Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been told they did not qualify for 13 weeks ' money under benefit regulations . |
| 2 | At least Gooch has been told he does not need an operation on a troublesome knee and will be fully fit for the start of the season . |
| 3 | Where mucosal protection has been shown it does not correlate well with potency of inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase and could be due to another property such as oxygen radical scavenging . |
| 4 | ( i ) If I am anaesthetized I do not feel the prick of the needle . |
| 5 | Residents of the Morfa flats are saying they do not want to live here ever again . ’ |
| 6 | As we wait for Christ to be revealed we do not know when he will appear . |
| 7 | They point out that the group has a banking facility limit of £190m , and though it does have £10m more of properties to be sold it does not take much to push the Lowndes to this limit . |
| 8 | I 'm told I did not welcome her arrival . |
| 9 | The final will be a repeat of last year , although Devon will be hoping it does not bear an exact comparison . |
| 10 | Given the commitment to the arts which is a central feature of Rawlins , I welcome the inclusion of the arts as a foundation element : it strengthens our hand , though why just music and art are specified I do not know , but we can get around that unless SEAC imposes unrealistic demands and arbitrarily forces students into choosing just one specialism for GCSE certification : we must have flexible ( eg modular type ) arrangements to allow us to offer what is best for our students . |
| 11 | But shortly before the general election , local authorities throughout Britain were told they did not have to go ahead and that a second period of consultation was to be held . |
| 12 | Direct blocks in kung fu hardly exist ; if a block is made it does not stop dead upon impact . |
| 13 | Learners require opportunities for both form-focused and function-focused practice in the development of particular skill areas , and if one or the other is lacking they do not appear to benefit as much … |
| 14 | His uncertainty principle ( discussed in detail in Chapter 5 ) says that if I know where an electron is I have no idea of what it is doing and , conversely , if I know what it is doing I do not know where it is . |
| 15 | It is a matter for the parties to decide how the lawyer should determine the issue , and the fact that a lawyer is to determine it does not mean that the procedure has to be an arbitrationa lawyer can act as an expert . |
| 16 | That is to say I do not believe that there could be peculiar events , such as a resurrection , or miracles , events which interrupt the normal causal relationships persisting in history and in nature . |
| 17 | She is realizing she does not belong here . |
| 18 | Given that the biogenic character of aggression is established it does not exculpate other sources of influence , namely social and psychological , from responsibility for the attacks people make upon one another . |
| 19 | Historically , these gases were called inert because it was thought they did not form any chemical compounds . |
| 20 | When John Logie Baird was born I do not doubt that a star stood over the little saviour 's cradle . |
| 21 | Although I was complimented it did not prevent my being officer of the watch . |
| 22 | When Marsh was dumped it did not concern him that as Australian captain anything he said or did might be misconstrued or magnified many times over . |