Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We are not even likely to put up with our politicians ' abdication of monetary responsibility for long , though it is another subject they try not to mention in front of us .
2 Try not to fall in love with anybody else before tonight . ’
3 When thou wert young and robust and strongly knit , thou did'st not go into battle without a coat of mail . ’
4 However , the old deeds and documents of title may be helpful in resolving any detailed matters that do not appear as part of the land registration process .
5 A palace spokesman said : ‘ We do not comment on speculation in newspapers .
6 This is particularly so when the nationals and corporate bodies of the member states do not benefit from reciprocity in relation to a takeover of a body corporate situated in these third countries .
7 Do not stand in front of what you written .
8 Notice that , since functions do not grow without limit in the real physical world , poles are restricted to the left-hand half of the s-plane in network analysis .
9 Some individuals , even when living in normal society , do not remain in synchrony with the 24-hour day and instead free-run with a period of about 25 hours .
10 He was not a very intelligent man ; intelligent men do not go to prison with such sad regularity .
11 companies as defined in companies legislation to account for finance costs which do not relate to revenue in the statement of total recognised gains and losses .
12 Ideas do not succeed in history by virtue of their truth but by virtue of their relationship to specific social processes .
13 The correspondence-computations match primitive elements ( those defined by Marr ) in successive views , and do not depend on computation of the overall shape as a whole .
14 These conclusions follow from the fact that all of the correspondence-computation , and much of the interpretation-computation , is via low-level , autonomous processes that do not depend on recognition of the input as a familiar 3-D object .
15 He emphasizes that words do not depend on reality for their meaning .
16 Discussions over the need for increased powers for the Scottish party were initiated by its nationalist wing but have been seized on by the left as a means of ensuring that Labour 's different electoral aims north and south of the Border do not lead to alienation of the party 's traditional supporters in Scotland .
17 Where it ends , do not continue on track past nature reserve notices but look for narrow path bearing left and passing through small copse on to area of grassy heathland ( b ) .
18 If there is any general view in any quarter that the interest on special damages is in any event to be calculated at half-rate , when the losses do not continue from accident to trial , then I think that this is wrong and should not hereafter be followed .
19 Thousands more shut today and do not return to work until January 7 .
20 This has two purposes , firstly to illustrate the above assertion about the pervasiveness of layering and secondly to act as a reminder that there are important double diffusive flows that do not arise from instability of vertical gradients .
21 It has also been widely assumed that members do not want to involvement in the policy-making process and that they join the party primarily for personal or social reasons .
22 ‘ — to ensure that individuals do not suffer through ignorance of their rights and responsibilities or of the services available ; or through an inability to express their needs effectively ; , — to exercise a responsible influence on the development of social policies and services , both locally and nationally .
23 Many of the animals swim so quickly that they do not stay in sight for long .
24 They called the film they made about me Too Long a Winter , and I have to declare immediately that I do not care for winter at all , for neither mind nor body agrees with it .
25 It is probably within these groups that systems like PGSS , which do not rely on contact with native signs , can be most effective .
26 If these proceedings do not result in termination of the lease , a tenant will probably still have incurred considerable legal expense — payment of the landlord 's legal costs for taking these forfeiture proceedings .
27 We all get sick , but we do not live in fear of catching every known disease .
28 There are 15,000 places for married women who do not qualify for benefit in their own right .
29 But you may not have realised that in between these two splendid , well-run national tournaments lie a large number of middle-strength clubs who do not qualify for participation in either .
30 The system ensures that those who might seem most deserving receive perhaps an Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) — or a British Empire Medal ( BEM ) for those ‘ who do not qualify by rank for the higher awards ’ — while a bureaucrat who has successfully worked his way to the top of the civil service without putting a foot wrong will get a knighthood in the Order of the Bath .
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