Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Accidental failure of electricity or gas supply not caused by the deliberate act of the supply authority . |
2 | The reasons for failure in these projects tend not to lie in the technical side , though the technology is complex , nor in the economic side , though the cost of these systems is very high . |
3 | Such fans tend not to travel on the regular ‘ soccer special ’ bus coaches and trains , preferring to use scheduled public transport . |
4 | If the Shareholders decide not to proceed with the proposed sale for any reason , the fees of KPMG and [ name ] will be calculated according to time spent and will not exceed £ [ x ] in the case of KPMG and £ [ y ] in the case of [ lawyer ] and all such fees will be payable by the Company . |
5 | Try not to go on the defensive . |
6 | ‘ Well , I try not to stay with the same methods . |
7 | If we choose not to attend to the higher-level activity during cycling we simply do not notice our surroundings and may take an incorrect route . |
8 | This type of inefficiency arises because workers and management are often ill-equipped or lacking in motivation and so do not perform to the best of their abilities . |
9 | I do not speak for the Philippine health movement , rather these are my attempts to understand how both small-scale local initiatives and a national effort can alter the historical process which to date has left the majority of the 60 million Filipino people living in dire poverty in a land of plenty . |
10 | Julia Schofield , director of the London-based NHS Support Federation , claimed some regions were keeping ‘ pending waiting lists ’ so that many people do not appear on the official lists . |
11 | Being a French-built helicopter , the rotors do not appear in the right hand window and vanish from the left one , as they would in an American-built machine . |
12 | Possible subjects and other pronominal references are inserted here in angle brackets for the reader 's benefit — they do not appear in the Japanese text : |
13 | In the last four bars the melodic line is carried by the two clarinets in unison , and extra grace-notes which do not appear in the original are given to 2nd flute and 2nd oboe with the object of enhancing the suggestion of the chirping and clucking of chickens . |
14 | In any long-standing power relationship the person or group losing each conflict must have interests which are suppressed , and either do not appear in the public realm or quickly founder for lack of support when they do materialize . |
15 | Thus it has been estimated that one in four women who lose their jobs do not appear in the monthly claimant count . |
16 | Other data points which do not plot within the standard gradient zone display reflectance values which must be considered too high for their present depth of burial . |
17 | In particular , do not start with the historical background if you are not asked for it , unless you have some special reason for doing this — and if so , state the reason . |
18 | The question was asked in relation to training : can people compete equally if they do not start from the same vantage point ? |
19 | If you are asked to discuss , say , Nordenfelt 's case , begin by setting out the facts and decision — do not start in the Middle Ages . |
20 | Do not sit in the hottest bath that you can stand , because this can make you feel faint and you could pass out when you stand up . |
21 | A normal 2¼ does not run out of steam at 60mph Check that on full throttle the carb is actually on full throttle 24v distributors do not have provision for a vacuum ignition timing advance only a mechanical system which is prone to failure Also as the 24v plugs are very expensive these are seldom changed once out of the forces A cure this You do not comment on the general state of the engine possibly a decoke , piston rings and cylinder head skim ( up to 65 thousandsths of an inch ) which will give you the performance and reliability you require |
22 | Thus a description of R. & R. Clark 's works in 1896 commented that " for straightforward setting , ordinary stonework , simple imposition and first proof-reading , the women are found to be fully qualified , though of course they do not attain to the all-round excellence of first-class men " , |
23 | Farmers on the Somerset Levels are to receive extra payments for agreeing to allow surface flooding of their fields between December and May , and ensuring that water levels in ditches do not sink below the mean field level in the summer months . |
24 | Whatever the wedding organizers decide , it is important to let the toastmaster and the speechmakers know , so that they are prepared and do not disappear at the vital moment . |
25 | Firbas ' notions of context-dependence/independence are therefore purely linguistic and do not extend to the psychological aspect of communication as Halliday 's notions do . |
26 | To maintain continuity , the paper suggests that firms should establish transitional arrangements for the handover : these could include arranging for the new partner to work on the audit team beforehand , and ensuring that other senior staff do not change in the same year . |
27 | At night , the presses do not stop until the small hours , so the restaurant stays open with a cook , a general assistant and a catering student . |
28 | Specifically with respect to Latin America , Soviet commentators have written , ‘ The socialist countries … are interested in widening their trade and economic ties with Latin America , particularly in the form of regular purchases of individual foodstuffs which either do not grow in the temperate climate of the socialist countries ( coffee , cocoa-beans , bananas , and so on ) or whose production at home is not yet sufficient to meet the population 's needs completely ’ ( a discreet reference to grain and meat , which the Soviet Union has purchased in substantial quantities in Latin America ) ( Zhuravleva : 1983 , p. 44 ) . |
29 | Thus , because of the divergent history of the dialect , there can be subsets within larger classes ( such as ( Ε ) ) which do not vary in the same way as other items in the set . |
30 | Some of these plate boundary configurations and stages of development are largely conjectural since clear examples do not exist at the present day . |