Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [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 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 .
6 This can not fall on the last syllable of the stem , and is , if necessary , moved to an earlier syllable .
7 George VI , a shy man , was terrified of his new position and many feared that the monarchy would not survive into the next decade .
8 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 .
9 Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us .
10 Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us .
11 The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting .
12 So I must not jump at the first chance .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 However , X does not appear in the first place as a response to some specific stimulus ( as in the case of a reflex ) , but more or less spontaneously .
16 A critic walking for the first time into a gallery may describe a colour in a picture as blue ; it will have been the scrupulous task of a conservator to have established that the particular colour in question was Prussian blue , and thus can not date before the eighteenth century .
17 Energy saving does not date from the first oil crisis .
18 She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt .
19 See chapter 2 and do not look on the last fortnight as the only time to work , even if it does " concentrate your mind wonderfully " .
20 I AM one of those ‘ stupid idiots ’ who did not vote in the last election ( Letters , September 6 ) .
21 MB 's is wearing clothes that do not fit in the first example eg. This time he refers to the good opinions that people have of him as new clothes and killing the king would be like throwing away hardly worn clothes .
22 Ray Parlour , having been caught heavily by former Gunner Kevin Richardson , did not return for the second half .
23 One , Catherine Barton , absconded after supper by climbing over the wall and did not return until the next morning after 7 o'clock .
24 The interface does not terminate on the first error but carries out all checks .
25 ( After the fall of the Greek Empire , the knowledge of many arts , including the art of horsemanship , gradually disappeared and did not re-emerge until the sixteenth century . )
26 The opportunity that they now have is to become independent production companies , an opportunity that they did not have in the last round of licence decisions .
27 Although the royalty may apply to any ‘ resale ’ , it is anticipated that it would not apply to the first sale by a gallery of a contemporary artist .
28 If a prisoner did not apply in the next term after execution to receive the benefit of the Act , he lost it .
29 The client should not proceed onto the next target until anxiety levels are low , usually below 20 or 30 units on the previous target .
30 In deference to you , Mr. Speaker , perhaps I had better not respond to the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I entirely agree with the spirit of his comments .
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