Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [vb pp] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The French psychiatrist Pierre Deniker , records that a substance closely related to promethazine and later known as chlorpromazine was synthesized in 1950 and ‘ would have remained on the shelves had the surgeon and physiologist Henri Laborit not asked the manufacturer for a drug with central effects stronger than those of promethazine ’ .
2 They 've not denied the situation at all have they ?
3 I 've not seen the wife for a month . ’
4 Look at the bare facts we 've not beaten the scum in the three season we 've been back up and god knows we 've had enough chances in that time .
5 ‘ Make sure they 've not left the oven on and the back door unlocked like they did last time . ’
6 I 've not had the benefit of walking round the grounds of Skelton Hall .
7 Of course , it 's quite right , and it 's it 's in a sense maybe reasonable to oppose a budget , but in the past , I think it 's been erm , one of the strengths of the labour group , when in opposition to put alternative budgets in for say , yes , we take a view that 's different to the budget that 's before us , but so far with two conservative speakers , we 've not had the benefit of knowing which items , which levels of of spending within this policy committee , be it the Chief Exec .
8 To those in Rome who had trusted Christ alone for salvation the Apostle Paul wrote ‘ Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba , Father .
9 We have not received the report of the social policy research unit at York , but when we do we will publish it urgently .
10 Fortunately , these intrusive attempts to ‘ animate the imagination ’ have not governed the hanging of the remainder of the Gallery 's collection of Renaissance to Modern Western art .
11 He was off the field throughout the second day having treatment for a pulled thigh muscle , but said today : ‘ I have not felt the injury at all when batting and it is much better . ’
12 They often get lost because they have not kept the airfield in sight and within easy gliding range .
13 Tai Solarin , an outspoken critic of the Government who has been appointed the Bank 's Chairperson , is happy that ‘ the Government has realized that structures operating in the country have not served the purpose of the ordinary people ’ .
14 and have not withheld the request of his lips .
15 And diagnosis is very important , as a psychiatrist again , training our medical students , we are trying to do a lot of education along that line because perhaps some of the older GP 's , along the way , have not recognised the importance of this .
16 Such facilities , which include homely ‘ lounge ’ bar and restaurant areas , have not escaped the notice of the corporate world , where an increasing demand for ‘ staff awaydays ’ has resulted in a boom time for the clubs in this area .
17 I have not noticed the Secretary of State for Transport coming to the House with orders to reverse that process .
18 They are divisive because they have a tendency to divide women into two camps ; those who have and those who have not shaken the dust of patriarchal conditioning from their feet .
19 This is one of the paradoxes of the educational drama situation — that we have trained a generation of teachers who have not understood the nature of drama itself .
20 These conceptual difficulties have not prevented the development by James , Guth , Flory , Staverman , Duiser and others of the network theory of rubber elasticity .
21 The weakness in passenger traffic , which fell 8 p.c last year , and operating losses have not prevented the airline from launching the most successful expansion programme among European airlines so far , in a bid to be among the few groups which are expected to survive deregulation over the next few years .
22 MOST BOOKS on branch lines record enterprises that have not stood the test of time and are no longer with us .
23 If it appears that the original decisions were taken on the basis of assumptions which have not stood the test of time it is as well to re-run the exercise .
24 If some of Hoppé 's portraits and genre pictures have not stood the test of time , his influence on his contemporaries , his restless experimentation , his role in helping to found the London Salon of Photography , and his nineteen books made him an important figure in the history of twentieth-century photography .
25 In consumer matters these rights have not stood the test of time , and in modern economic conditions , Britain and other Western nations have had to introduce numerous statutory regulations to clarify and indeed strengthen the rights of individual consumers .
26 The performances have not stood the test of time ; a successor would be very welcome .
27 I hope I have not made the experience of caring for the sick parent sound all gloom and sacrifice and bedpans .
28 The consequences of these price increases are of course varied and complex ; there is no doubt , however , that they have not made the job of existing and would-be future UK exporters any easier .
29 ‘ that on the evidence before the court the defendants have not satisfied the burden of proving on the balance of probabilities that [ the testator ] did truly have sufficient capacity to comprehend the extent of his property or the nature of the claims of those whom he was excluding .
30 Although some US rugby enthusiasts were able to tap into these satellite transmissions to view the matches live , the majority have not seen the heroics of the best players in their sport .
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