Example sentences of "[noun sg] not [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This scheme will be used in future for it provides an opportunity for the genuine fan who attends games against less glamorous opposition not to lose out in the real crowd pullers . |
| 2 | Life-cycle poverty was a condition not confined only to the old . |
| 3 | The spokeswoman for the mission said : ’ Recognition not tied in to the negotiating process is not a sensible thing right now . ’ |
| 4 | For another , has the Scottish Tourist Board not cottoned on to the fact that this Sunday sailings issue is good copy . |
| 5 | Another type of work which is disliked is emotionally demanding work , a category not recognized elsewhere in the literature on the police . |
| 6 | It does have the advantage of the computer not going off in the heat of the moment and hurting some innocent bank clerk , though . ’ |
| 7 | Blanche was still suspicious of her decision not to tell earlier of the quarrel with her father on the night of his death . |
| 8 | Now supporters are trying to persuade the council not to go ahead with the plans . |
| 9 | Even President George Bush told his team not to come back to the USA if they failed to win back the Cup while one British tabloid quoted our own Peter Alliss on how the matches have moved away from the original concept of GB v USA and goodwill through golf . |
| 10 | A man … ( most of the examples in mathematics textbooks refer to men : women are invisible — a point not picked up in the Cockcroft Report which devotes a whole chapter to why girls perform less well in mathematics than boys do ) … earns £74.50 for a 48 hour week . |
| 11 | And you 've got ta be careful as well at night not to hang on to the tail lights of the thing in from of you |
| 12 | I feel sorry only for Eugenie and Beatrice because they will suffer a great deal seeing their mother and father not living together under the same roof . ’ |
| 13 | Organisations should consider incorporating in their equal opportunity statements their commitment not to discriminate arbitrarily on the grounds of age . |
| 14 | For instance , the Institute of Personnel Management proposes that organisations should consider including a commitment not to discriminate arbitrarily on the grounds of age in their equal opportunities policies . |
| 15 | DIVERS exploring the wreck of the Titanic brought up china plates with a pattern not found before aboard the ill-fated ship , it was announced yesterday . |
| 16 | Employing the familiar juxtaposition of ‘ the remarkably law-abiding character of twentieth century English life ’ and ‘ the law-abiding England of pre-1940 ’ as against what he repeatedly identified as ‘ new ’ — ‘ the new juvenile crime ’ , ‘ the new rebels ’ , ‘ the new generation of indifferent parents ’ , ‘ a new type of violence ’ , ‘ the new state of insecurity ’ — Fyvel thus considered that there was ‘ something in the way of life , in the break-up of traditional authority , in the values of the news in the headlines , which encouraged widespread youthful cynicism in general and rather violent delinquency in particular ’ and that this was ‘ a by-product of a new economic revolution which has put spending money on a scale not known before into the pockets of working-class boys and girls ’ . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State has said several times today how proud he is of British Rail 's safety record — a pride which we all share — but that is surely no reason not to look again at the real doubts that have arisen in the past year about manning , the number of hours worked and the quality of some of the new systems of signalling that are being installed . |
| 18 | 4 ) Tackled player and tackler not moving away from the ball on the ground immediately . |
| 19 | He warned Theo not to be confused , to get his priorities right at all costs , and to take care not to bow down before the ‘ money devil ’ . |
| 20 | Why , therefore , did congress not get on with the business of removing a patently guilty president ? |
| 21 | A good deal of thought has gone into devising various practical steps to check on the accuracy of analysis not carried out under the data user 's immediate control . |
| 22 | He had pressed on with the work , permitting no more interruption than common courtesy required , and had joined in the prayer of thanksgiving with a truly heartfelt gratitude not occasioned only by the woman 's departure . |
| 23 | He had looked at his wife 's unguarded face and forgotten for a moment that life was a deadly game in which you had to keep your cards close to your chest and your back to the wall , your eyes open and your nose clean in order not to end up in the gutter with your hat in your hand . |
| 24 | As hard as Marshall try to convey the message of versatility in this type of combo , I defy anyone who plugs into it for the first time not to go straight for the overdrive sounds : ‘ If it 's a Marshall then it 's going to rock , whether it wants to or not ! ’ |
| 25 | What the Leeds manager appeared to be saying was that , while it was a matter of opinion whether Mr Midgley used his discretion correctly , he was glad to see a referee not sticking rigidly to the letter of the law . |
| 26 | As the most avaricious of the courtiers Damory was put under restraint in November 1317 by Aymer de Valence , Earl of Pembroke , and Bartholomew Badlesmere [ qq.v. ] , both of them moderates among Edward 's associates , who imposed on Damory a written undertaking not to profit excessively from the king 's generosity nor to permit others to do so . |
| 27 | There was not a great deal to see , as he was curled up on one side with his thumb jammed in his mouth , and four chubby fingers obscured that part of his face not pressed deep into the bolster . |
| 28 | It took me all my self-control not to turn round from the job I was doing until she had stopped and was ready for applause . |