Example sentences of "[noun pl] not [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the subjects the report would like to see companies publish in their annual reports are details on environmental policy ; environmental objectives ; information on action taken and the costs of passing environmental objectives ; compliance with regulations ; significant environmental risks not disclosed as contingent liabilities ; and key features of external audit reports on the enterprise 's environmental activities . |
| 2 | This is the most spectacular section of the Dee , its steep confining walls fringed by dense woodlands and its rocky bed much too rough for the passage of walkers not addicted to hard labour and who have respect for their clothes . |
| 3 | A perception can arise , particularly in those organizations not accustomed to regular meetings , of personal status being reduced by not being invited to certain meetings . |
| 4 | But to eyes not looking through ancient spectacles , it assuredly appears as an affair of the intercourse of a living being with its physical and social environment . |
| 5 | It has been the long-standing practice under Governments of both parties not to comment on operational matters , and we do not intend to depart from that precedent . |
| 6 | In a speech broadcast on television on Oct. 23 , shortly before polls opened , he called on voters to refrain from voting for parties not committed to Islamic values — a suggestion taken to be directed against the PPP . |
| 7 | a balance sheet for all funds not included in consolidated balance sheet ; |
| 8 | The language in the samples contains syntactic patterns and inter-sentence relationships not found in oral language . |
| 9 | On the eve of the summit the exiled Amir of Kuwait , Sheikh Jabir al Ahmed al Jabir as Sabah , had appealed to Bush and Gorbachev to adopt " decisive measures " to end the Iraqi occupation of his country , while Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had announced that he would not pull out of Kuwait under any circumstances , warned the superpowers not to interfere in Arab affairs , and urged the Soviet Union not to give in to US demands . |
| 10 | She flew with Maurice Dornier in the Do X flying-boat and enjoyed , it seems , many other privileges not given to other correspondents . |
| 11 | Instead he read Hilbert 's books , notably selections from a shelf of classic pornography , not in any way hidden , the books not concealed under plain covers , but there on display for anyone to find . |
| 12 | The subjectivity of the assessment can be reduced by the use of verbal surveys , such as questionnaires not restricted to numerical measures ; and the dangers of providing conformist assessments can be overcome by the assurance of confidentiality , and by checks for systematic variations . |
| 13 | Two months after the military crackdown in Beijing in June 1989 , it was announced that university student intake would be cut from 640,000 to 610,000 in the next academic year , and that " specialities mainly in the social science fields which the State has deemed for a long time to have turned out personnel not qualified for socialist construction " would be suspended . |
| 14 | The public sector would then be required to justify the retention of land held for projects not included in approved programmes and underdeveloped land or property before an independent adjudicator . |
| 15 | For the purposes of s 287(1) , the meaning of the term should be confined to releases not given for full consideration , on the grounds that such a limitation was required by the context of s 287(1) itself and by the provisions of TA 1970 relating to company distributions as a whole ( ss 233–237 and 282–286 ) . |
| 16 | My fear was further sharpened when Tooth , the only practising Muslim aboard , stiffly emerged from below wearing his black peci hat , and proceeded to prostrate himself towards Mecca at hours not prescribed by Islamic doctrine . |
| 17 | Correspondence between the optimized conformations and the NMR data of the CRE oligomer for steps with phosphates not resonating at low field . |
| 18 | Balanced Banking is also proving popular with around 50 per cent of the customers joining Balanced opening a new high interest savings accounts , and these accounts show higher average balances than for savings accounts not linked to Balanced Banking . |
| 19 | Tiday usually safe for small fish but dace shoals not showing in cold weather . |
| 20 | COSLA 's non-aligned group councillors , who represent mainly rural areas not controlled by political parties , decided not to oppose publicly the idea of a referendum . |
| 21 | Discount houses are obliged to purchase any Treasury bills not purchased by other people or institutions . |
| 22 | In a deliberate attempt to embarrass Tories and High Anglicans , he cited Charles II 's Declaration of April 1681 , which had condemned the then Whig-dominated House of Commons for arresting people for matters not relating to Parliamentary privilege , whilst in defence of the right of petitioning he cited the case of the seven bishops of 1688 . |
| 23 | It encourages pupils to approach them from angles not considered by other subjects or forms of study in the curriculum . |
| 24 | For instance , given the fact that metals expand when heated , it is possible to derive the fact that continuous railway tracks not interrupted by small gaps will become distorted in the hot sun . |
| 25 | The question that is raised is whether the history of indiscriminate city bombing and the actual use of atomic bombs on cities has vitiated the prohibition on indiscriminate use of weapons , especially the use of weapons not directed at military targets or which inevitably involve disproportionate damage to civilians . |
| 26 | From her vantage point she watched them come in : serious-looking lads in duffle coats , earnest women in glasses and hand-knitted cardigans , the clerical students from the religious seminaries in their black suits all looking remarkably cleaner and neater than the other males not bound for religious life . |
| 27 | EXPERIMENTS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER GROWTH-ROOM CONDITIONS |
| 28 | Theoretical or descriptive surveys not based on empirical research commonly make no reference to women at all , or allot them a specific section on ‘ work and the family ’ or some such title . |
| 29 | There were known to be four coastal guns , mounted with anti-aircraft batteries , on Maaloy to defend the Ulvesund anchorage where convoys sheltered in bad weather or gathered before crossing more open waters not protected by outer islands . |
| 30 | The July regulations imposed tariffs up to 20 times higher than before on goods not intended for personal use . |