Example sentences of "not [verb] a [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A further gain is that we do not need a sampling frame for the 10 000 cattle but only for each of the 10 herds ; such a frame could be constructed on the investigator 's arrival at a farm . |
| 32 | Ordinary speech is therefore usually a very imperfect representation of the underlying rules of grammar and appears not to provide a sound database for the derivation of these rules . |
| 33 | The business being sold , which does not include a freehold site at Atlanta , Georgia , makes timber treatment chemicals under the ‘ Supatimber ’ name . |
| 34 | The report does not include a dilapidation schedule of minor repairs ‘ electrical tests , heating and plumbing tests . |
| 35 | Arrange with your vet for the appropriate medication to be available and do not buy a scour mixture on price or free gift basis … the bugs can not wear the wellies ! |
| 36 | You can not buy an office copier in Eastern Europe because if you could you would have a free press . ’ |
| 37 | He 's not let a league goal in yet . |
| 38 | Although Australia remain one of the few countries to have taken part in every Summer Olympiad ( Greece , Switzerland and Great Britain are the others ) , they did not bring a cricket team to Paris . |
| 39 | We would therefore not expect a yield curve to be constructed using both government and corporate bonds , since these would be from different risk classes . |
| 40 | You can not expect a reference book to be quite as gripping as an adventure novel , but all the same I read it cover to cover . |
| 41 | The European Court further ruled in this case that Arts 48 and 59 of the EC Treaty do not prevent a member state from requiring that the exercise of the profession of auditor in that state by a person qualified to carry on that profession in another member state be subject to conditions which are objectively necessary to guarantee observation of professional rules concerning the permanence of the infrastructure in place for the completion of the work , the effective presence in the member state and assurance of the observation of professional ethics , unless respect for such rules and conditions is already guaranteed by a reviseur d'entreprises , whether a natural person or a firm , established and recognised in the state , and in whose service is placed , for the duration of the work , the person who intends to exercise the profession of auditor . |
| 42 | ( a ) The principle of non-discrimination presupposed the existence of the concept of nationality , but article 7 did not prevent a member state from deciding who were eligible to be its nationals or from deciding which vessels were entitled to fly its flag . |
| 43 | And non-occupation by either spouse does not prevent an absentee wife from filing a notice so as to defeat her seller-husband , notwithstanding the fact that a court order would be required to entitle her to resume occupation of the matrimonial home ( Watts v Waller [ 1972 ] 3 All ER 257 ) . |
| 44 | Len Wright , who narrowly escaped death during the battle , made famous in the film , A Bridge Too Far , has not made a parachute jump for nearly 40 years . |
| 45 | Although the British profession has not adopted a multi-media outlook with the celerity that many would wish , there are plenty of examples of public libraries with visual and aural collections , and the counties of Wiltshire , Somerset and Leicestershire have in recent years been offering significant audio-visual services to teachers and schools . |
| 46 | Now I was impressed : I not seen a ski hill like this before . |
| 47 | She added she had not seen a pewter mug with Ivy 's name on it in its usual place , but could not confirm it had been stolen until the house was straightened out . |
| 48 | These counties had not seen a Forest Eyre for more than thirty years . |
| 49 | Films endorsing or encouraging depravity are not granted a BBFC certificate in Britain , and few such films were available as evidence to Royal Commissions until the advent of video . |
| 50 | Sexual orientation , however , is not directly relevant : being gay does not give a man access to better ‘ survival ’ chances . |
| 51 | However , a booster of diphtheria vaccine is recommended , even for a short trip to Russia , if the traveller is not vaccinated or has not had a booster dose within 10 years . |
| 52 | It was a job he seemed to be going after with a vengeance , despite the fact that the sizzling summer temperatures did n't exactly encourage the use of much firewood , and the lodge had not had a winter season for nearly ten years . |
| 53 | ‘ We have not had a dinner party in this house for such a long time ! |
| 54 | On the one hand , the legislation should not become a hunting ground for lawyers whereby the court , on review , would have to interpret every minute point of law . |
| 55 | But in 1979 the creation of peace was clearly a settling of an account : should a quarrel between a Zuwaya and men from Zliten occur in the future , that particular issue could not become a component element of it , for all the shaikhs concerned had agreed that the peace made was a good one . |
| 56 | Although this may well be a valuable facility , it really forms no more than an appendage to the database , since we can not search a videodisc image for details within it in the way we can search text . |
| 57 | He stands by what he said , and , sadly , many of his criticisms are still valid : the team have still not bought a video camera despite a large injection of cash from the Sports Council and no one could say that the preparation training for the world championships — one weekend in the Kendal Judo Club — has been anything but derisory . |
| 58 | I conclude now , with even more emphasis than before , that the over-valuation of sterling , superimposed on very deeply entrenched adverse long-term trends in overseas trade , will ensure that our foreign trade performance will not warrant a growth rate of more than 1–2 per cent at the very most during the next five years . |
| 59 | And , although BR has not closed a railway line since 1976 , it can not afford to repair a major structure . |
| 60 | Of course , the possibility that an agreement can be reached with birth parents not to contest an adoption application on the promise of built-in contact is not enough by itself . |