Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is at times like this that I regret not doing a scientific 0-level and becoming a brain surgeon so that no one would ask me to wash up or scrub floors . |
| 2 | Repetition is something many students avoid at all costs , and in their early music they tend not to repeat a single bar in an entire composition . |
| 3 | Furthermore , they tend not to maintain a clear distinction between the speaker 's intended meaning on the one hand , and the message used to convey that meaning to a listener on the other . |
| 4 | Yeah but we 're that that would enable a double shift to be done decide not to run a double shift |
| 5 | If you are using a multi-tasker try not run a large number of programs at the same . |
| 6 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 7 | These arbitrators are experts in the non-legal sense of the word , and they do not perform a judicial function . |
| 8 | However , even if it is accepted that treaties do not perform a single function and should not all be subject to the same rules , there remains the threshold question of how treaties are best conceptualised and categorised . |
| 9 | When Rebekah , Potiphar 's wife , or Tamar uses a piece of attire for their own personal ends , they do not create a gratuitous disturbance in the order of things . |
| 10 | Do not wear a personal stereo headset so that you are unaware if someone comes up behind you . |
| 11 | The West 's new weapons do not represent a new dimension in warfare ; rather , they continue the strategy that has kept the peace in Europe for 40 years |
| 12 | They do not represent a complete list of the ‘ traditions ’ in English curricula nor are they timeless entities ; they simply represent three clear constellations of curriculum styles which recur in the history of the school subjects under study . |
| 13 | Thus , even if inquiry is a goal-directed activity , the goals in terms of which it is directed do not represent a substantive conception of the ‘ end ’ to which the process tends . |
| 14 | If British Rail builds a railway line in South Wales by employing construction workers who would otherwise have been unemployed , the cost includes the wages of construction workers , but these do not represent a social cost if they would not otherwise have produced any goods . |
| 15 | The judges noted that some enticing covers were let down by their contents , and vice versa , but that ‘ accountability and imagination do not demand a high budget ’ . |
| 16 | But it is certainly true that many of the variables that have been studied do not show a clear effect of social constraints , and it seems reasonable to suggest ( cf. |
| 17 | The examination statistics , for example , depressing though they are , do not convey a uniform picture of low achievement in or exclusion from mathematics learning for girls . |
| 18 | A lot of the standard size plates do not fit a large number of the large-sized , non-standard , aquaria , unless of course you use the type of filter plates that come in small sections that can be slotted together , which can prove to be very expensive when the budget is tight . |
| 19 | Unlike workers or minority ethnic groups , women in most cultures do not form a separate community ( particularly not a publicly visible one ) . |
| 20 | Wills , leases and assents are among those documents that do not form a good root of title . |
| 21 | The score for the Ballet de la raillerie , for example , shows that the two violins , two flutes and two voices mentioned in the livret do not form a six-part ensemble , but echo each other in pairs . |
| 22 | But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment . |
| 23 | But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment . |
| 24 | But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment . |
| 25 | However , these links do not form a cohesive whole , and there are weaknesses in the development of the informal sector which have tended to disguise its potential . |
| 26 | Everyone presenting data at the conference was careful to point out that they were not saying that lead is safe , even at low levels , but the ‘ do n't knows ’ do not form a powerful lobby . |
| 27 | It is now thought that the proteins do not form a continuous layer covering both sides of the lipids proposed by Davson and Danielli . |
| 28 | Similarly , the patients who injure themselves do not form a homogeneous group , but include individuals who can to a large extent be classified into three subgroups on the basis of the type of injury inflicted and the associated degree of suicidal intent : |
| 29 | In other words , lampreys and hagfishes do not form a monophyletic group . |
| 30 | The proximal arm spines approach midradially but do not form a single fan . |