Example sentences of "[noun sg] not [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | audit methodology not geared to a systems-based approach ; |
| 2 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 3 | The only exception is when you need unique expertise not required on a permanent basis . |
| 4 | He always used to lecture people , tell them about the honesty of the artist , the necessity not to speak like a bourgeois . |
| 5 | The City Take-over Panel , which has to give its blessing to the ending of the contract , could take a dim view of the decision not to proceed with a formal bid . |
| 6 | Her perception was not clearly defined by sensations and she made a value judgement not based on a logical process . |
| 7 | Mr Bowman warned a moral panic not based on a real perception of the situation , could lead to bad or ineffective legislation . |
| 8 | Pearl has the unenviable reputation of being one of the more sleepy members within a sector not noted for a dynamic approach . |
| 9 | Their views on programmes for urban renewal tend to follow similar lines to their views on welfare , with large-scale intervention not seen as a public responsibility . |
| 10 | Even my wife , enlightened , but energetically gregarious , upon my expressing my desire not to go to a certain gathering would say , ‘ Normal people like parties , they want to go . ’ |
| 11 | They have not therefore always reached their conclusion on analytical grounds ; often these conclusions are expressive of a pragmatic desire not to intervene in a particular case . |
| 12 | I look away , for all the reasons that people like me , with homes and an income , look away : a mixture of helplessness , guilt and the desire not to stare at a perfect stranger , as it were , in bed . |
| 13 | He was subsequently ordered by a court not to go within a hundred yards of her . |
| 14 | Different considerations would arise if it did , since it would be contrary to public policy for the court not to recognise as a qualified representative of the head of state of the foreign state the diplomatic representative recognised by Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 15 | The British and Irish teams was unsuccessful in this event , and this is the first international event not won by a British team for a very long time . |
| 16 | He characterizes science by its epistemological break with ideology , a moment in the production of knowledge not indicated by a new theory of knowledge or a new sociological form . |
| 17 | The relative contribution of multifactorial transmission is defined by H , the heritability ( in the narrow sense ) , which reflects genetic transmission not ascribed to a major gene and cultural transmission : H=C/V . |
| 18 | Officers in the major craft — the LCTs and LCIs ( see Appendix 4 ) — had a little more training but not very much : navigation is a science not learnt in a four-week course . |
| 19 | a small illustration in a book not enclosed in a definite border . |
| 20 | So I decided that in order not to appear as a bad-tempered harpy , I would agree with everything Shirl said and then add : ‘ But … ’ |