factors , and had made no error as to the burden of proof , there were no grounds on which the High Court judge could have reversed the district judge 's decision not to grant a perpetual stay of the 1989 prosecution ( post , pp. 261B , 264E–F , G–H , 265A–B ) . |
| 26 | Lamont 's decision not to tax the Royal Family is disgraceful and I do n't know how the Queen can sleep at night when her subjects are struggling in misery . |
| 27 | Treachery is unlikely , but the decision not to attack the Scottish camp , and not to pursue the Scots when they broke camp , suggests at the very least a lack of confidence and judgement amongst the English commanders , and there is some evidence of disagreement amongst them about the tactics they should adopt . |
| 28 | Supporting the Chancellor 's decision not to raise the basic rate of income tax , he said : ‘ Despite the size of the PSBR , I am glad he introduced a neutral Budget . |
| 29 | Traffic wardens can also become involved with this offence by detecting a vehicle not displaying a current excise licence . |
| 30 | Secondly , why did Fr O'Dowd not make an official complaint against the Daily Telegraph . |