Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adj] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WILLIAMS : Do not think this a sudden resolution . |
| 2 | Although many people do not make such a dramatic move from a very special garden to a flat , most of us leave a few favourite plants behind when we move house , so framing a few of them serves as a lovely reminder of times gone by . |
| 3 | We would not make such a large change without formal consultation . |
| 4 | But I would not make this a necessary condition when designing a border , since to do so would be to deny oneself the pleasure of many first-rate foliage plants . |
| 5 | It took the desire of the Americans to possess an ancient parish church to prompt the authorities concerned to realise its worth and the importance of not allowing such an historic treasure to decline to the state of dereliction and so be lost from our heritage . |
| 6 | Copa Bitoo , although internally differentiated , had not developed such a marked stratification system . |
| 7 | Those who could not consider such a utilitarian plaything , even for a joke , will have to hand over nearly £2,000 more for the four-litre version , which will arrive in the spring complete with typically American equipment such as air conditioning , electric windows and central-locking — plus standstill to 60 mph in under nine seconds and an even larger thirst . |
| 8 | Indeed in some ways the proof is rather simpler than Theorem 1 , since it does not need such a complex structure of nested recursions . |
| 9 | The area to which my hon. Friend refers was not considered such a high priority as others . |
| 10 | ‘ I confess that I have not addressed such a large gathering since I spoke to 40,000 Gujerati buffalo farmers in India in 1980 , and that was a rare experience . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Reynolds was understandably shaken ; even though he had " suspected the worst " ( cancer ) , he had not expected such an extensive operation . |
| 12 | John had not expected such an overwhelming response , and as not even the Ballroom itself could contain such large numbers , he took them all outside into the street to make his selection . |
| 13 | Though the tarmac takes a smooth U-turn on to the next straight , rider and machine will not describe such a graceful arc . |
| 14 | Although it might be very easy to steal from a friend or colleague and not get caught most people would feel this to be ‘ wrong ’ , yet such feelings may not exert such a strong influence over decisions as to whether to steal from a larger and less personal victim . |
| 15 | Do not expect such a dramatic improvement on all of your reports but they will all benefit from a modest improvement . |
| 16 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 17 | ‘ As it is — ’ put in Forest gleefully ‘ — yours truly 'as not done such a bad job after all ! ’ |
| 18 | A wider bandwidth could be achieved at the expense of a shorter delay time , but this would not give such a good reverberation effect . |
| 19 | A recent study of ventricular arrhythmias following infarction has also suggested that ventricular fibrillation complicating an anterior infarct during the first 24 hours does not carry such a benign prognosis as previously thought . |
| 20 | He might have made a significant contribution to the public life of this country had he not been totally overshadowed by his illustrious father and had he not had such a burning desire to shine as bright or even brighter . |
| 21 | It cost me a deal in time and labour and money to get my castle back from them , and if we had not had such a pious garrison — all but the lame and bedridden in church ! — they would never have prised their way into the place . |
| 22 | As the fact of remarriage does not appear to be a relevant consideration ( see 2.25 above ) , remarriage alone would not warrant such a separate assessment . |
| 23 | However , ordinary newspaper readers do not see such a vast array of newspapers and reading some newspapers rather than others gives a very different view of the extent and type of sex crimes in a nation . |
| 24 | ‘ I could not see such a large man mistreating such a poor little woman . ’ |
| 25 | Clearly , however , one can not remove such a large sample from a fine ceramic artefact on offer to a museum . |
| 26 | In all my years at the club I can not remember such a sensational line up of prizes as are on offer here . |
| 27 | That has been the position of Labour speaker after Labour speaker , but we could not tolerate such an unfair system . |
| 28 | Given such easy money , he says , researchers do not have to give so much thought to their grant proposal , as they know that it will not face such a rigorous peer review . |
| 29 | The European Space Agency ( ESA ) , developers of Ariane , is not getting such a good deal . |
| 30 | Biochemical differences between the groups of animals may thus not have such a simple meaning as learning versus non-learning — even if the biochemical effects can be themselves regarded as unequivocal . |