Example sentences of "[noun] not [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the subjects the report would like to see companies publish in their annual reports are details on environmental policy ; environmental objectives ; information on action taken and the costs of passing environmental objectives ; compliance with regulations ; significant environmental risks not disclosed as contingent liabilities ; and key features of external audit reports on the enterprise 's environmental activities . |
| 2 | This is the most spectacular section of the Dee , its steep confining walls fringed by dense woodlands and its rocky bed much too rough for the passage of walkers not addicted to hard labour and who have respect for their clothes . |
| 3 | A perception can arise , particularly in those organizations not accustomed to regular meetings , of personal status being reduced by not being invited to certain meetings . |
| 4 | But to eyes not looking through ancient spectacles , it assuredly appears as an affair of the intercourse of a living being with its physical and social environment . |
| 5 | It has been the long-standing practice under Governments of both parties not to comment on operational matters , and we do not intend to depart from that precedent . |
| 6 | In a speech broadcast on television on Oct. 23 , shortly before polls opened , he called on voters to refrain from voting for parties not committed to Islamic values — a suggestion taken to be directed against the PPP . |
| 7 | And why indeed should gamesmanship not exist in disabled sport when it is rife everywhere else ? |
| 8 | a balance sheet for all funds not included in consolidated balance sheet ; |
| 9 | Realise that large numbers of surrendered personnel from Army Group SE not foreseen in original plans . |
| 10 | In his AC/189 , Gen McCreery had asked for decisions on three specific issues : ( i ) that he should have authorization to open negotiations with Marshal Tolbukhin for the hand-over of the Cossacks ; ( ii ) that the " remainder of surrendered personnel and refugees " in 5 Corps area should be evacuated to SHAEF/12th Army Group ; ( iii ) that " immediate steps " should be taken to deal with the " large numbers of surrendered personnel from Army Group SE not foreseen in original plans " . |
| 11 | The language in the samples contains syntactic patterns and inter-sentence relationships not found in oral language . |
| 12 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC 's trade commissioner , has warned Poland and Hungary not to retaliate against western protectionism , even if they are entitled to do so . |
| 13 | Assuming the Daventry nuns have been subject only to the same controls being applied to all other British egg producers , the protest by the United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association ( Ukepra ) , the only organisation within the UK egg industry not represented among BEIC members , is potentially damaging both to egg consumers and to egg producers . |
| 14 | On the eve of the summit the exiled Amir of Kuwait , Sheikh Jabir al Ahmed al Jabir as Sabah , had appealed to Bush and Gorbachev to adopt " decisive measures " to end the Iraqi occupation of his country , while Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had announced that he would not pull out of Kuwait under any circumstances , warned the superpowers not to interfere in Arab affairs , and urged the Soviet Union not to give in to US demands . |
| 15 | The residual , that part of the earnings gap not explained by personal attributes , is conventionally taken as an indicator of discrimination . |
| 16 | She flew with Maurice Dornier in the Do X flying-boat and enjoyed , it seems , many other privileges not given to other correspondents . |
| 17 | Instead he read Hilbert 's books , notably selections from a shelf of classic pornography , not in any way hidden , the books not concealed under plain covers , but there on display for anyone to find . |
| 18 | The subjectivity of the assessment can be reduced by the use of verbal surveys , such as questionnaires not restricted to numerical measures ; and the dangers of providing conformist assessments can be overcome by the assurance of confidentiality , and by checks for systematic variations . |
| 19 | Second , the male family members , because they are male , are given a credibility — and hence power — to influence non admission not given to female members . |
| 20 | Two months after the military crackdown in Beijing in June 1989 , it was announced that university student intake would be cut from 640,000 to 610,000 in the next academic year , and that " specialities mainly in the social science fields which the State has deemed for a long time to have turned out personnel not qualified for socialist construction " would be suspended . |
| 21 | The public sector would then be required to justify the retention of land held for projects not included in approved programmes and underdeveloped land or property before an independent adjudicator . |
| 22 | Evidential issues are often used , incorrectly , by organisations as an excuse not to adapt to new technologies , or to continue to maintain paper back-up of such documents . |
| 23 | For the purposes of s 287(1) , the meaning of the term should be confined to releases not given for full consideration , on the grounds that such a limitation was required by the context of s 287(1) itself and by the provisions of TA 1970 relating to company distributions as a whole ( ss 233–237 and 282–286 ) . |
| 24 | My fear was further sharpened when Tooth , the only practising Muslim aboard , stiffly emerged from below wearing his black peci hat , and proceeded to prostrate himself towards Mecca at hours not prescribed by Islamic doctrine . |
| 25 | Correspondence between the optimized conformations and the NMR data of the CRE oligomer for steps with phosphates not resonating at low field . |
| 26 | At Rothschild , for instance , they defend a decision not to invest in British biotechnology by saying that there are no good commercial ideas in Britain . |
| 27 | Sums of money not required for immediate use can be put into a deposit account on which the bank will pay interest . |
| 28 | Balanced Banking is also proving popular with around 50 per cent of the customers joining Balanced opening a new high interest savings accounts , and these accounts show higher average balances than for savings accounts not linked to Balanced Banking . |
| 29 | The Belfast /a/ system varies considerably in terms of length , height , backness , rounding and diphthongization , and shows variation to a degree not attested in standard accounts of English phonology : if we include pre-velar items ( as in table 4.2 ) , the range ( in place of articulation ) is from mid-front to low-mid back . |
| 30 | Social services departments may also be able to help you pay for work not covered by disabled facilities grants , and can also provide additional facilities to make the property safer , more comfortable and more convenient . |