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

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1 For example , she was deeply opposed to opening in Manchester , as she did not think her type of customer lived there , but preferred to be associated with the older university towns or cathedral cities such as Bath or Edinburgh .
2 It does not cover your car for damage in an accident , therefore it is usually the sort of policy taken out by people with old cars .
3 That does not affect our commitment to safety and it has nothing to do with privatisation .
4 When Val was gone , Roland realised , with a shock like a religious conversion , that he did not want their way of life to go on .
5 I do not want your emblems of slavery . ’
6 Do not regard your record of baseline behaviour , your seven to ten-day preparation phase , with an overly pessimistic , critical eye .
7 So the simple weathering model will not explain our distribution of chlorine .
8 Barclays has run into a sequence of big borrowers who can not service their debts on time and can not sell their assets to repay the debts .
9 Arrangements such as joint market research , and the joint execution of research work up to the stage of industrial application , were stated to be compatible with Article 85(1) , provided that participating companies did not restrict their freedom of action .
10 Hindus do not worship their images of stone or metal .
11 A discourse analyst may regularly work with extended extracts of conversational speech , for example , but he does not consider his data in isolation from the descriptions and insights provided by sentence-grammarians .
12 Lord did not confine his ventures to cricket .
13 In the end , the WICBC 's attitude that they could not accept any individual who did not uphold their tradition of sportsmanship prevailed , and Gilchrist played no more Tests .
14 Hyacinth , who could not catch her breath for excitement , found herself in the arms of the Prime Minister .
15 Sport that invokes excessive emotion , especially anger and aggression , may not suit our need for balance and peace of mind , and this can be destructive to our striving for harmony .
16 The young in West Belfast know their rights in relation to the RUC and British army , but they do not know their rights in relation to jobs .
17 Owing to Amal 's seclusion as a female , she could not identify her attackers by name , only that they were acquaintances of her brother .
18 If I will not bring his bride to life , then he will rob my bride of her life . ’
19 He would not neglect his wife in favour of his work , nor his work in favour of his wife .
20 9.7 Accidents The Landlord shall not be responsible to the Tenant or to anyone at the Premises or the Centre expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority for any accident happening or injury suffered or for any damage or to or loss of any chattel sustained in the Premises or the Centre There is a question mark attached to the effectiveness of this provision on the basis that a party can not exclude its liability for death or personal injuries caused by its negligence .
21 We can not expect our competitors on mainland Europe to put up with such discrimination .
22 Azerbaijani attempts to open a new front in the east through attacks on the Askeran region of the enclave from Agdam could not prevent their loss of control over Lachin on May 17 .
23 However , you can not exchange your stamps for cash .
24 If the house was above the road , it came from it , and cross 'd the way to run to another ; if the house was below us , it cross 'd us from some other distant house above it , and at every considerable house was a manufactory or work-house , and as they could not do their business without water , the little streams were so parted and guided by gutters and pipes , and by turning and dividing the streams , that none of those houses were without a river , if I may call it so , running into and through their work-houses .
25 A man who can not base his decisions on precedent and logic has no business being on the bench ( a premise that Justice Brennan never forgot ) .
26 Nevertheless he did not base his decision upon section 25 , but held that the sellers ' lien was defeated because the sellers , who knew in advance of the sub-sale , had assented to it in a way that indicated their intention to forego the lien .
27 The court stated that reasonable parents will not send their children into danger without protection and that both the parents and the occupier must act reasonably .
28 There is nothing more certain than that Zacco will not send his friend into danger .
29 She will leave , take the children with her and is often in no hurry to take on another man who can not give her caring in return .
30 It is therefore extremely significant that we read of Jesus in the New Testament that the Spirit descends and remains on him ( John 1:32 ) and that God did not give his Spirit by measure or sparingly to him ( John 3:34 ) .
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