Example sentences of "and [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Butland seems to have failed to appreciate that in the government reforms the general practitioner is the purchaser of services and the family health services authority 's role is to facilitate this and not to act as Big Brother . |
| 2 | For Gandhi , particular religions are necessary to convey what it might mean to speak of the one , true and perfect Religion which is beyond predication and not realized within finite existence . |
| 3 | Perhaps we could start by banishing that anachronism with which otherwise good arguments have been blemished , and not refer to mass consumption of manufactured goods before the twentieth century . |
| 4 | From Moscow , Mr Gorbachev is believed to have given personal orders that his troops should stay firmly in their East German barracks during recent demonstrations and not respond to local provocation . |
| 5 | A wooden disc box from Supplier Action : not a greenhouse gas producer and not made from tropical hardwood . |
| 6 | effective , permanent , and not beset by secondary effluent problems , a drawback of wet scrubbing and condensation techniques ; but there are disadvantages . |
| 7 | My uncle was already old , and not given to rash spending , indeed he carried his carefulness too far , and was something of a miser . |
| 8 | Bettinson is a man of considerable dignity , diplomatic and not given to emotional language . |
| 9 | Bettinson is a man of considerable dignity , diplomatic and not given to emotional language . |
| 10 | some sedatives ( to be used with caution and not recommended for regular use ) . |
| 11 | Conservationists believe the section of river has a particular geomorphological importance and want it to be allowed to meander naturally and not controlled by artificial flood defences . |
| 12 | It does mean that the way in which the case has been handled , the way in which it 's been approached , the cooperation between various departments in a particular office , has been done properly , and if the client has the opportunity of winning , he will win and not lose by sloppy work in his solicitor 's office . |
| 13 | You ca n't read this incident and not believe in sudden conversion . |
| 14 | Interestingly , they use the same term for aggression as the Buid , but give it precisely the opposite moral evaluation : ‘ A maisug person is combative and not deterred by physical danger and risk , one who has strong feelings and is not afraid to express them … |
| 15 | If it is thought that the exclusive jurisdiction of the visitor has outlived its usefulness , which I beg to doubt , then I think that it should be swept away by Parliament and not undermined by judicial review . |
| 16 | Ideally this water should be wrung out into another container and not mixed with fresh rinse water . |
| 17 | Heterotopia is less common than gastric metaplasia and not associated with duodenal inflammation or ulceration . |
| 18 | Undoubtedly many further proposals will be made for the use of forms of alternative dispute resolution in which case it will be important to assess their strengths and weaknesses on the basis of proper and specific evidence , if possible , and not rely upon anecdotal evidence or assumed propositions , in particular in relation to cost . |