Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb mod] not [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alas , Mr Shevardnadze speaks almost no English or French and may not want the job . |
| 2 | Indeed , they said the small congregation was in favour of demolition as many members were old and infirm and could not climb the steps up to the church . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , Mr Clewes fell sick and could not find a replacement driver . |
| 4 | Such an attitude can not be morally valuable and can not validate the consent . |
| 5 | In a speech on Nov. 7 President Ben Ali said that there was no place in Tunisia for a religious political party , because " Islam is the religion of all and can not become an object of competition or sensationalism and can not be a springboard to coming to power " . |
| 6 | National unity came late and could not conquer the sense of belonging to pre-national societies . |
| 7 | ‘ It is utterly futile and will not change a thing . ’ |
| 8 | Passing sentence , Lord Justice MacDermott told Manning : ‘ All murders are foul and also futile and will not prevent the hard-working men and women of the province from carrying on their lives . |
| 9 | 6.1 As respects all information as is directly or indirectly communicated to it by another Party ( hereinafter called the supplying Party ) under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise in connection with the Project ( including technical information or otherwise relating in any manner to the business or affairs of such other Party ) the recipient Party hereby undertakes to the supplying Party that it will until five years after Completion or abandonment of the Project treat the same as ( and use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the same be kept ) confidential and will not disclose the same to any other person without prior written consent of such other Party in each case except to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in or for the purposes of the exercise of the rights and licences granted to it pursuant to this Agreement . |
| 10 | The subconscious mind is at all times fully protective and will not allow the patient to betray himself by his actions or his words . |
| 11 | Shareholders are entitled to appeal a decision of the Panel executive , but usually the full Panel will only receive written representations from the shareholder concerned and will not conduct a hearing . |
| 12 | Her GP was called on February 6 and could not hear a heartbeat . |
| 13 | It may be that the cold pipe to the hot water cylinder is too small and can not fill the cylinder fast enough when the bath tap is being run , with the result that the water level in the vent pipe falls and allows air into the system . |
| 14 | ‘ The new firms start small and will not reach a peak for several years . ’ |
| 15 | A related problem is that many empirical studies use closing prices and , if the closing times differ between the spot and futures markets , the closing prices from the spot and futures markets will not be directly comparable and need not obey the no-arbitrage condition . |
| 16 | Even though the need for change has been clearly stated and the encouragement to change comes from the highest political levels , the systems through which health care are delivered are traditional and conservative and may not support an individual through changing policies and roles . |
| 17 | There are also suggestions that the sale of WWG 's US Whitlock car accessories group will take longer than expected and will not realise the price Boots had hoped . |
| 18 | forms and are particularly useful when you are applying for jobs ‘ on spec. ’ as you can get all the relevant information on one neat form which looks efficient and will not overwhelm the recipient . |
| 19 | At a meeting of the Party 's Central Committee yesterday , a Politburo member , Leszek Miller , said that a nationwide plebiscite also showed that more than half of the Party 's two million members agreed that ‘ the present form of the party is outdated and can not face the new conditions ’ . |
| 20 | The painting , which was classified an historic monument in 1988 and can not leave the country , had an estimate of FFr50–80 million . |
| 21 | Jesus kept quiet and would not say a word and again the High Priest questioned him . |
| 22 | Any form of religion which can be thus manipulated is basically unsound and will not meet the fundamental need for unassailable integrity . |