Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] not [adv] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour did not formally oppose the measure in Parliament , despite backbench misgivings , but did criticise the use of £750,000 of public money to advertise overseas voters ' rights . |
| 2 | A manor did not necessarily cover the same area as a parish ; indeed , parishes sometimes contained two or more manors and the boundaries between the two institutions often overlapped . |
| 3 | This practice did not strictly contravene the legislation since there is a loophole which allowed the introduction of this line of questioning at the discretion of the judge , if the judge thought it was essential . |
| 4 | However , the reckless , well-bred show of bravado did not exactly endear the utterer to two other boys of like age . |
| 5 | The visitors ' committee did not always support the workhouse master . |
| 6 | But yesterday three appeal judges headed by Lord Taylor , the Lord Chief Justice , ruled that the trial judge did not properly direct the jurors on how , when deciding between murder and manslaughter , they should view the lies initially told by Richens to the police . |
| 7 | The trial judge did not so direct the jury . |
| 8 | The rice and other crops produced by the peasantry did not merely keep the population as a whole alive ; rice was also the cornerstone of the formal political and economic organization of the country , at both national and local levels . |
| 9 | The manner of a bishop 's election could itself affect the whole of his ensuing episcopate , if factions became too firmly entrenched ; peace did not always follow the elevation of the successful candidate . |
| 10 | However , in terms of increasing the chances of publicity in the national press , the rising of the Sun did not significantly alter the general picture . |
| 11 | But the shift in focus involved in the journey south did not necessarily reposition the directors who had once rediscovered northern grime into a world which they could explore with sympathy and understanding . |
| 12 | Two partitions of heavy wooden panelling did not quite reach the arched ceiling and the other two sides of the room were formed by the walls of the crypt itself . |
| 13 | An essay or a lecture on some general theme did not always have the required effect , as some of the otherwise magisterial addresses delivered when he was a world-figure tend to show . |
| 14 | ‘ My husband did not usually discuss the negotiations for Ruggiero Miletti 's release with me , but on one occasion about a month ago , while we were having dinner … . ’ |
| 15 | However , Geaga rejected one of the posts of Minister of State , charging that the new body did not truly reflect the views of the Christian community . |
| 16 | The 1959 decree did not fundamentally change the existing situation — argue Missika and Woltons — but it was perhaps the text that , more than any other , showed that ‘ public service broadcasting ’ would not develop on lines akin to Britain 's BBC . |
| 17 | These subtleties of the war did not entirely evade the British public . |
| 18 | The reason in both cases why the security given was unenforceable was that ( a ) the security was given by the wife of the debtor , ( b ) the creditor knew of the relationship , ( c ) the creditor had done nothing to ensure that the wife understand the transaction , ( d ) the wife did not properly understand the transaction , and ( e ) she had had no independent advice . |
| 19 | In this particular case , we felt that the documentation did not adequately stress the point . |
| 20 | Even when they were secured , performances at court did not always bring the rewards Leopold hoped for : |
| 21 | Beside the King and the Archbishop , the Bishops of Paphos and Limassol , the several abbots , the Knights Hospitaller of the Order and the ecclesiastical officers of the Cathedral , stood a thick , black hairy fellow in a battered conical cap with a veil , below which an assortment of robes vaguely Greek and vaguely Coptic did not quite cover the stained brown habit of a Franciscan friar . |
| 22 | They had small populations and few , if any , known opioid users and so their exclusion did not significantly alter the findings presented below . |
| 23 | In other words , democracy did not immediately deprive the upper classes , and the Liberal and Conservative Parties , of political leadership . |
| 24 | So even before the US occupation ended , the Japanese had learned that the form of the constitution did not totally determine the substance of its application . |
| 25 | The Cabinet did not collectively consider the matter until 22 October , only three days before Baldwin 's speech at Plymouth . |
| 26 | Would-be practitioners of planning did not clearly understand the constraints imposed on their activities by external economic relations and pressures . |
| 27 | Haute couture in the tomb did not really preoccupy the majority of the populace and , in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , the system of requisitioning a single linen sheet from the household supply seemed to be the norm . |
| 28 | Treatment with sucralfate did not significantly alter the number of capillaries or myofibroblasts . |
| 29 | While conceding that the simple plurality method did not accurately reflect the preference of the electorate ( at the 1990 election the National Party had won 69 per cent of the seats with 48 per cent of the vote ) , its advocates argued that , by producing decisive legislative majorities , it was a key factor in accomplishing stable government . |
| 30 | Expressing albumin as a ratio to creatinine did not substantially reduce the variability . |