Example sentences of "not [verb] a [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirteen were recorded as not using an intelligence test as a determinant , though some of these used one in a few individual cases or as a qualifier . |
| 2 | If an animal does not eat a food item at one moment but does later , it may only be because it was not hungry before , not because it has learned to see it . |
| 3 | Governments argue that they can not make a development omelette without breaking heads . |
| 4 | The amendment requires the court to give reasons if it does not make a compensation order in circumstances where it has power to do so . |
| 5 | There can be few of us who can not make a daisy chain with our eyes closed — and who could forget the daisy-spangled downs and pastures where we loved to picnic ? |
| 6 | When you show the results of your labour to a friend or relative they do not make a minute examination of every component . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) Where the licensing board decides to hold a hearing as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above : ( a ) the clerk of the board shall serve on the holder of the licence , not less than 21 days before the hearing , a notice that the board proposes to hold the hearing specifying the grounds on which the board proposes to hold the hearing ; ( b ) the board shall not make a closure order without hearing the holder of the licence unless , after receiving due notice of the hearing , the holder fails to appear . |
| 8 | The choice of a tie will not make a dullard shine at work or help him get the girl of his dreams . |
| 9 | President Bush said yesterday that he did not want a trade war with European countries . |
| 10 | ‘ I do not want a health service of spot markets and predatory hospitals and product lines . |
| 11 | He wondered why Tate had not joined a group practice like most of his colleagues . |
| 12 | Thus , for example , in regard to proceedings in court , the mere absence of UK qualifications will not disqualify an EC lawyer from acting so long as he is instructed with and acts in conjunction with a UK lawyer . |
| 13 | The disadvantages , however , are that it would be much more expensive to construct , requiring the construction of several bridges , and the fact that while it straddles two council areas , there will be no possibility of support from Ards Borough Council as their Tourist Officer has an agreement with Down District Council not to support a tourist railway in the Ards area as there is already one under way in the Down District area at Downpatrick . |
| 14 | Kaleida has not given a release date for ScriptX . |
| 15 | Kaleida has not given a release date for ScriptX . |
| 16 | Under the charter-party , payment was to be in ‘ cash ’ into a London bank by a Sunday , but the charterer 's London bank did not deliver a payment order to the owner 's bank until the Monday . |
| 17 | Finally she smiled at her image reflected in her mirror , a small bubble of excitement beginning to build inside as she decided whether or not to wear a gilt necklace with a resin pendant by Pellini which she 'd found at Liberty . |
| 18 | Since this case it has been made a criminal offence not to wear a seat belt in the front seat of a car . |
| 19 | The magistrate did not consider a barrack changing-room to be a proper address , and so I was ordered to be confined in a bail hostel in Camden Town while social reports were completed . |
| 20 | States which did not consider a customs union to be necessary could conclude agreements with the customs union on a free-trade zone . |
| 21 | A court can not substitute a care order for a supervision order on an application for discharge . |
| 22 | He would not predict a growth figure for the full year , saying ‘ we never forecast future figures . ’ |
| 23 | The FOP regularly puts up constituency candidates , but it has not won a constituency seat since 1957 . |
| 24 | But then City , who have not won a League match at Old Trafford since condemning United to relegation in 1973 , reverted to the sort of form that has left them without an away win since November . |
| 25 | QPR v Liverpool Draws at Nottingham Forest and Wimbledon offered QPR a modicum of encouragement but they have still not won a League match for seven weeks , which is hardly the sort of record to have when Liverpool are the visitors , even though Kenny Dalglish 's team have lost three of their last four games . |
| 26 | City had not won a League game at Portman Road for 30 years , and had not scored in their last seven visits , but the jinx looked to have come to an end when Gary Flitcroft 's first senior goal for the club gave them a 37th minute lead . |
| 27 | However , we have not included a poetry strand in the statements of attainment because we do not feel that any pupil should be required to write a poem in order to achieve a particular level of attainment . |
| 28 | This state Act recognized the flaws of its earlier attempts at photochemical pollution control which had not included an emission standard for oxides of nitrogen . |
| 29 | He has criticised the Government for not launching an advertising campaign on the issue until the general election is called . |
| 30 | For example , assume that a child is a rehabilitated person within the meaning of the Act : in other words , he has been subject to a supervision requirement and that requirement has been terminated or a year has elapsed since the date of the hearing that imposed the supervision requirement , whichever is the longer , and he has committed no further offences during the rehabilitation period ; or he has appeared before a children 's hearing which has decided not to impose a supervision requirement on him and six months has elapsed during which time he has committed no further offences . |