Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] not [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both parties agreed not to make peace without the other 's consent . |
| 2 | Sadly , teaching of languages in schools has not kept pace with the relevant technological advances , but we find now that it is almost never necessary to recruit an individual specifically for linguistic skill . |
| 3 | Modern peace-makings seem not to entail marriages between the disputants , as the historic ones sometimes did ; but in all other respects contemporary practice accords with the image . |
| 4 | His words did not make sense at all . |
| 5 | It should be noted that the Guidelines do not form part of the Code and are not enforceable under the Bye–Laws of The Engineering Council . |
| 6 | But these signals did not reach AFHQ until the morning of the next day , 15 May , long after Robertson had sent his response to McCreery 's AC/189 which had only asked for " immediate steps " to be taken over the approach of Army Group E , and which had made no specific reference to Croats . |
| 7 | All the nodes were manufactured and all but one was delivered ; however , the parties did not finalise agreement on the price or the terms to govern the contract and S retained the final node at its factory , pending agreement . |
| 8 | Early reconstructions of the temple placed these on square pedestals , but it is clear from the coins that the pedestals did not form part of the base of the columns . |
| 9 | Naturally , animals do not defy conservation of energy during running . |
| 10 | The Mesopotamian Jews did not take part in the Maccabean rebellion and apparently were unaffected by it . |
| 11 | Later emperors did not regard suzerainty in central Italy as having passed to the popes by these donations . |
| 12 | I replied to Ms Chevannes through the same newspaper thus : ‘ Generally , black kids do not demonstrate interest in school work and do not sink much enthusiasm into their efforts . |
| 13 | Unlike them , Mary Queen of Scots did not see complexities in the situation ; like her grandson Charles I after her , she assumed that the expression of the royal will from a distance was enough to make problems go away . |
| 14 | It is clear that the proportion of abusers is very small ; it is equally clear that the vast majority of drinkers do not abuse alcohol at all . |
| 15 | A revision of electoral lists had not taken place since 1985 , contrary to the Constitution which stipulated such a revision every three years . |
| 16 | Robin Howard , mitigating , said his clients had not got fat through this scam — it was merely to stay solvent during the worst years of the recession . |
| 17 | Robin Howard , mitigating , said his clients had not got fat through this scam — it was merely to stay solvent during the worst years of the recession . |
| 18 | The money that currently goes into forcing less-talented cricketers into retirement can be redirected into the purses of these cricketer' wives , who can thus get all the jobs done that their sporting husbands have not found time for . |
| 19 | But the trend in the motor industry at large has been in quite the opposite direction to the Chapman philosophy ; cars have not become lighter over the years but noticeably heavier and more complex . |
| 20 | All this progress with tokamaks has not brought work on other confinement systems to a standstill . |
| 21 | Water companies advised not to report breaches of EC rules on pesticides in drinking water . |
| 22 | No summary data are presented and some of the individual trials did not measure quality of life at all . |
| 23 | The council contended that the plaintiffs were estopped from asserting that the road verges did not form part of the highway by the decision of the Chief Commons Commissioner . |
| 24 | While such phrases do not do justice to its many insights — to which I will return in Chapter 8 — there are nevertheless some serious weaknesses in the approach . |
| 25 | If parents do not find time for such training they will spend more time scolding and correcting at a later stage . |
| 26 | It may be that those parents do not consider colour to be important , but such a blind attitude towards the role of group differences in the society is unwise . |
| 27 | Chris said one of the biggest failings was that parents did not take part in the education of the children , this is where it fell down , that , once the education was seen as a government thing that |
| 28 | Perhaps this is why straight lines do not suggest movement along their length as effectively as slightly curved ones . |
| 29 | ( Some countries do not pay compensation for damage . ) |
| 30 | In theory , EEC countries do not need production of a Green Card , but in practice most hauliers carry one to facilitate an uninterrupted crossing . |