Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] a [adj] [noun] " 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 | It is not only your life which is at risk if you do not wear an available seat belt . |
12 | If you do not wear an available seat belt , you are liable to a fixed penalty or a fine if the case goes to court . |
13 | 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 |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Notice that Barro assumes that FEDV t and do not exert an independent influence on UN t . |
18 | 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 ’ . |
19 | Thus there is evidence that the better educated do not show a greater consonance between general principles of fairness and particular stances on racial issues , but may show greater flexibility in justifying the laying aside of abstract principles ( Sniderman et al . , |
20 | 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. |
21 | Parents who do not detect an intermittent hearing loss can become irritable and controlling and label their child as disobedient and unresponsive . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | Unlike workers or minority ethnic groups , women in most cultures do not form a separate community ( particularly not a publicly visible one ) . |
25 | Wills , leases and assents are among those documents that do not form a good root of title . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment . |
28 | But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment . |
29 | But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment . |
30 | 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 . |