Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Rather unexpectedly , the lighthouse is not situated at the far extremity of the headland , the Point of Stoer , but two miles short on the west side . |
| 32 | TWO men accused of killing a pensioner when a mugging went wrong had the charge found not proven at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday . |
| 33 | I left the hotel early and in pleasant sunshine , wearing a light jacket and bow tie , but alas did not bargain for a sudden change in the weather . |
| 34 | If the arms race is not stopped in the Middle East , any hope of the long-sought peace dividend will simply disappear , crippling even further the UK and US economies . |
| 35 | Whatever the wedding organizers decide , it is important to let the toastmaster and the speechmakers know , so that they are prepared and do not disappear at the vital moment . |
| 36 | It does not disappear from the monetary sector . |
| 37 | It seemed a rather broad question , and one for which Lord John could not think of a specific answer . |
| 38 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 39 | Any team which can not think of a new rhyme , or repeats one that has been chosen earlier , drops out until only one team is left . |
| 40 | On the way home , she found that she wanted to cry again and could not think of a possible reason why she should . |
| 41 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 42 | Isabel could not think of a single thing to say . |
| 43 | I could not think of a single thing that Quigley had ever done for me . |
| 44 | The Gallup survey , commissioned by the Daily Telegraph , also found that more than a third could not think of a single thing about Britain of which to be proud . |
| 45 | He admired a point which Stead had made about Polynesians and Christianity , but worried that he could not think of a Christian anthropologist . |
| 46 | But for the moment she resolved that she would not think of the loathsome interview again until she was in Prague . |
| 47 | Do not think of the personal injury work in isolation . |
| 48 | He did not think into the human heart , as Wordsworth has done . |
| 49 | But , I told myself as I took a service elevator up to the roof , I should not think in the past tense . |
| 50 | You do not think like a civilised man , although your behaviour has become civilised , and so he can not ascribe to your actions motives which are suspect — or not according to his understanding . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ Then why not knock on the damned door ? ’ |
| 52 | At present domestic labour is organisationally inefficient because it is not socialised like the industrial sphere , which counterbalances increased productivity through mechanisation . |
| 53 | Agree that Practice Rule 15 be not amended at the present time . |
| 54 | Having three or more moles greater than five millimetres in diameter ( ones you can not cover with the blunt end of a pencil ) ; |
| 55 | The DTI could have responded by saying that the absence of the monitoring return was a serious matter , that it would allow a short extension , but that ‘ consideration would need to be given to revoking the licence if a satisfactory and duly verified monitoring return were not received by the specified date . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ Wearing a white beret in among Australians , New Zealanders and every type of nationality out there brought some great wolf whistles , which were naturally not received in the right manner . |
| 57 | Forward contracts are relatively easy to arrange , although the exporter is committed to supplying the currency agreed to the bank even if the export deal is cancelled or payment is not received within the forward contract period . |
| 58 | While every effort is made to offer those who book late the course they have requested , the school reserves the right to offer an alternative Executive Course in the case of applications not received within the specified time . |
| 59 | The tenders were not received until the following week . |
| 60 | As a result cooking skills were not registered as an unmet need . |