Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] a [noun] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | MAFF did not conduct a farm by farm assessment to define boundaries as DAFS ( Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland ) has done in Scotland because the manpower requirement would have been enormous and the work would have taken , according to MAFF , 8–10 years to complete for England and Wales . |
2 | Stodgill wrote ( 1948 ) ‘ A person does not become a leader by virtue of the possession of some combination of traits , but the pattern of personal characteristics of the leader must bear some relevant relationship to the characteristics , activities and goals of the followers ’ . |
3 | PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE AGENCIES OR PUBLICATIONS MENTIONED HERE ARE KNOWN TO AGE CONCERN ENGLAND , INCLUSION IN THIS FACTSHEET DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A RECOMMENDATION BY AGE CONCERN ENGLAND FOR ANY PARTICULAR AGENCY OR PUBLICATION . |
4 | PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE AGENCIES OR PUBLICATIONS MENTIONED HERE ARE KNOWN TO AGE CONCERN ENGLAND , INCLUSION IN THIS FACT SHEET DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A RECOMMENDATION BY AGE CONCERN ENGLAND FOR ANY PARTICULAR AGENCY OR PUBLICATION . |
5 | Because if you do n't , if do n't do a word by word translation , as some of you did , you , you may miss the meaning of certain words , and that might totally alter your perception of what 's being said , and then what you should , wh when you 've done a literal translation , you will have a very stiff erm , u unusual version of it , written in modern English vocabulary but you 'll find that word ordering and things like that wo n't be appropriate , and sometimes the vocabulary are n't the kind of words that would normally be used now . |