Example sentences of "not [vb pp] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's not stopped a lot of men . ’ |
| 2 | The United States argued that Nicaragua had not made a valid declaration under Article 36 ( 2 ) , since the Registry of the Permanent Court had not received a notification of deposit of its ratification of the Protocol of Signature of the Statute . |
| 3 | The shop certainly had not received a coat of paint in a long time and , though looking decrepit , in earlier years the well proportioned double-fronted premises must have been quite smart . |
| 4 | The British ambassador to Vienna complained in the 1780s that he had not received a line in reply to fifty despatches he had sent home ; and when he returned to London he " was under the utmost Astonishment at having been twice to the Secretary of State 's Office without finding a single Soul there " . |
| 5 | Under Reg 20 , an employer was to deduct tax at source at the basic rate where he had made a payment to an employee in respect of whom he had not received a code of authorisation , subject to certain conditions . |
| 6 | If any teacher has not received a card of thanks to take to her class , please let me know . |
| 7 | ‘ But Ruth love , ’ Sarah said gently — and she had not uttered a word of reproach — ‘ you need a home ! |
| 8 | Davide had not uttered a word of consolation . |
| 9 | In Belfast , the first three of these ( in the inner-city areas ) were carried out by an outsider to Northern Ireland ( myself ) who as a consequence was not assigned a role in relation to local ethnic categories . |
| 10 | There was also palpable relief from the auditing section of the accountancy profession because the report had not favoured an extension of auditors ' liabilities , or recommended a ban on their providing their audit clients with other services . |
| 11 | They are selected in the same way as other recruits but not given a contract of employment . |
| 12 | It was true : she had not given a thought to Gazzer . |
| 13 | However , the ANC expressed grave concern that the government had not given a timetable beyond step two of their plan . |
| 14 | Such a person is not given a right of appeal to the Appeal Tribunal . |
| 15 | I have not undertaken a review of NIE plc 's purchases of generation and I am not in a position to comment on the relative costs of the various options . |
| 16 | Nine times former champion Martina Navratilova , who was granted her wish to be seeded second over Arantxa SanchezVicario , starts against Australian Michelle Jaggard-Lai , who has not won a match at Wimbledon in three previous attempts . |
| 17 | He had not caught a glimpse of Mary but she would be at the Sports . |
| 18 | While badgers can ‘ snuzzle and take all the corn crops ’ and will sometimes take the odd lamb , they are not considered a threat to farming , though it has been suggesting that they might have links with tuberculosis in milking herds . |
| 19 | Mild diverticular disease seen on barium enema was not considered a cause of anaemia nor was a hiatus hernia , minimal oesophagitis or Barrett 's oesophagus without oesophagitis . |
| 20 | Izetbegovic at a press conference said that Croatia was " so far " not considered an aggressor in Bosnia-Hercegovina , although Croatian forces were reportedly fighting for control of the Bosnian town of Mostar , near the Croatian coast . |
| 21 | It was held that the garage had not committed an offence under section 1 because the false description was not associated with the supply or sale of any goods . |
| 22 | You will find that this can not be pulled out in error ( who has not picked a bit of wool out only to find that it was the marker ! ) and it can either be pulled up tight later as a permanent marker or pulled out and used again . |
| 23 | Worse still , this sluggish growth has not prevented a rise in inflation . |
| 24 | Today was Saturday and she had not written a word since Thursday morning . |
| 25 | Every muscle in his body had ached as if stretched to its limit , but it had not made a scrap of difference to his height . |
| 26 | I mean what you have to remember is that we have not made a decision about Rockhill Farm . |
| 27 | But the question that young pilots would want to know the answer to is this , erm are there aircraft anywhere in the world with which you have not made a comparison in terms of air superiority ? |
| 28 | There is no champion tennis player who has never served a double fault ; no professional musician who had never played a wrong note ; and no doctor or nurse who has not made an error of diagnosis . |
| 29 | Ltd [ 1985 ] AC 210 , it was held that a property developer , as opposed to a building owner , was not owed a duty of care by a local authority . |
| 30 | There were also procedural shortcomings in that the company had not applied a length of service test , ie , ‘ last in , first out ’ , or given consideration to downgrading Ms Porter . |