Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] the [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 | You 'll promise not to go to the next race , on Monday , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The problem is that writing was not developed in the first place to preserve the meanings of talk or conversation . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If a photon is not caught by the first membrane , it may be caught by the second , and so on . |
| 11 | This can not fall on the last syllable of the stem , and is , if necessary , moved to an earlier syllable . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | George VI , a shy man , was terrified of his new position and many feared that the monarchy would not survive into the next decade . |
| 14 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But the parties are not confined to the first perspective . |
| 18 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 19 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 20 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |
| 21 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 22 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | All you 've got to do is concentrate on getting out quick and running your own thing , not looking at the next guy . |
| 25 | And it is my responsibility to make sure the players concentrate over the entire 90 minutes and are not looking towards the next match . |
| 26 | He went on staring at the television screen , not listening to the next item , but trying to work out the puzzle . |
| 27 | However , climbing sports differ from true climbers in that invariably they do not bloom until the second year wood , and then only on side shoots , and seldom repeat much after the first burst of bloom during June . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , just make sure we 're not disturbed for the next half-hour , will you ? ’ |
| 29 | In Mark and Luke , the betrayer is not named at the Last Supper itself . |
| 30 | My Lords , I did not speak on the second reading of this Bill , because I spoke extremely critically on in the debate on the White Paper o on er May the 26th last year , but er I would therefore like to er commence by joining with my Right Honourable Friend Lord Whitelaw because I was so critical , in welcoming the changes which the Home Secretary has now proposed . |