Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that she could n't handle him , but it was so much better if the situation did not arise in the first place . |
| 2 | Payment has never been demanded and it is possible that the provisions are not necessary because the liabilities they cover did not exist in the first place . |
| 3 | As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place . |
| 4 | It did not exist until the mid-eighteenth century , when Joseph Black first prepared carbon dioxide . |
| 5 | In general , they found that parents regarded care on a voluntary basis as helpful and positive — a service to families in times of difficulty that should be more readily offered , not treated as a last resort . |
| 6 | You 'll promise not to go to the next race , on Monday , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 7 | Where further notification is not given on the fourth day in accordance with the procedures laid down for the second stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP from the fourth day of absence for that reason only . |
| 8 | The problem is that writing was not developed in the first place to preserve the meanings of talk or conversation . |
| 9 | As soon as the result was announced , however , Heseltine and then Hurd conceded to Major , and despite some initial confusion as to the correct procedure it was decided not to proceed to a third ballot in which a preference system of voting would have obtained . |
| 10 | A story in Numbers 25 which we did not consider in the last chapter ( for it is not a complaint story ) makes it even more readily understandable . |
| 11 | Encouraged by the success of the publication , CD collected together other pieces previously published in periodicals but not included in the First Series and Sketches by Boz Second Series was published in one volume by Macrone in 1837 ( but bearing the date 1836 ) , uniform with the previous 2 volumes , and including 10 illustrations ( 12 in the second edition ) by Cruikshank . |
| 12 | If a photon is not caught by the first membrane , it may be caught by the second , and so on . |
| 13 | I doubted not that they were law officers , but did not linger for a second look , being already at the casement windows into the side garden . |
| 14 | This can not fall on the last syllable of the stem , and is , if necessary , moved to an earlier syllable . |
| 15 | Two days before the speech ( i.e. on Aug. 14 ) a petition signed by a group of 58 human rights activists , academics and retired armed forces officers had called on Suharto not to stand for a sixth term as President in 1993 . |
| 16 | There were other cases where the name of the rape survivor was not disclosed in the first press report but a few weeks later , the name would suddenly appear in front of several million readers . |
| 17 | George VI , a shy man , was terrified of his new position and many feared that the monarchy would not survive into the next decade . |
| 18 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 19 | On such a calendar , the Gunflint fossils of algae-like organisms , which seemed so extremely ancient when they were first discovered , are seen to be quite latecomers in the history of life , not appearing until the second week of August . |
| 20 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 21 | In fact , it appears to have been due less to a plot than to a calculation that she could not win in a second ballot . |
| 22 | But the parties are not confined to the first perspective . |
| 23 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 24 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 25 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |
| 26 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 27 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 28 | In contrast , it is not said by the third defendant or by anyone else that the third party was guilty of any form of dishonesty . |
| 29 | All you 've got to do is concentrate on getting out quick and running your own thing , not looking at the next guy . |
| 30 | And it is my responsibility to make sure the players concentrate over the entire 90 minutes and are not looking towards the next match . |