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

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31 Members of the public , that is : public figures , says the report , need not expect quite the same degree of sanctuary .
32 ‘ I suppose it does not matter now the French bitch is leaving .
33 Living Together as Husband and Wife is very concerned about being ‘ fair ’ to the married couple , but the only way they could truly be ‘ fair ’ to the married housewife would be to entitle the single housewife to less SB than she gets … and you can not entitle even a single housewife to less than nothing .
34 Sadly many of them did not show quite the high standard of dress they expect of their pupils .
35 Is it not time that the Government stood up and were counted by telling the Turkish Government to remove their troops from occupied Cyprus and saying that if they do not do so the British Government will veto any attempt by Turkey to join the EC ?
36 However , it will not do so an indefinite number of times .
37 But whatever you do , do not send out a general mailing and then ring up and ask whether the recipient is going to use it or not .
38 However , another year I shall not grow even a low line of peas along the south border .
39 Unfortunately , people do not feel quite the same craving to buy products made of recycled materials .
40 and we will not give up the good things in life for Greenpeace and for a clean environment
41 For all their talk about the wisdom of the marketplace , the Thatcher government could not give up the paternalistic idea that they had to regulate the independent television companies , with the continuation of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the guise of an Independent Television Commission .
42 Zuccarelli Labs also says that the patent does not give away the real secret of the invention .
43 Even if — which in some cases is a big ‘ if ’ — the patent system does not give away the vital clue to an innovative product of process , innovating enterprises now increasingly prefer to keep their knowledge to themselves in order to preserve their options on when , where and how to market it .
44 [ Guevara then went on to mention ] some things he had in mind : — ( 1 ) That they could not give back the expropriated properties … but they could pay for them in trade .
45 The former England captain could not break down a determined Arsenal side who were playing for their places in the forthcoming FA Cup semi final against Tottenham .
46 Ideational apraxia is seen when a patient can not carry out a complex sequence of movements , even though he is capable of carrying out each movement individually .
47 The local newspapers in Ulster printed our press statements , but did not follow up the Black story on their own despite the clear indications of sinister and dramatic happenings .
48 Each writer does not follow exactly the same order in the arrangement of his material .
49 He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen .
50 They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first .
51 In fairness , the bank manager would concede , he could not see where the poor fellow could make another economy and continue to live a half-way acceptable life .
52 We do not see here the great wealth and immense development of twelfth- or thirteenth-century Italy — we are , after all , still in the tenth and eleventh centuries ; and English towns never achieved the wealth or sophistication of the Italian .
53 Many Frenchmen remained suspicious even of arming Germans within a European force , and many did not see why the French army should lose its own military independence by joining EDC .
54 But the fact remains that while local authorities demonstrate their continued inability to use the resources that are already at their disposal , when so many Labour-controlled authorities can not even be bothered to collect the huge sums in uncollected rent , I can not see why the hon. Gentleman should be concerned about the level of rents .
55 But I still do not see why the little houses . ’
56 It went on , " I really do not see how a successful result could be achieved by forcible means . "
57 As their only specific spending pledges are on child benefit and pensions , I do not see how a Labour Administration would make one iota of difference to unemployment .
58 Experts in commons legislation do not see how a future purchaser could exploit timber , withdraw public access or charge for access on Newtown Common .
59 Although be knew that this happens , he did not think it plausible that all differences between cells could be caused in this way , because he could not see how a sufficient number of specific external stimuli could be brought to bear during development .
60 We can not see how the continued use of inappropriate information can enhance equity of health care .
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