Example sentences of "[vb base] not get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Provided the Conservatives do not get a working majority in the General Election we can hope to see some attention being given to our access problems at last and increasing awareness and support from the general public .
2 ‘ You do not get a good spread of risk and it kept putting the premiums up .
3 Durham county council 's deputy leader , Coun. Bob Pendlebury , said : ‘ We are making immediate representations to the Government , but if we do not get a favourable response , we will have to cut back our education budget by up to £3m. to find the extra money .
4 If I do not get a satisfactory reply I intend to pursue every possible means to draw the public 's attention to this iniquitous state of affairs , which for a big company like P & O is an absolute disgrace .
5 If you do not get a satisfactory answer ask and ask again until you do .
6 If you do not get a satisfactory answer ask and ask again until you do .
7 If you do not get a satisfactory graph , try resetting the graph settings to the default .
8 They see this as a way of helping to ensure that their employees do not get a raw deal — for example , when candidates for promotion are being compared .
9 I am not sure who is more demoralised by that — the local people , who frequently complain that they do not get a quick response when they need help , or the local police , who attend the crime in an attempt to do the good job that they intended when they entered the police force , knowing that they are likely to be pulled in all directions to answer calls on a blue line that has been pulled far too thin by the Government 's demands .
10 We do n't bother any more if we 've not got a good chance of winning .
11 I 've not got a proper Christmas tree out am I ?
12 we 've not got a big room
13 They 've not got a fresh spring image .
14 modern traffic calming measures however er I believe we have experts on the Council er in these matters but I believe that by narrowing the road and perhaps giving us pavements because one of our problems is that we have not got a continuous pavement through the village , and it is necessary to cross the road four times in some cases to walk from one end to the other .
15 We have not got a guilty conscience .
16 There is nothing more infuriating and destructive than having the discussion dominated by those who have not got a proper grasp of the subject because they have failed to read the material provided .
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