Example sentences of "[vb pp] not [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports indicated that agreement on the final communiqué was reached only after France had decided not to press for a clearer recognition of a European defence identity distinct from NATO . |
| 2 | As soon as the result was announced , however , Heseltine and then Hurd conceded to Major , and despite some initial confusion as to the correct procedure it was decided not to proceed to a third ballot in which a preference system of voting would have obtained . |
| 3 | It can be extremely helpful if the therapist tells the patient that he is concerned about him , although caution must be exercised not to step outside a professional relationship nor to encourage over-dependency . |
| 4 | While members were asked not to behave in a representative manner , the source of their nomination ( councils , fellow doctors , nurses and trade unionists ) made it very difficult for them not to consider ramifications on their constituencies . |
| 5 | For these reasons I have considered anxiously whether , if the law should be held not to provide to a local government authority the right to sue for libel , the need for adequate protection of the reputation of such an authority would be sufficiently met by other remedies . |
| 6 | Their hunch was held not to amount to a reasonable suspicion . |