Example sentences of "not [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we are not shirking our duty as tipsters . |
| 2 | Ending the agreement , whether by you or the Bank [ see Conditions 9 and 13 ] will not affect your responsibility for withdrawals made before the agreement is ended . |
| 3 | I do not want my use of pronouns to slip by unnoticed : I want readers to think about it , and to act on their conclusions . |
| 4 | So the tribunal has a mere supervisory jurisdiction and will probably not substitute its view for Customs ' ( VAT Act 1983 , s 40(1) ( hh ) ) . |
| 5 | Christians gravitated to Ireland not to impose their creed on others , but to immerse themselves in the teachings of the past — and to discover , in the seclusion and peace of the island , their own inner communion with their God , independent of hierarchical priesthoods . |
| 6 | It 's like you not painting your house for years and waiting for the glass to fall out of the windows before you start … it 's not the way to do things |
| 7 | ‘ Does it not tie your stomach in knots to look at it ? ’ |
| 8 | From a traditional Labour background , my mother rejected the politics of solidarity and communality , always voted Conservative , for the left could not embody her desire for things to be really fair , for a full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth , for a half-timbered cottage in the country , for the prince who did not come . |
| 9 | Many , many , of course , recognise this and do not show their gratitude with gifts , much and all as the staff might greatly be surprised by it . |
| 10 | Have we simply not done our job as fieldworkers properly ? |
| 11 | The very fact that Barthes does not present his work in terms of a theory of ideology means that the interpretive basis on which he is operating can be withheld from the reader . |
| 12 | ‘ You can not keep your eye on children every minute of the day , although people might make sure they do it now , ’ said the butcher . |
| 13 | ‘ His bodyguard , ’ Ace said coldly , not liking his jumping to conclusions one little bit . |
| 14 | Technological knowledge created by R&D is the classic example of a public good , meaning that it is non-rival in use ( its use by one firm does not limit its use by others ) and non-excludable ( the owner can not prevent others from using it ) . |
| 15 | ONE in 20 family doctors does not clean his thermometer between patients , a sure way to spread disease , according to a survey published today . |
| 16 | ‘ By God , he goes a degree beyond even what I had thought , ’ said Iago , roused and vindicated , ‘ to warn you not to put your trust in princes and councillors . |
| 17 | This was said without fear but with considerable surprise , as most certainly such a thought had not crossed his mind for months . |
| 18 | ‘ He was always the one cast member who always stood up for me if there were any bleating from Equity members about them not getting their money from repeats , compilations and so on . ’ |
| 19 | Why not join our band of Volunteers — even if you can spare a little time you will always be welcome . |
| 20 | The unfortunate fact that my right hon. Friend must recognise is that the current treaty has been negotiated by the current Government , who do not share our sense of priorities . |
| 21 | Sometimes he would not leave his room for days on end . |
| 22 | The whole approach then , though it may in helpful ways mitigate an authoritarian image of the male , does not change our understanding of women . |
| 23 | Just as you should not overload your argument with cases , you should not load it with too many separate points of law . |
| 24 | If Chris had n't been clutching a piece of leaf , would I have noticed a torn house plant ? some plants , like the aptly named deadly nightshade , do not reveal their effect until hours after ingestion , by which time it may be too late for effective treatment . |
| 25 | But he was still fated not to complete his voyage without problems . |
| 26 | ‘ I could not entrust my life to strangers , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Landlords can not refuse their consent on grounds of either race or sex — Race Relations Act 1976 , s. 21(1) ( b ) , s. 21(3) ; Sex Discrimination Act 1975 , s. 30(1) ( b ) , s. 30(3) . |
| 28 | Fernandes , the party 's former shadow Foreign Minister , was quoted as saying that if Savimbi did not accept their call for reforms at the party conference to be held on June 30 , their tendency would split from UNITA . |
| 29 | It did not replace my fascination for mammals , birds and reptiles . |
| 30 | In March 1931 , Sir john Simon spoke of socialism as ‘ a poisonous doctrine ’ and declared that he would not close his mind to tariffs as a method of dealing with the economic crisis . |