Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here 's an example of the Revenue 's tactics : ‘ Warning — we have not received payment for the period ended January 5 . |
| 2 | But , however this may be , the pope proceeded to the practical consequences of the new state of affairs : those who had already received lay investiture , or done homage , or consecrated others who had received lay investiture , were absolved ; for the future , those who received ecclesiastical preferment and did homage to the king could be consecrated , provided that they had not received investiture at the king 's hands ; and this was to continue until the heart of the king was softened by the rain of Anselm 's preaching . |
| 3 | In any case , Eadmer could claim that since it was the bishops who had clasped his fingers round the staff , Anselm had not received investiture from the king . |
| 4 | Eliot 's letter of 22 October confirmed that he still had not received details from the Club ; but he understandably felt that while he could accept our invitation to tea , he ought to reserve his position about dinner . |
| 5 | As with bad debts , the purchaser will insist on warranties covering the scope and extent of creditors and the fact that all creditors have been paid in accordance with usual practice in the ordinary course of business and that the vendor has not delayed payment of the creditors as completion approaches . |
| 6 | But a minister has not given evidence to the committee ‘ in living memory ’ . |
| 7 | For the parent , the same phrase means the inverse : I have not given birth to the monster which my upbringing and socialisation led me to believe I 'd had , but to a normal member of the human species as I now define it . |
| 8 | Thirdly , the Upazila Health Complexes were not given funds for the collecting of the ORS packets from the storage centres , thereby reducing the incentive for the Health Complexes to use the stores to their full potential . |
| 9 | Teenagers like to experiment and to feel rebellious , and problems can arise if they are not given guidance in the use of alcohol . |
| 10 | He said they would all be wanting to study the designs the minute Balor had cleared away breakfast and Bith at once reached for the knapsacks , and said he hoped Flaherty had not spilled jam on the drawing of the four-pronged diadem and Flaherty , injured , said indeed he had not and it the best damson jam he had ever tasted . |
| 11 | GROWING affluence has not alleviated anxiety about the future and we are a better insured nation now than we were in 1979 . |
| 12 | Michael has still not regained consciousness since the attack . |
| 13 | The accent was good enough to fool Canadian-born Bernard Braden , who had appeared in The War Lover but had not met Crawford during the filming , into thinking he really was American . |
| 14 | Perhaps , by her action , to convince him that she had not turned traitor to the King . |
| 15 | They have not sought compromises with the unions over incomes policy or industrial relations ; the unions are no longer an ‘ estate of the realm ’ . |
| 16 | Mr Major rejected the appeal and insisted the donations from Nadir 's companies had not been illegal , even though they were not made public at the time . |
| 17 | Why had she not made connections between the secrecy , the silent , passively gloomy , growing of Maggie inside herself and this new , equally secret , growth ? |
| 18 | If you have not made stock from the bone , place the whole bone or part of it in the pan with the measured amount of water , not stock . |
| 19 | I had not seen Leeds at the time ’ ? |
| 20 | She had not seen Angela since the weekend before the one on which she had disappeared , but had spoken to her twice on the telephone . |
| 21 | I would not have learnt of this paper so quickly ( and perhaps not at all ) had I not had access to the Internet . |
| 22 | Mother Francis had not told Eve about the letter . |
| 23 | He said he wanted to be pleased at this news , but had been unable to confirm whether it was true or not , since Susan had not requested assistance in the boy 's upbringing , nor did she intend to call on him for support . |
| 24 | it 's not got Vich on the end of it , it 's Sloberdan Vich |
| 25 | They pointed out that Lome III had not stimulated trade between the EC and the ACP countries ( since 1985 trade in both directions had actually fallen in both absolute and relative terms ) , or lessened the ACP countries ' economic dependence on the production of primary commodities , or encouraged industrialization . |
| 26 | Intel Corp has put off first deliveries of the P5 microprocessor to the first quarter of next year from the fourth quarter this year , but says that the move has not affected progress on the follow-on P6 , which it had said would start sampling as soon as the fourth quarter of next year , suggesting it will come very hot on the heels of the P5 . |
| 27 | Nonetheless it is perhaps surprising that the librarian has not crossed swords with the law over obscene and indecent literature before now . |
| 28 | The duo came to Darlington about 18 months ago for a one-night show , but have not played panto in the North-East before . |
| 29 | But the trend in the motor industry at large has been in quite the opposite direction to the Chapman philosophy ; cars have not become lighter over the years but noticeably heavier and more complex . |
| 30 | But because they have not reached agreement with the Press Association who supply newspapers with the racecards , it wo n't reach much further than racecourse punters who buy an official card . |