Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As the overall shape of wage profiles are widely recognized why do workers not stay longer with one firm ?
2 Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification .
3 But there is no reason why it should not exist independently of joint liability .
4 The two forms of reason do not exist independently of each other , as different forms of reality , but exist in relation to each other in an economy comparable to Derrida 's differential ‘ stricture ’ .
5 for Community law does not exist only in some faraway place but forms part of our national legal system .
6 It was clear from Fräulein Silber 's face that she did not think highly of modern art .
7 The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap .
8 Believe it or not , but we do not tread all over each other to get where we want to go — or at least the majority of us do n't ! ’
9 And any relation between members of the same sex which allowed their difference , did not assimilate both to one fantasy , would be heterosexual . ’
10 Nevertheless , it must be recognized that co-operation by itself can not compensate entirely for inadequate funding .
11 I regret therefore that I can not assist further with this matter
12 But as the directives are binding only if they do not deviate much from right reason and as we should act on them only if they are binding , we always have to go back to fundamentals .
13 While the Panel does not fall squarely within this category of body , its activities are considered by the courts to be sufficiently similar so as to be subject to judicial review .
14 The Newbolt — Leavis claim that English was not just one more academic subject does not survive well in this climate .
15 The principle of interchangeable parts did not catch on in British industry as fast as it did in the American gun industry ; Colt 's revolvers were the great examples of what became known as the American system of manufacture .
16 TEENAGERS in South Cleveland may not know enough about safe sex and are reluctant to use contraceptives , including condoms , says a new report .
17 In reality variable costs do not behave strictly in this manner .
18 UK competition policy , for example , does not focus solely on economic efficiency .
19 This interpretation was supported by the observation that after propagation in P. anserina , the linear plasmid does not integrate anymore into chromosomal DNA when reintroduced in P. anserina protoplasts ( 18 ) .
20 Incidentally , in this context brother here does not refer exclusively to another member of the Jewish nation .
21 Strathclyde has told ScotRail that it can not invest more in local rail services , including the largest suburban network outside London , unless the Government gives assurances that it will continue to have a major say after privatisation .
22 ‘ Ministers have not only not spoken out against this irresponsibility but now can not speak persuasively against these boardroom excesses because so many ex-Cabinet Ministers are themselves among the beneficiaries of these excesses , ’ he said .
23 So we shall not speak further of this matter until after you have seen your Harry again .
24 But strategy of this sort , while it is a useful analytic tool , does not contribute much to historical explanation .
25 Why , then , do they not do more for small business and look again at legislation on the late payment of debt ?
26 On ministerial appointments for instance , while he made MacDonald change his intentions in a number of cases , he did not do so without occasional complaint front the Prime Minister , and continuing give and take between the two leaders .
27 In the silent happiness that was life in la Sologne , Jean-Claude explained to me why he was not working on Frontenac 's libretto and how he would not do so for any amount of money .
28 Mark , aware of the problem , records that the reaction of the chief priests and Scribes was to look for some way to get rid of Jesus , but that they could not do so at that moment because Jesus was popular with the people .
29 Does the Prime Minister agree that although there is scope for compromise on many matters at Maastricht , the one issue on which it is impossible to compromise is the difference between those who believe that Britain could and should join in a single currency and those who believe that we should not do so at any price and that we should never even have joined the exchange rate mechanism ?
30 ‘ Ordinarily I would have commented in some detail about our business , but can not do so at this time as we are in a closed period prior to the announcement of our 1992 results on 24 March ’ .
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