Example sentences of "not [verb] a [noun] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A company qualifying to be classed as small is entitled to the following accounting exemptions : ( a ) It need not file a profit and loss account . |
| 2 | Oh I 've not got a prawn and cocktail or them little tiny fish nanny had . |
| 3 | It seems absurd that , while extended coverage of our proceedings is now available , Members can not have a sound and vision feed to their rooms . |
| 4 | In a new report it complains that ‘ it is disappointing that much of the information the Inspectorate has expected to receive by now is not yet available to it … . the Inspectorate is still finding it particularly difficult not having a schedule and specification for the complete protection system ; this is basic information which should have been provided in the Pre-Construction Safety Report ( PCSR ) which will not be available until September 1983 ’ . |
| 5 | Apart from the bilingual element , most service providers will have an increasing number of clients with whom they do not share a language and culture and will have to develop the communicative skills to accommodate this . |
| 6 | Exclusive possession as a concept for identifying tenancies does not drive a coach and horses through the Rent Acts but rather puts the cart before the horse : a phrase used to describe the collective rights of the tenant is inappropriate as a test of whether a tenancy has in fact been created . |
| 7 | We are sorry that we can not prove a cause and effect conclusively , but suspect that the hemiparesis could be a reaction related to sumatriptan and suggest that intra-cerebral binding sites of sumatriptan should perhaps be studied more closely . |
| 8 | Knowing him , he will stand four-square behind his principled actions and will not allow a coach and horses to be driven through his substantive motions . |
| 9 | The team did not issue a statement and staff were told not to talk about the operation . |
| 10 | Gregory 's psychologically astute strategy for converting the English to Christianity did not involve a takeover and clear-out , replacing demons with Christ , but coexistence . |
| 11 | A holding company need not publish a separate profit and loss account if : it publishes group accounts , and the notes to the company 's individual balance sheet show the company 's profit or loss for the financial year , and the fact that the company has not published a profit and loss account is stated in a note to the group accounts . |
| 12 | We simply had not evolved a theory and practice of teacher-training that works . |