Example sentences of "not [verb] in the [num ord] [noun sg] " 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 | The problem is that writing was not developed in the first place to preserve the meanings of talk or conversation . |
| 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 | There were other cases where the name of the rape survivor was not disclosed in the first press report but a few weeks later , the name would suddenly appear in front of several million readers . |
| 7 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Simple denial is when the problem is not seen in the first place , regardless of responsibility or resources . |
| 10 | Effort and application were not needed in the first instance and did not come easily when the need arose . |
| 11 | Inevitably , forecasters err on the side of optimism because it is always possible to keep whisky which remains unsold , but impossible to sell stock which was not produced in the first place . |
| 12 | However , it was not used in the Second World War , nor in many other wars . |
| 13 | I AM one of those ‘ stupid idiots ’ who did not vote in the last election ( Letters , September 6 ) . |
| 14 | Interest in the nature of society was not lacking in the sixteenth century , and in one way or another commentators found a good deal to say about it . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The membership of the Commission comprised four members from each of Greece and Turkey , and three members from States that had not participated in the First World War . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If a prisoner did not apply in the next term after execution to receive the benefit of the Act , he lost it . |
| 19 | Falconer , who made an impressive start to his Ayresome Park career , has not figured in the first team since a knee injury in the Rumbelows Cup first round against Bournemouth . |
| 20 | The hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) associated himself with the sentence : ’ I 'll be surprised if budget holding does not collapse in the first year . ’ |
| 21 | These meetings were often passionate affairs : the deadening decorum which in the twentieth century has come to be identified with religious gatherings did not prevail in the nineteenth century . |
| 22 | Those lacking this knowledge tended not to succeed in the first graduation step and usually were to be seen a year or so later in either group D or E. |
| 23 | Comrades were unlucky not to score in the 11th minute , Colin Crawford picking out Eddie Patterson whose snap shot was turned for a corner by Mark Gillespie , in for the dropped Stephen Eachus . |
| 24 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |
| 25 | Why did these large pits near the coast not exist in the last century ? |
| 26 | On this he comments : " Since lābō ( or its equivalent in meaning ) does not reappear in the second colon , the longer expression is used instead of simply one word ( e.g. ) " . |
| 27 | Hodge : At 31 and not playing in the first team . |
| 28 | I would imagine what they 're doing is raising the roof and not putting in the second storey . |
| 29 | Field changes are not allowed in the first term of Stage I but may be sought on the appropriate M101 form thereafter ( Figure 4.6 ) . |
| 30 | For most months I have included titles that I think are worth ‘ having a go ’ with , although they may not figure in the first rank . |