Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these plate boundary configurations and stages of development are largely conjectural since clear examples do not exist at the present day . |
| 2 | Joan Thirsk 's brilliant examination of these variations , region by region , illustrates this for the period from 1500 onwards ( 103 , pp.1–112 ) , and there is no reason to believe that a similar diversity did not exist at the earlier period also , although there were probably changes in detail in particular areas , such as those caused by climatic change to which allusion was made in Chapter 1 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He was talking but could not think at the same time . |
| 7 | Agree that Practice Rule 15 be not amended at the present time . |
| 8 | It rained upon them at Elgin and Johnson again ran into culinary difficulty with a lunch he could not eat at the Red Lion inn . |
| 9 | At the final endoscopy , 934 ( 97.1% ) of the 962 patients whose duodenal ulcers had not healed at the two week endoscopy had taken their medication regularly , 15 ( 1.6% ) had taken medication irregularly , and information was lacking for 13 ( 1.4% ) patients . |
| 10 | KPMG would not comment at the recent agm . |
| 11 | b , Cell bodies of the trigeminal nerve in r3 of a normal embryo are not located at the ventral midline but are distributed more laterally ( arrowhead ) and send their axons directly lateral before turning anteriorly and crossing into r2. c , DiI retrograde tracing of the facial motor nerve in a normal embryo shows that the cell bodies in r5 ( indicated by the white arrow ) are located along the midline and project their axons anteriorly into r4 . |
| 12 | It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors . |
| 13 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 14 | The regent has said , even if it takes all day , we are not to appear at the royal palace or the Savoy until we have something more to tell him ! ’ |
| 15 | The Whites had vast total forces but the separate forces did not attack at the same time . |
| 16 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 17 | All you 've got to do is concentrate on getting out quick and running your own thing , not looking at the next guy . |
| 18 | And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture . |
| 19 | Katherine nodded fractionally , and the butler bowed and moved silently from the room , not looking at the younger man . |
| 20 | In Mark and Luke , the betrayer is not named at the Last Supper itself . |
| 21 | Now if the prediction that follows from this maze of premises turns out to be false ( in our example , if the planet does not appear at the predicted location ) , then all that the logic of the situation permits us to conclude is that at least one of the premises must be false . |
| 22 | In a fixed date action , if the defendant has not delivered a defence within the time limited , or in any action where the defendant does not appear at the pre-trial review ( or preliminary arbitration appointment ) , evidence by affidavit is admissible without notice unless the court otherwise orders ( Ord 20 , r 7(2) ; Ord 19 , r 5(2) ; Term No 2 ) . |
| 23 | The court decided that the adoption by the Secretary of State of this general policy , which had the result that the judicial views were not sought at the earliest opportunity after conviction and sentence , was unlawful . |
| 24 | Norway is a particularly interesting example where they saw a rocketing rate of smoking amongst adolescents they introduced a smoking ban , er an an advertising ban , and in fact , it 's reversed and they , they 're youngsters are not smoking at the same rate as as they were . |
| 25 | Abnormal development may occur if a protein is not made at the right time or place , or the protein is defective or if too little or too much is made . |
| 26 | Examples of these are the Commission 's own proposals to extend privileges for unconvicted prisoners on remand to convicted prisoners awaiting sentence [ which will encourage early guilty pleas ] and the adjustment of legal aid fee scales to encourage more early preparatory work by counsel so that important decisions are not made at the last minute . |
| 27 | On the other hand , when one is obsessively searching for the solution to a problem , it may be consciously recognised when it occurs as a fluctuation in the random activity of the subconscious whereas in other circumstances it might not emerge at the conscious level at all . |
| 28 | Many professionals within the Lloyd 's market welcome the current crop of departures as there is an excess of financial capacity within the market at a time when business is not growing at the same rate as the available capacity . |
| 29 | He did not look at the still bowing surveyors as he spoke , but at Alexei . |
| 30 | She did not look at the old man , so she failed to see the shrewd yet kindly glance he gave her . |