Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The level of giving has not increased in real terms at all significantly in the late 1980s despite attempts to increase its attractiveness through various tax reliefs . |
| 2 | Pleas from the Prince of Wales for corporate help to rebuild the inner cities has not fallen on deaf ears . |
| 3 | Even with this limitation , however , and even given the fact that the Court in this case says by way of principle little that it has not said in previous cases , one should not underestimate the impact of this new illustration of the Court 's conception of the reach of the Directive in terms of the nature of the activities it covers . |
| 4 | To get rid of such furniture because it happens not to fit into present arrangements is rather like pulling down one wing of the house concerned just because it is not for the moment in use . |
| 5 | The eggs of other frogs and toads not adapted to ephemeral pools may take as long as six weeks to hatch . |
| 6 | If Sheila does not co-operate with social workers , it may not help if her mother is dragged in on the social workers ' side . |
| 7 | In practice , spontaneous speech does not consist of fluent sequences of grammatically correct sentences , but is hesitant , sometimes repetitive and grammatically incorrect . |
| 8 | The training set does not consist of labelled examples and counter examples . |
| 9 | Table 1 does not consist of water-tight compartments but should rather be regarded as displaying general categories which may run into each other , more as two sets of continua rather than as two polar ideal types . |
| 10 | However , society does not consist of isolated individuals . |
| 11 | Where it does not coincide with cultural frontiers , it is insignificant . |
| 12 | Many authorities would say that such a reordering of the series does not accord with serial principles ; yet on the other hand one can point out that serialism is only a method established for the facilitation of composition quality . |
| 13 | We are anxious to ensure consistency in planning policy advice so that conflict does not arise from different interpretations . |
| 14 | He does not talk about important jobs and unimportant jobs . |
| 15 | James calls him ‘ the Father of lights , who does not change like shifting shadows ’ . |
| 16 | The word ‘ bound ’ begs a number of questions , and does not appear in other writers ' views . |
| 17 | Because this does not fit with preconceived notions of , say , electricity distribution or the postal service , we will have to qualify the result in various ways , in order to realize the extent of its truth . |
| 18 | But , except by private or hybrid Bills , Parliament does not legislate for individual cases . |
| 19 | The Shield of Cold does not protect against magical attacks of any kind but only against ordinary missile weapons . |
| 20 | Depositors ' funds are placed with HM Treasury , authorised banks , local authorities and building societies in Great Britain ; Tyndall does not lend to other customers . |
| 21 | Their method of searching does not depend on pre-determined descriptors . |
| 22 | A ‘ renewable energy source ’ is one which does not depend on finite reserves of either fossil or nuclear fuels . |
| 23 | The nomenclature of science does not refer to definitive concepts : |
| 24 | The system itself does not differentiate between different types of employee , ie current staff , leavers , pensioners , and as each employee has a unique staff number a complete history is available for all staff who have worked in the company . |
| 25 | It is important to note that the preferential creditors are given priority where a receiver is appointed with respect to a charge ‘ which , as created , was a floating charge ’ ; thus the fact that the charge has crystallised at the time a receiver is appointed does not result in preferential debts being denied their statutory priority . |
| 26 | In addition , it can be demotivating for staff who are subjected to a prolonged investigation that does not result in tangible benefits that offset the level of disturbance caused . |
| 27 | It does not distinguish between different types of hearsay or impose any procedural requirements for its admission . |
| 28 | At the moment , the law does not distinguish between different classes of director . |
| 29 | This does not matter in normal situations , because the radius of curvature of space-time is very large compared to the uncertainty in the position of a particle . |
| 30 | It might be wondered why much corporate crime is dealt with by administrative agencies rather than criminal courts , but that does not justify excluding corporate acts regulated by administrative agencies from the study of corporate crime . |