Example sentences of "not [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An application for a warrant of further detention can be made up to 42 hours from the commencement of the detention clock , in a situation where the 36 hour period runs out at a time when it is not possible for a magistrate 's court to sit . |
| 2 | Kenneth Webster , 42 , of Haughton Road , Darlington , has pleaded not guilty at the town 's magistrates court to two charges of selling alcohol to under-18s . |
| 3 | But it is not clear from the duke 's company accounts exactly how much of Mayfair he owns . |
| 4 | But the church 's plans are not popular with the vicarage 's nearest neighbours . |
| 5 | From Tom Lofthouse I had heard he was not popular in the Doctors ' House , yet , conversely and amazingly to anyone who had been his junior , our Dr Jones rated as a favourite pin-up in the Staff Nurse 's Home . |
| 6 | Of course , a seller is not interested in the buyer 's liabilities under any potential or actual prime contracts . |
| 7 | John admits they are in a better position than most tenants , for they have their own house to move in to and are not dependent on the pub 's accommodation . |
| 8 | The bill must be unconditional and not dependent on the exporter 's subsequent performance , and the purchasing bank of the bill has no recourse against the exporter . |
| 9 | In simple terms , sponsorship of the Universities ' Athletic Union rugby championship alone is not acceptable to the UAU 's hierarchy , who seek money for all student sporting activities and are looking for something in the region of £100,000 to spread around . |
| 10 | Hence the pluralist is not content with the dualist 's division between " expression " and " content " : he wants to distinguish various strands of meaning according to the various functions . |
| 11 | The sensation of the genital organs is normally unaffected by a stroke , for instance , and having intercourse is not dangerous for the patient 's blood pressure . |
| 12 | In Eudes 's eyes , then , he held Champagne hereditarily ; it was not subject to the king 's decision to grant or not to grant . |
| 13 | The case began before King Stephen , in front of whom Osbert denied the charge and claimed " benefit of clergy " , saying that because of his clerical status he was not subject to the king 's jurisdiction but only to that of the Church . |
| 14 | Walter had me into his panelled wankpit of an office , classified my request to change the name on my cheques from N.O. Russell to Oliver Russell as not central to the Bank 's policy for the 1980s , and reminded me that unless funds were forthcoming to camouflage my black hole of an overdraft I would n't be getting a new cheque-book even if I called myself Santa Claus . |
| 15 | Those moves themselves were very probably not unrelated to the family 's general social mobility — the two would co-exist , especially for an entrepreneur like Benjamin , who would seek to better himself whenever and wherever he could . |
| 16 | Not privy to the Princesse 's thoughts , Katherine smiled . |
| 17 | Here it seems as if , contrary to the pre-emption thesis , the original reasons are not pre-empted by the arbitrator 's decision . |
| 18 | This shows a developing scale of value , not dissimilar to the adult 's hierarchy , although in the child 's case there will special reasons , fortified by fairy stories , for promoting animals . ) |
| 19 | He was well aware of her view that spy stories were Boy 's Own Paper stuff , not worthy of a moment 's serious attention . |
| 20 | ‘ THE OTAKU ARE AN underground , but they are not opposed to the system per se , ’ says sociologist and University of Tokyo fellow Volker Grassmuck , who has studied the otaku extensively . |
| 21 | The poet follows with more abstract interpretation of the event , but it is clear that his ideas are not opposed to the shepherd 's : ‘ Small difference lies between thy creed and mine . ’ |
| 22 | I could ask for a trial , but I was not confident of the judges ' honesty . |
| 23 | The survey also found that 74 per cent of the heads of institutions are not confident of the Government 's ability to develop and implement a coherent and successful higher education policy . |
| 24 | I am also often told that it is not good for a curate 's career to stay in the same area or parish ! |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't want you collapsing on us — not good for the department 's reputation , ’ she joked lightly , and wheeled him round and handed him over to his wife . |
| 26 | This will include : ( i ) the mother ; ( ii ) the father if he was married to the mother when the child was born ; ( iii ) the father , if he was not married to the child 's mother when the child was born but he has since married her or now has a residence order , a court order which gives him parental responsibility or a formal parental responsibility agreement made with the mother in accordance with s4(2) of the Act ; ( iv ) a guardian of the child which in this context means a testamentary guardian appointed in accordance with s5 of the Act ; ( v ) anyone who holds a custody or residence order relating to the child ; ( vi ) a local authority which has a care order in respect of the child ; ( vii ) anyone who has been granted an emergency protection order ; ( viii ) in the case of an adopted child , the adopters in place of the natural parents . |
| 27 | ‘ Not surprisingly , the committee was not impressed with the DoH 's response to local authorities ’ concerns ’ , Harris said . |
| 28 | Wright , who prides himself on being a fierce competitor , was not impressed by the manager 's outburst — but answered the criticism in the best way possible , by scoring Arsenal 's first goal and then keeping them going as Derby fought their way back into the game . |
| 29 | Despite being a self-confessed ‘ AS/400 zealot ’ , Haines is not blind to the product 's weaknesses , and readily recites a list of its shortcomings : not terribly good at compute-intensive tasks ; a maximum disk capacity of 165.2Gb ( effectively halved with the use of disk mirroring ) ; a paucity of tools for managing large networks , and finally a lack of fault-tolerance . |
| 30 | As this act was not independent of the defendant 's negligence it did not break the chain of causation and the defendants were liable for the sailor 's death . |