Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Voice of Lebanon radio reported on June 24 that Gen. Aoun had told Scheer that he was not demanding amendments to the accord , but simply a reconsideration of some of its provisions . |
| 2 | Your attire must tell other walkers and climbers how serious you are , indicate the status you enjoy in the world of mountaineering , and not make locals in the mountain 's nearest bar fall dangerously silent when you pop in for a pint on the way back home . |
| 3 | Friend not lose sight of the fact that need does not always exist only in the inner areas of a city . ’ |
| 4 | Rather than investigate ways of cleaning waste water , researchers at the German Textile Research Centre decided to explore the possibility of not using water in the dyeing process at all . |
| 5 | He invented a serious accident for his wife as an excuse not to see Eleanor for a while . |
| 6 | The Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 , although extending powers beyond the onset of incompetence does not cover decisions concerning the grantor 's person , which would include treatment , but appears to relate only to the management of his property . |
| 7 | The Stock Exchange 's exoneration does not affect the Serious Fraud Office 's investigation into Maxwell share-support schemes and the report does not cover transactions outside the period named . |
| 8 | Exclusion of liability for breach of warranty does not cover breach of a condition ( Wallis Son & Wells v Pratt & Haynes [ 1911 ] AC 394 ; Baldry v Marshall [ 1925 ] 1 KB 260 ) . |
| 9 | Here 's an example of the Revenue 's tactics : ‘ Warning — we have not received payment for the period ended January 5 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It would not affect results in the period to the end of June or current trading , which was to budget . |
| 14 | The American Stock Exchange has changed its mind and decided not to suspend trading in the Class B and Class C common shares stocks of Wang Laboratories Inc at the close of business on March 31 , as had previously been announced : it says the decision reflects its view that investors will best be served by a continuation of the orderly trading provided by its auction market system , but warns brokers and prospective investors to review Wang 's public disclosures on its reorganisation plan thoroughly before leaping in , and to consider carefully the many uncertainties over the value — if any — of its present classes of common shares outstanding . |
| 15 | been attacked over the last few months of not wasting time on the hunt I spend an awful lot of time relieving heavy goods traffic in my area , concerned totally about the environment , about mineral extraction quarries , mining , open cast , things of that calibre . |
| 16 | Even this warning did not prepare Robyn for the shock of the foundry . |
| 17 | Carry over : Try not to carry part of a sentence over to the next page and if at all possible leave paragraphs intact as well . |
| 18 | The idea does not reap the success it deserves , however , since among other things Wulstan does not make allowance for the fact that even within the corpus of vocal music the performing medium was not uniform . |
| 19 | ( ii ) Changing house — Most court orders relate to a specific property and do not make provision for the wife moving house and occupying another property upon similar terms and conditions . |
| 20 | This authority would not make changes to the software , but would be responsible for pursuing the SPR to a satisfactory conclusion . |
| 21 | The sceptical argument therefore claims that you can not make sense of the idea of a subject of experience other than yourself . |
| 22 | If the Z88 can not make sense of the string or the day/date is impossible , a " Bad syntax " error will be reported . |
| 23 | The child can not make sense of the world without pattern , without events that repeat . |
| 24 | Masculinity is defined by what it is not ; the term ‘ masculinity ’ does not make sense without a knowledge of the term ‘ femininity ’ . |
| 25 | Schools alone can not make guarantees about the quality of education . |
| 26 | Yes it 's a page of Government paper in Summerchild 's judicious hand , which does not make holes in the paper , or need x-ing out , or fall off the bottom of the page : |
| 27 | The hon. Gentleman would do well to recall that the policies of so many Labour authorities leaving properties empty and voids untreated which significantly adds to the level of homelessness ; until those Labour authorities operate properly with their housing resources , they will not make inroads into the housing problem . |
| 28 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
| 29 | ‘ You should not make friends with an elephant keeper , ’ he had said , ‘ unless you first have room to entertain an elephant . ’ |
| 30 | What Qaddafi means here is that people should not make alliances outside the nation ( just as many Libyans said it is preferable to marry close — for example , to a father 's brother 's child ) . |