Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 More importantly , he was a little wary of her father and not at all sure that Burkett was not using Sylvia as bait for a cast of his own .
2 Meanwhile , to ensure that the Germans did not rush reinforcements by rail to the threatened area , General Alexei Alexeievich Brusilov , commanding the South West Front , was ordered to make menacing probes in his area .
3 It said the family of Mr Johnson must feel they have not received justice in respect of the death of their son .
4 Hercule Poirot did not spring fully-formed into life on Page 34 of his first adventure , The Mysterious Affair at Styles .
5 Clearly , however , gender differences do not explain differences in susceptibility to the hepatic effects of alcohol among members of the same sex .
6 Physically he is unusually sturdy and has not fallen prey to illness during his long confinement .
7 People do not build resistance to tetanus with time or age .
8 I wanted to meet Marius Durance — I 've always especially admired his work and it seemed crazy to be so close and not come face to face with him .
9 The development corporation is a creature of the Conservative Government , who clearly do not trust democracy in operation in Wales .
10 ‘ You 're twenty-seven , you 're beautiful — oh , yes you are — ’ she 'd dismissed Shannon 's laughing denial with the airy wave of a hand — and you should be sharing your life with some gorgeous hunk by now , not returning night after night to a cold and empty flat . ’
11 He was not like her own father ; he would not discuss business in front of women .
12 ( c ) The claim may not include damages for damage to the defective product itself .
13 We do not advocate routine use of a laryngeal mask in anaesthesia to control tonsillar haemorrhage as it does not guarantee protection from aspiration of blood and gastric contents .
14 The overbearing sophistication of conceptualism and minimalism did not guarantee success in art for anyone .
15 That provision in itself does not guarantee continuance in post until age 65 .
16 The Divisional Court held that the effect of the clause was not to exclude liability for breach of the terms concerned with merchantability and fitness for purpose in s14 of the SGA 1979 .
17 He was responding at Commons question time after Labour urged the Chancellor not to increase tax on whisky in the Budget on 16 March .
18 It is a duty not to cause injury by want of reasonable care .
19 Such a simple view can not accommodate increases in fertility at times when contraceptive knowledge and technique were generally increasing , as in the late 1930s and the post-war baby boom .
20 ‘ I will now beg leave to make some observations on the distance of the Veterinary College from the Town — first — because the Society has no rival to dread in an establishment of this nature — secondly — whether the Infirmary is situated a Mile further or nearer it will not prevent people of sense from sending their Horses there — thirdly — the resident pupils being distant from places of dissipation , it will protect their morals and they will employ their time in study .
21 Patients who did not show evidence of relapse after this four week microchallenge had the diagnosis of coeliac disease confirmed by an open challenge with higher doses of gluten .
22 One problem is that the government does not collect information on wealth for tax purposes .
23 When I look at the results of other development efforts , I have also not seen improvements in cost of maintenance .
24 Copts would not give money for use against Copts .
25 A general term can not give rise to zeugma in this way :
26 It must be stressed that although a natural condition can not give rise to liability under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher it may still constitute a nuisance for which an occupier may be liable if he has knowledge or means of knowledge of its existence and if it is reasonable to require him to take the necessary steps to abate it .
27 Most of this legislation is of a ‘ regulatory ’ nature and does not give rise to liability in damages .
28 The principle that an equitable lease does not give rise to privity of estate has several important exceptions .
29 I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on .
30 Unlike the annual Environment White Papers , a sustainable development report need not give space to quality of life issues where there are no long term implications , such as local issues of litter , the nuisance from dogs , noise , etc .
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