Example sentences of "not [verb] [conj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , that charge does not arise because of the provisions mentioned above . |
| 2 | He added that while the evangelicals had their part in the Church he did not think that on the whole they had the qualities suitable for being bishops . ’ |
| 3 | Well — the argument goes — it must be because we do not think that behind the parrot 's utterance is the thought ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ . |
| 4 | The maintenance of the right of silence in police station interviews — the Commission 's own research showed that this right is little used and has little effect on the decision of the police whether or not to prosecute or on the outcome of the proceedings . |
| 5 | Since Ferdinand 's instructions to the Junta of Government ( which he left in Madrid to govern while he was at Bayonne ) were to cultivate French friendship at all costs , and since these counsels were not modified until after the outbreak of a popular rising , it meant that official Spain could not take the leadership of the instinctive movement against France . |
| 6 | A NAFTA agreement was not expected until after the November 1992 US presidential elections . |
| 7 | Although progress on the application was not expected until after the creation of the single European market at the end of 1992 , the Cyprus government introduced measures to modernize the island 's tax system and impose a value added tax ( VAT ) . |
| 8 | Although a decision on the application was not expected until after the completion of the single internal market in December 1992 , the Maltese government announced that it was preparing to become an EC member within the next five years . |
| 9 | But they did not know that in the beginning , as Mrs Irving expatiated in her cracked and gracious voice on the high brick wall which dated from the Civil War , and earlier still , which had formed one boundary of General Fairfax 's lands when Putney was a separate village , when Cromwell 's Trained Bands assembled there , when the Putney Debates on liberty of conscience were held in St Mary 's Church on the bridge . |
| 10 | Her courage and consideration were so remarkable that even close friends did not know until near the end that she was seriously ill . |
| 11 | In 1777 Stein 's piano did not jangle because of the addition of the escapement . |
| 12 | In 1783 Walter 's piano did not jangle because of the addition of the check . |
| 13 | We are not denying that in the case of an alien culture one has less right to criticize than in one 's own , out of lack of experience of what it can be like to live in it . |
| 14 | Please note that smoking is not permitted whilst on the coach ( except by the drivers ! ) . |
| 15 | For example , the program did not specify that in the year 1815 a battle would be fought near Waterloo and that the French would be defeated , but only that man is aggressive by nature , that he is condemned to wage war and that technical progress would make war more and more terrible . |
| 16 | Aung San 's demand for eleven seats out of fifteen was not conceded and at the end of the month the Governor appointed a Council of ten members , of whom only two were British . |
| 17 | I do not expect that in the short-term we will see our industry producing 200,000 new houses a year , but I do expect that Wimpey Homes will take an increasing market share of a more stable total market . |
| 18 | A bookmaker who was not named because of the code of confidentiality between bookmakers and punters told the newspaper that Macari was a frequent client . |
| 19 | Similarly , if the accused obtains the thing by deception through inducing a mistaken belief in the mind of the victim but ownership is not transferred because of the type of mistake , the victim retains an interest within s.5(1) and accordingly the property can be stolen by the accused 's appropriation . |
| 20 | She was conscious , but could not speak because of the gash at her throat . |
| 21 | Notice that the design which has been used for weaving does not show as with the sample woven with the smooth yarn , always select simple designs for weaving because the pattern in the fabric results almost entirely from the yarn and not from the needle selection . |
| 22 | ‘ You have not enquired as to the size of the fortune , ’ Colonel Moore said , in a tone which suggested that Hope was somehow in the wrong for this negligence . |
| 23 | Its spectrographs can analyse the ultraviolet light given off and absorbed by stars , galaxies , gas-clouds and other celestial paraphernalia , something which earthbound observers can not do because of the ozone layer . |
| 24 | Liz agreed to contact some old friends that she had not seen since before the break-up of the relationship with her boyfriend . |
| 25 | First , an exclusion clause in an unsigned document is not incorporated unless at the time of making the contract , either the buyer was aware of its existence or else reasonable steps had been taken to bring it to his attention . |
| 26 | I do not believe that at the end of a week in which we have honed a new policy we are going to even contemplate bargaining that away in smoke-filled rooms with Paddy Ashdown , David Owen , or anyone else . ’ |
| 27 | Could we hear from the director of administration the of the year because I had n't known things could be , it seems to me exactly what I had advised the Chairman because I could not believe that on the basis that you want this referred to the full Council . |
| 28 | Whilst it is true that the port authority may carry out its functions through another person such as the dock company , it does not follow that in the absence of statutory authority it can itself transfer any statutory immunities to the entity through which it chooses to operate . |
| 29 | The Panama canal was not opened until after the outbreak of war in 1914 , but may stand for the completion of the world sea communications system . |
| 30 | I hasten to point out that it is not envisaged that in the UK police officers themselves shall be trained to use hypnosis , as in some states of the US . |