Example sentences of "and [vb mod] not [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And let's not shrink from the truth about Big Birthday blues : we have genuine cause to feel depressed because the calendar chronicles what , most of the time , we prefer to forget — that life is finite . |
| 2 | Moustaches shall not extend below the vermilion border of the upper lip or the corners of the mouth and may not extend to the side more than one-quarter inch beyond the corners of the mouth … |
| 3 | Some companies advertise kit , knowing that stocks are low and may not last for the full life of the ad . |
| 4 | Some companies advertise kit , knowing full well that stocks are low and may not last for the full life of the ad . |
| 5 | All other peers may now take a seat in the House of Lords and may not participate in the election of Members of the House of Commons . |
| 6 | It is like a large hemming stitch and must not show on the right side ( fig. 17 ) . |
| 7 | There was much discussion as to who should and should not appear in the prospectus as the management team . |
| 8 | You will be pleased to know that the discomfort is only short term and should not occur in the future . |
| 9 | The shareholders had clearly manifested an intention to sell their shares and could not continue with the sale without giving the other shareholders a right to exercise their option under the articles . |
| 10 | Something that was not form , but was only matter , could not become general in this way and could not answer to the generality of the concepts with which we think . |
| 11 | The Russian landlords did not and could not revolt against the tsar , who alone provided them with some legitimation against a peasantry profoundly convinced that the land belonged to him who laboured it , but also of their hierarchic subordination to the representatives of God and the emperor . |
| 12 | They again became the ‘ weaker sex ’ , who were delicate and fragile and could not cope with the strains of learning and would continue to be mere property to be traded at will . |
| 13 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 14 | I need crutches to get around the house and could not get to the concert , ’ she said . |
| 15 | They found it had not been modified in any way and could not operate on the 27–28 MHz frequency ( the FM Citizens ' Band ) . |
| 16 | This can be any name and need not refer to the programs contained within it . |
| 17 | On Oct. 16 the Romanian National Assembly approved by 324 votes to seven the new Council of Ministers proposed by Prime Minister-designate Theodor Stolojan , who undertook to accelerate reforms and promised that he would continue his political neutrality and would not stand in the forthcoming ( 1992 ) elections . |
| 18 | The problem was that the robots were usually too big and would not fit into the existing booths . |
| 19 | Whatever the strength of this reasoning , it seems to apply to cases where the patient commits some act to achieve his end , and would not apply to the situation being discussed here . |
| 20 | In July of the same year John Gayner and many others resisted arrest at Lydney , killed a number of the king 's servants and those of the warden of the forest , and chased the others ‘ as far as the forest and would not surrender to the King 's peace ’ . |
| 21 | Clearly the auction house feels that in the light of new revelations about the treasure 's origins , its manner of acquisition and details of falsified export licenses , any attempt to offer it at auction would be bound to result in failure and would not redound to the auction house 's credit . |
| 22 | The Commission is reluctant to grant protection to these industries as it would harm the LDCs ( see Chapter 11 ) , and would not help in the attempts to improve the productivity of the EC economy . |
| 23 | The state-owned Burgas petrochemical company announced on Jan. 29 that petrol supplies were exhausted , and would not resume in the near future . |
| 24 | The most effective means of doing this would be through the introduction of a comprehensive disability income scheme , which would allocate benefits according to the needs created by disability and would not discriminate on the basis of old age . |
| 25 | ‘ My political views have never changed in the past and will not change in the future , ’ he said soon after court officials ordered his early release from a Beijing prison . |
| 26 | ‘ If it is the intestine which is infected , the infection is transient and will not reach inside the egg , ’ he said . |
| 27 | The Labour Party can not and will not survive without the affiliation of the trade union movement . |
| 28 | If the fever is persistently above about 104°F ( 40°C ) and will not respond to the following measures : |
| 29 | If it works with just the Master drive in the system and will not work with the slave drive connected whatever the orientation of the cable. , change the configuration to make the Slave drive the Master and the Master the Slave . |
| 30 | On the roll of a 1 or 2 the staff has run out of energy and will not work for the remainder of the battle . |