Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Physically he is unusually sturdy and has not fallen prey to illness during his long confinement . |
| 2 | Any measurement of the problem — ‘ an essential precursor to effective action ’ — is dependent on access to accurate information , but AA found that ‘ the introduction of computer-based monitoring systems has not gone hand in hand with the development of reporting and management systems ’ . |
| 3 | This embraces all overseas companies , but in practice this has not given rise to difficulties . |
| 4 | The vehemence of the attack on the Government has not surprised Church of Scotland observers . |
| 5 | Although fox hunting has not taken place in Hyde Park for many years , an impressive Hunt Ball was held in the Polish Hearth Club in Kensington last week for Shropshire 's United Pack . |
| 6 | Other abuses such as assaults tend not to take place in front of independent witnesses and proof will always be difficult . |
| 7 | Yes but you tend not to get recycling of housing land of housing , you tend to get recycling of housing land , new housing land from outworn industries , nonconforming use , that type of erm recycling is just what I had in mind . |
| 8 | In Holman 's view — and in contrast to beliefs held in some quarters — social work practice tends not to encourage contact between parents and children in care , or the reunification of separated families . |
| 9 | Remember not to confuse reliability with value . |
| 10 | Decision of UN Human Rights Commission not to consider resolution on Tibet |
| 11 | We shall not attempt a detailed account of linguistic categories in this book , but will use as far as possible those which are well enough known not to need explanation in terms of some linguistic theory . |
| 12 | England decided not to include Boycott among specialists who will help the squad prepare for this winter 's tour of India . |
| 13 | So , for example , the courts have indicated that they would interfere if a Chief Constable decided not to take action against housebreakers in any circumstances . |
| 14 | Since then single malt has been a great success , but Mr Sandy feels that the Treasury is exploiting it : ‘ Of course we were glad that the Chancellor decided not to increase excise on whisky , but last week 's Budget has not made things right . |
| 15 | I learned not to confuse sentiment with sentimentality — one is in fact a negation of the other . ’ |
| 16 | Following a heated debate , Tendring district councillors voted not to take cash from council coffers to reduce the bills as suggested by Tory Bill Bleakley . |
| 17 | I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on . |
| 18 | The German press disappeared after Germany 's defeat in the First World War , while the missionary press , though of some historical interest , did not give rise to publications of any major importance . |
| 19 | That most German people did not want war with England was true by almost every account of neutral witnesses . |
| 20 | In a separate move the Chinese premier , Li Peng , who attacked Mr Patten earlier , returned to the fray , saying China did not want confrontation with Britain but the UK was putting ‘ obstacles ’ in the way of talks to try and defuse the row . |
| 21 | Those who claimed a break-even or loss situation did not make allowance for home produced food . |
| 22 | Pound was in all seriousness embarked on an epic poem ( which he defined , following of all unlikely authorities Rudyard Kipling , as ‘ the tile of the tribe ’ ) ; he could not and did not expect understanding from readers who supposed that the epic poem had died in the seventeenth century if not before , whose expectations therefore were conditioned by their experience of the brief or else extended lyric . |
| 23 | At 2250 hrs that evening Eighth Army confirmed in a signal to 5 Corps that they were to act in accordance with AFHQ 's ruling that they could hand over all the anti-Tito Yugoslavs so long as this did not involve use of force . |
| 24 | Such a clause in a contract to supply building materials to a building contractor did not exclude liability for damages payable by the contractor to sub-contractors as a result of delay in delivery ( Croudace Construction Ltd v Cawoods Concrete Products Ltd [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 55 ) . |
| 25 | There were hand-outs on ‘ Cruelty Free ’ cosmetics , positively promoting cosmetic companies who did not drip shampoo into rabbits ' eyes in what I knew was called the Draize Test for irritancy . |
| 26 | Hercule Poirot did not spring fully-formed into life on Page 34 of his first adventure , The Mysterious Affair at Styles . |
| 27 | For Moscow , agreements in certain areas , such as arms control , did not preclude competition in others , especially Third World conflicts . |
| 28 | No summary data are presented and some of the individual trials did not measure quality of life at all . |
| 29 | success rate of this operation did not represent value for money' . |
| 30 | On Nov. 12 the outspoken chair of the Campaign for Democracy Beko Ransome Kuti called on Nigerians to " make the country ungovernable " by acts of civil disobedience if Babangida did not leave office on Jan. 2 as promised . |