Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on .
2 The German press disappeared after Germany 's defeat in the First World War , while the missionary press , though of some historical interest , did not give rise to publications of any major importance .
3 That most German people did not want war with England was true by almost every account of neutral witnesses .
4 In a separate move the Chinese premier , Li Peng , who attacked Mr Patten earlier , returned to the fray , saying China did not want confrontation with Britain but the UK was putting ‘ obstacles ’ in the way of talks to try and defuse the row .
5 Those who claimed a break-even or loss situation did not make allowance for home produced food .
6 Pound was in all seriousness embarked on an epic poem ( which he defined , following of all unlikely authorities Rudyard Kipling , as ‘ the tile of the tribe ’ ) ; he could not and did not expect understanding from readers who supposed that the epic poem had died in the seventeenth century if not before , whose expectations therefore were conditioned by their experience of the brief or else extended lyric .
7 At 2250 hrs that evening Eighth Army confirmed in a signal to 5 Corps that they were to act in accordance with AFHQ 's ruling that they could hand over all the anti-Tito Yugoslavs so long as this did not involve use of force .
8 Such a clause in a contract to supply building materials to a building contractor did not exclude liability for damages payable by the contractor to sub-contractors as a result of delay in delivery ( Croudace Construction Ltd v Cawoods Concrete Products Ltd [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 55 ) .
9 There were hand-outs on ‘ Cruelty Free ’ cosmetics , positively promoting cosmetic companies who did not drip shampoo into rabbits ' eyes in what I knew was called the Draize Test for irritancy .
10 Hercule Poirot did not spring fully-formed into life on Page 34 of his first adventure , The Mysterious Affair at Styles .
11 For Moscow , agreements in certain areas , such as arms control , did not preclude competition in others , especially Third World conflicts .
12 No summary data are presented and some of the individual trials did not measure quality of life at all .
13 success rate of this operation did not represent value for money' .
14 On Nov. 12 the outspoken chair of the Campaign for Democracy Beko Ransome Kuti called on Nigerians to " make the country ungovernable " by acts of civil disobedience if Babangida did not leave office on Jan. 2 as promised .
15 The Act of 1988 did not govern access to quotas , but the registration of fishing vessels .
16 But revivalism in architecture did not mean lack of imagination or inventiveness — quite the reverse : it meant a prodigal outpouring of both .
17 As shown in Figure 5 , treatment with cyclosporin A ( 5 or 10 mg/kg for eight days ) did not affect synthesis of prostaglandin E2 , 6k prostaglandin F1a , and thromboxane B2 by pancreatic tissue ex vivo .
18 made trade unions completely immune from actions in tort , though it did not affect liability of individuals ;
19 As far as he was concerned , homosexuality did not exist north of Hampstead ( or perhaps south of it , either ) and despite the fact that its local manifestation was sitting in front of him he would not be convinced .
20 Obstructive symptoms then resulted in a further small bowel resection but he did not achieve remission despite prednisolone .
21 She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech .
22 He apologized and explained , but she did not waste time in argument .
23 Papers that did not include a control group , were not randomised , did not allow calculation of ‘ intention to treat ’ results , or did not collect information on mortality or the incidence of respiratory or gastrointestinal infection were excluded .
24 Differentiation on certain levels did not prevent fusion on others .
25 Patients who did not show evidence of relapse after this four week microchallenge had the diagnosis of coeliac disease confirmed by an open challenge with higher doses of gluten .
26 ‘ Well ? ’ said Calatin who was , truth to tell , becoming just the smallest bit afraid of this strange , golden-eyed creature , but who would not have dreamed of showing it , because you did not show discourtesy to guests , not if you wanted business from them .
27 The 39 women who did not start treatment before January 1989 were excluded from the analyses .
28 Use of prednisolone , however , did not influence synthesis of LTB 4 .
29 The selection of members was a slow business and the Commission did not begin work until February 1978 .
30 The CP , after some initial confusion , made it clear that , while it did not oppose conscription in principle , it was unacceptable under Chamberlain .
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