Example sentences of "[noun sg] [not/n't] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Barnsley 's advantage could have been cut from five to two points had Keegan 's side not lacked the creative nous to topple them . |
| 2 | She thought that she knew who the lucky man might be , and it took all her strength of mind not to betray the dreadful emotions which merely thinking of him aroused in her . |
| 3 | She considered it very remiss of the Social Work Department not to inform the Social Work Committee of what guidelines or policy it intended to use as a stop gap measure . |
| 4 | It was an apparent attempt not to highlight the deep rift between herself and her estranged husband Charles on the one day of the year which is symbolic of happy families . |
| 5 | Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer named a new Cabinet on Jan. 31 after he had requested the resignation of those ministers who had announced their intention not to contest the general election which was due later in 1990 . |
| 6 | ( 3 ) The tenant should resist a provision not to agree the reviewed rent under the underlease without the landlord 's approval , as the time it could take to obtain such approval could result in the undertenant changing its mind . |
| 7 | The old Grenfell charm must have been working even under all that hair not to mention the scruffy beard . ’ |
| 8 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's decision not to support the French proposal to fix the conference date in Strasbourg highlights his concern that the question of European monetary union and the inevitable transfer of powers from West Germany 's Bundesbank to the new European central bank would get caught up in the German general election next autumn . |
| 9 | Instead , the debate here focused on the bonuses Charlton 's players will receive for getting to Italy ( £25,000 per man ) and the Sports Minister 's public criticism of Irish television for their decision not to screen the other tie in Group Six , between Hungary and Spain . |
| 10 | Mr Shamir refused to reverse his decision not to allow the United Nations to investigate the killing of at least nineteen Arabs by Israeli security forces . |
| 11 | [ For Bush 's Dec. 3 decision not to cancel the Argentine leg of his Latin American tour see p. 37914 . ] |
| 12 | If Jacques Chirac , the RPR leader , stands by his oft-expressed decision not to seek the prime minister 's post , the job is thought most likely to go to Edouard Balladur , his former finance minister . |
| 13 | Lamont 's decision not to tax the Royal Family is disgraceful and I do n't know how the Queen can sleep at night when her subjects are struggling in misery . |
| 14 | Treachery is unlikely , but the decision not to attack the Scottish camp , and not to pursue the Scots when they broke camp , suggests at the very least a lack of confidence and judgement amongst the English commanders , and there is some evidence of disagreement amongst them about the tactics they should adopt . |
| 15 | Supporting the Chancellor 's decision not to raise the basic rate of income tax , he said : ‘ Despite the size of the PSBR , I am glad he introduced a neutral Budget . |
| 16 | then proposed and seconded the adoption of the Directors Report ( as amended by the proposal not to reappoint the present auditors ) and the Revenue Account and Balance Sheet , and this was carried unanimously . |
| 17 | She had n't been reading at all but had been glancing out of the window not seeing the gracious gardens that surrounded Summer Lodge , but planning ways to help Craig when he came to her . |
| 18 | There may have been little or no discussion of these issues , even among the higher clerics and ecclesiastical advisers , but Innocent was too polished a performer not to realize the public relations advantages of pronouncement in a general council . |
| 19 | On the other hand , it seems such a shame not to enjoy the outdoor life in summer . |
| 20 | Why have the laws of war not addressed the nuclear weapons question more successfully ? |
| 21 | The early pre-emptive presence of the blue helmets is an earnest of the world 's desire not to see the Bosnian war repeated in Macedonia . |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend encourage the Chancellor of the Exchequer not to increase the top limit on national insurance contributions because of the plight in which that would place many of my constituents and people in neighbouring Blackpool who earn under £15,000 a year but during the holiday season earn more than £400 a week ? |
| 23 | The very next morning I arose and , without any premeditation , any thought at all , for the first time in adulthood I went though my morning toilet not noting the precise conformity of my actions to the schema of habit . |
| 24 | It is false economy not to get the right expert , even though getting the right expert may be more expensive . |
| 25 | Or for a civil engineering student not to appreciate the environmental implications of large-scale works such as the channel tunnel . |
| 26 | But it was going to be a real bummer not having the little guy around to chat with while I single-handedly solved my cases . |
| 27 | In so many areas the advance man ( who may or may not be the same as the event organiser ) has the on-the-spot knowledge which headquarters staff or the committee can never have — and it 's a mistake not to get the maximum use from it . |
| 28 | One editorial described it as ‘ characterised by an over-anxiety not to offend the professional establishment ’ . |
| 29 | Storage not exceeding the following heights are considered suitable for Ordinary Hazard systems . |
| 30 | The Face magazine , which faces a libel payout to the actor and singer Jason Donovan , is criticised by the authority today for ignoring a warning not to carry the controversial advertisement for the clothing firm Benetton , showing an Aids sufferer . |