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Example sentences of "[noun] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	Among the subjects the report would like to see companies publish in their annual reports are details on environmental policy ; environmental objectives ; information on action taken and the costs of passing environmental objectives ; compliance with regulations ; significant environmental risks not disclosed as contingent liabilities ; and key features of external audit reports on the enterprise 's environmental activities .
2	The term " trade description " is defined comprehensively in s2(1) as follows : A trade description is an indication , direct or indirect , and by whatever means given , of any of the following matters with regard to any goods or part of goods , that is to say , ( a ) quantity , size of gauge ; ( b ) method of manufacture , production , processing or reconditioning ; ( c ) composition ; ( d ) fitness of purpose , strength , performance , behaviour or accuracy ; ( e ) any physical characteristics not included in the preceding paragraphs ; ( f ) testing by any person and results thereof ; ( g ) approval by any person or conformity with a type approved by any person ; ( h ) place or date of manufacture , production , processing or reconditioning ; ( i ) person by whom manufactured , produced , processed or reconditioned ; ( j ) other history , including previous ownership or use .
3	However , there are difficulties with latent defects , for example , characteristics not known to be harmful at the time of delivery , or immunities to harmful substances being subsequently discovered .
4	The pupil may be labelled genius or idiot , and the mathematical thinking not credited for what is is .
5	Plumage , except adult Egyptian Vulture , various shades of brown ; often with a neck ruff and legs not feathered below ‘ knee ’ ( except Lammergeier ) .
6	Survivors not treated with acyclovir often report significant neurological deterioration over the years after the acute onset of infection .
7	This is the most spectacular section of the Dee , its steep confining walls fringed by dense woodlands and its rocky bed much too rough for the passage of walkers not addicted to hard labour and who have respect for their clothes .
8	In such cases the unlucky individual has taken the precaution of wearing a contraceptive sheath , but a sore on the vulva , say , of his sexual partner has come into contact with part of the penis not covered by the condom .
9	In the main survey ( Appendix 1 , comments on Table 24 ; and more detailed cross-tabulations not included in Appendix ) , only three per cent of those who had recently bought on credit had had any problems with their credit arrangement , after buying ( nearly half the problems were difficulties over paying , and problems which people thought were the fault of the credit firm were very rare indeed ) .
10	And additional cross-tabulations not included in Appendix I showed that two per cent of those buying for cash said that this was because they thought they probably would n't be able to get credit .
11	The only other significant variation among different groups which the cross-tabulations not included in the Appendix showed up was that people without bank accounts were more likely than people with them to say that credit cards would be difficult to arrange .
12	The numbers involved ( in detailed cross-tabulations not reproduced in Appendix I ) were too small for us to be sure about this .
13	The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community .
14	A perception can arise , particularly in those organizations not accustomed to regular meetings , of personal status being reduced by not being invited to certain meetings .
15	Is Eleanor not talking to you ?
16	Why did these large pits near the coast not exist in the last century ?
17	In giving consent to another 's actions , however , our primary purpose is to authorise those actions and in so doing create for or accord to another a special right to act : the obligation generated on the consentor not to interfere with the exercise of this right takes , in this case , the secondary role .
18	Morgan , who alleged that her ex-husband Eric Foretich had sexually abused the child — an allegation not sustained by any court — had been imprisoned in 1987 for contempt of court after refusing to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter [ see also p. 37407 ] .
19	Among such factions as may exist in a constituency party one is likely to be dominant , and to imagine that it would consent to the nomination of candidates not numbered among its adherents is scarcely realistic .
20	Along with hope in a future not bound by the rough blankets rubbing at her chin , the cobwebbed ceiling above her head , the tiny window , the table in the corner , the hard wooden chair , the threadbare rug , the wax-choked candlestick , the bucket , the crucifix , the chain trailing from the bed-post to her wrist beneath the covers .
21	INSTONIANS — The return of David Wilson from France and the availability of Tim Taylor , Johnny McBride and Mark Irwin strengthens the squad and prompts coach Denis Guiler not to feature as a stop-gap this season !
22	These are often animals not seen by the vet for years , who could have been saved , if seen earlier .
23	It is adaptive for animals not to mate with members of other species .
24	However , the form of section 2(2) means that with regard to liability for animals not belonging to a dangerous species the position will be fundamentally the same as at common law , since the damage must be of a kind made likely by the characteristics known to the keeper .
25	But to eyes not looking through ancient spectacles , it assuredly appears as an affair of the intercourse of a living being with its physical and social environment .
26	The speaker who uses it feels himself or herself to be stating , with an explicitness not found in the merely qualifying adjective , even when it is ascriptive , that the property expressed does hold of the entity identified by the whole noun phrase ; an inevitable concomitant is that the postnominal adjective must be to a certain extent salient in the situation where it is used .
27	These scores also combine Congress 's support for the president 's proposals with the president 's support for bills and resolutions emanating from Capitol Hill not sponsored by him .
28	A major change is one that we make to your holiday arrangements before departure , that involves changing your UK airport(s) , resort area or time of departure or return by more than twelve hours or a change of accommodation to a Club not featured in this brochure .
29	Other members of the club not mentioned before are John Cannovan , Dugald Ferguson , Stewart Fernie and Pat Meechan .
30	The new Army Commander , Gen. Vimol Wongwanich , promised to unify the Army and on Aug. 7 ordered commanders of all army units not to intervene in politics or do anything to help or hinder any political party .