Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The have-nots promised not to acquire nuclear weapons . |
| 2 | With the possible exception of Mrs Major , who has to struggle not to look cheerful at the mention of leaving 10 Downing Street , and Sir Denis Thatcher ( ’ I 'm so bloody glad we 're not doing it this time ’ ) , every good political consort must learn how to be a good loser . |
| 3 | Some amazingly well organised not to mention tight people , take their notes for this meeting on the back of the last meeting 's agenda . |
| 4 | She had to try not to become confused by what Marc was suggesting — that he would n't stand in Peter 's way if she herself was co-operative . |
| 5 | First , the banal but important point that things were not that bad over the 1960s for the mass of the electorate , so that those Labour voters who had neither expected not desired revolutionary socialism had no real reason to feel betrayed . |
| 6 | But the precise meaning of section 1(1) has not received serious judicial attention before . |
| 7 | A somewhat more complex issue that has not received adequate attention in Britain is the meaning of the word ‘ profit ’ in the context of trusts , and some of the ideas being discussed resemble the strategies that have caused the Internal Revenue Service to question the tax exempt status of some American not for profit hospitals . |
| 8 | The relationship between the socio-economic character of a local authority ( L.A. ) and its expenditure on education is a crucial issue but it has not received adequate research attention . |
| 9 | * Evidence is growing that BSE may be transmitted through the generations , after a third cow which has not received contaminated feed has been placed under a restriction order on the grounds of suspected infection . |
| 10 | By contrast , LIFFE has not received comparable backing , either moral or financial , from UK banks or the UK government . |
| 11 | Finally , one area which has not received full justice in our coverage is the extensive empirical tradition of examining industries case by case to develop views on efficiency . |
| 12 | I am delighted that my hon. Friend the Member for Bedfordshire , South-West ( Mr. Madel ) mentioned an important issue which has not received satisfactory answers in Committee , nor is likely to , in what will remain of the Report stage after the guillotine . |
| 13 | Nor do we know , because the Post Office has not adopted budgetary accounting , how these ‘ actual ’ results compare with its budget . |
| 14 | A non-graduate , or a graduate ( Law or otherwise ) who has not obtained full exemption because he lacks one or more of the ‘ core ’ subjects in his degree , is required to take the new Common Professional Examination before the Final ; and this again needs a year 's attendance at a law school . |
| 15 | But agriculture has not stood still . |
| 16 | If there is a muddle , it is because the end of the cold war has not stripped western countries of their other interests in Africa , notably economic ones . |
| 17 | Campaigners claim that the company has not examined other approaches , such as water conservation and the cleaning of existing reservoirs . |
| 18 | There has been a great deal of literature on the subject in the past ten years , and the situation has not remained static during that time . |
| 19 | Even the argument that key settlements offer economies of scale has not remained unscathed . |
| 20 | The procedure has not gained formal approval by the International Olympic Committee because it does not give conclusive proof of drug use . |
| 21 | Voluntary services , however , may sometimes be mobilised for people whose distress has not reached pathological proportions . |
| 22 | Although , to be honest , we have to admit that the performance of the licensed cab has not reached light speed yet . |
| 23 | Thus the relatively stable East Midlands Platform has not undergone post-Permian vertical movements of some 2500 m indicated by the vitrinite data . |
| 24 | This is not to say that the USSR has not sought political dividends from economic ties . |
| 25 | They moved to Dallas , and Graham has so immersed himself in the American way of life that I am surprised he has not sought American citizenship . |
| 26 | The existence of the Selby Coalfield has not precluded substantial development within Selby itself . |
| 27 | He said now , ‘ Tzani-bey , I assure you , has not grown fond of me . |
| 28 | Employee share ownership has not generated great public debate or excitement because the sums involved , for most employees , are not large enough to grab their attention . |
| 29 | That theology has not gone unchallenged , of course . |
| 30 | Ltd has not gone unchallenged . |