Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This division between planning conditions and site licence conditions highlights the need for co-operation between planners , waste disposal officers and other pollution control agencies , at a pre-planning stage wherever possible , in order to reach agreement on those conditions which are to be attached to the planning consent , and those to be attached to the site licence , thus ensuring that problems of control do not arise at a later stage . |
| 2 | The cost of unsold or unconsumed stocks will have been incurred in the expectation of future revenue , and when this will not arise until a later year it is appropriate to carry forward this cost to be matched with the revenue when it arises . |
| 3 | As a nurse I can not think of a healthier diet to follow and can see no disadvantages in it . |
| 4 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |
| 5 | I note in passing , however , that , when it comes to squandering the nation 's money , I can not think of a better example than the enormous amounts squandered by the Government in setting up the machinery for the administration of the poll tax , which is now to be totally unwound . |
| 6 | The Court held on the one hand that the protection of the Directive was a matter of public policy and so the worker could not trade away his right under the Directive to the maintenance of the same terms and conditions , even if ‘ the employee obtains new benefits in compensation for the disadvantages resulting from an amendment to his contract of employment so that , taking the matter as a whole , he is not placed in a worse position than before ’ ( point 15 ) . |
| 7 | This negative element can be felt in ( 32 ) above in the fact that this sentence implies that he did not appeal to a higher court even though he could have . |
| 8 | " A lower preference can not count against a higher preference " , say the pundits . |
| 9 | Hence those who take a floating charge from a company which can not be proved to be solvent , and which does not survive for a further year , can not thereby obtain protection in respect to their existing debts , but only to the extent that they provide the company with new value and thus increase the assets available for other creditors . |
| 10 | If the monies are not claimed after a further period ( usually 6 or 12 years ) then the bidder will be released from its payment obligation and the moneys paid back to it . |
| 11 | Externally , AWCC felt that its demands were highly specific and did not benefit from a wider articulation through the North Side Leadership Conference , which it joined in 1985 . |
| 12 | Doubling the amount of protein present did not result in a higher level of crosslinking in the presence of NCp7 . |
| 13 | It is important that the medium used flows and fills all the air space , so that subsidence does not occur at a later date . |
| 14 | Reports indicated that agreement on the final communiqué was reached only after France had decided not to press for a clearer recognition of a European defence identity distinct from NATO . |
| 15 | Teenage farm workers are particularly sensitive to their image at an age when they are dating girls who may or may not hope for a better future than that of a farm worker 's wife . |
| 16 | Furthermore , possession of HLA B8 DR3 did not correlate with a higher antibody titre ( p>0.05 ) . |
| 17 | It is advisable for the purchaser to draw attention to any points which may cause difficulties if they are not raised until a later stage . |
| 18 | A better way of life need not depend on a higher standard of living and they were out to stop those whose pursuit of continued economic and industrial growth undermined the basis of life itself . |
| 19 | Postgraduate Bursaries are available for certain full-time courses which do not lead to a higher degree . |
| 20 | He promises me privatisation will not lead to a smaller railway and if subsidies are needed , he 'll pay them . |
| 21 | It has certainly not led to a greater family stability . |
| 22 | Whatever the truth , the unwelcome publicity could not come at a worse time for Mercedes — just as it is launching its new top-of-the-range ‘ S ’ model after 12 years of development . |
| 23 | Newspaper reports on 12th March that the Bank of Ireland is to shed 600 of its staff over the coming years could not come at a worse time for the economy . |
| 24 | the second car does not belong to a higher rating group than the spouses car |
| 25 | You could not ask for a better curtain-raiser to the day 's racing . |
| 26 | In their view , the District was meeting the criteria set out in Ashby 's Recommendation 6 and in the 1955 regulations quite admirably : was it not entitled to a higher proportion of grant-aid than those whose standards were poorer , whose students ' fees were lower and who were meeting the needs of their areas less successfully in relation to other providing bodies ? |
| 27 | One can not generalize about a greater receptivity among Protestant clergy toward the new cosmology . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll show ya round with great pleasure , ’ said the affable manager , ‘ but I ca n't think of a worse theatre than this for your show . ’ |
| 29 | GET MARRIED I CA N'T THINK OF A WORSE TORTURE S. |
| 30 | I ca n't think of a worse crime . |