Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 6 October , 1835 FELIX MENDELSSOHN writes to his family from Leipzig : ‘ The day after I accompanied the Hensels to Delitzsch , Chopin arrived here ; he would not stay more than a day , and so we spent it together entirely , and played music .
2 [ It should be noted that the rule does not make clear that the form incorporates the notice . ]
3 And it might say do not dry clean and the customer has it dry cleaned and of course the garment is very likely going to be ruined .
4 More generally , Arrow ( 1984 ) calls it hidden information or hidden knowledge — the principal does not know all that the agent knows .
5 The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly .
6 Given what has been said so far it will not appear surprising that the conference sponsors include the Western Isles Islands Council — it is to be held in Stornoway — as well as the SED and OECD .
7 The plaintiff vendors sought to set aside the expert 's decision and to have the court decide the matter , but the defendant purchasers said that the plaintiffs could not do that because the contract bound them to accept the expert 's decision .
8 But now the sun can not do this because the man is dead but his comrades are hoping that by moving his body out into the sun it can use its power to wake him as it used to do .
9 The Council accepted the report , amending one sentence to-read : ‘ For reasons which are apparent from the rest of this report the Visiting Party could not feel assured that the Director was fully and properly exercising his responsibility for the ‘ internal organisation and management and discipline of the Polytechnic ’ , in accordance with the Articles of Government' .
10 If you have symptoms that you think may be caused by food intolerance you should not feel affronted if the doctor 's initial questions seem rather personal and irrelevant to the aches and pains being suffered .
11 At just over eight stone , she did not feel overweight but an addiction to crisps was putting cellulite on her thighs .
12 Hannah herself beams with delight at the mention of his name and there can not be a past or present resident of the dale who does not become animated when the name of Sam Fawcett is mentioned in conversation .
13 Royalties on such sale shall not become accountable as a sale until one month after the Publisher has actually received payment .
14 8.3 Should the Publisher notify the Company in writing of a high risk sale of the Work then royalties on such sale shall not become accountable as a sale until one month after the Publisher has actually received payment .
15 County were beaten 3–1 , but the omens did not look favourable when the Town 's mascot , a stuffed donkey , caught fire at the post-match celebration .
16 You may not realize this but the name ‘ Grand Canyon ’ was actually one developed by DisneyWorld who own and run the place .
17 RESPONSORIAL PSALM : Do not begin this until the group who are leading the congregation in gesture are assembled in the sanctuary and ready .
18 Also , the cost of services has to be borne , in the main , from central or local government coffers , because most older people can not meet more than a fraction of the costs of the high levels of labour-intensive care they need .
19 Space does not permit more than a summary of the aspects the would-be consultant needs to consider jointly to ensure both a good beginning and optimum development for such a group , and readers are therefore referred to the guidelines offered in detail elsewhere ( cf Hanko 1985/7 ) .
20 We shall not rest satisfied until every mother can take advantage of all that medical science can offer , which means that every town and village must have its maternity centre .
21 Industry does not stand still and the trend nowadays is for employers to expect their employees to respond positively to the demands of the enterprise .
22 The recent acquisition of Leckpatrick by Cork-based Golden Vale demonstrated the world would not stand still until the dairy industry was restructured , he told us .
23 However , we will not pay more than the market value of the package .
24 ( Remember that this would not hold good if the passage were f instead of p . )
25 But the cylinders were so small they could not hold more than a minute of material .
26 Cup-tie , with Bailey playing for the well-known London amateur side , Walthamstow Avenue , who switched the replay to Stamford Bridge because their home ground could not hold more than a fraction of the spectators who wanted to attend .
27 Disregarding the cases when the electric field is very large or the conductor is very hot ( beyond the scope of this course ) the electrons can not get farther than the boundary of the conductor .
28 The commonest stress symptom of all is probably tiredness , which ( in contrast to physical fatigue ) is usually present on waking and does not get worse as the day goes on .
29 The contract ensures that if you decide to cash in after five years in April 1997 , you will not get less than the unit price on offer in April 1996 .
30 It did not seem likely that the Sun , at any rate , would have felt any qualms about printing it in full .
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