Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have enough honour not to tell that lie . |
| 2 | He needs not to forget that there are demonic forces in the universe whatever people say about the existence of the devil . |
| 3 | The commander of UN troops in Bosnia , General Philippe Morillon , has been holed up in the town for the past week vowing not to leave until the safety of the inhabitants is assured . |
| 4 | It must also be satisfied that the adopter has not received nor agreed to receive , and that no person has made or given or agreed to make or give to the adopter , any payment in consideration of the adoption , except such as the court may sanction . |
| 5 | Mr X will argue that he has not received and nor is he entitled to receive any capital sum , namely a loan or a repayment of a loan . |
| 6 | If there is no significant difference between the two baselines ( ie if the CB has not increased and the PB has not decreased ) then the method of intervention is not working . |
| 7 | Steve Whitton has not travelled because of a bruised hip but there is a chance that Simon Milton will come into the reckoning after successful operations on his ankle and knee . |
| 8 | Steve Whitton has not travelled because of a bruised hip but there is a chance that Simon Milton will come into the reckoning after successful operations on his ankle and knee . |
| 9 | erm the normal disciplines that the County Council applied on income headings is that if income varies for reasons of er conditions for example and this is in a way akin to that , then the committee normally has to find these erm er the additional resources to cover tha that income erm I have had long discussions with John on this and th the point that he was putting there was er demonstrating that income had followed the amount of work perhaps has not fallen and the below the line item is a recognition in the part of that argument i in a sense for fifty-fifty between below the line reaching seven thousand erm and we 've identified savings and other heads for example the staff advertising example where reduction in turnover , there 's no effective service saving there , so these such things can go towards meeting this income conditions . |
| 10 | The Conservative party has not understood that in Wales , Scotland and the north of England , it is the opposition , even if an opposition wielding the powers of the state . |
| 11 | He has not acknowledged that more people are now moving out of unemployment than a year ago . |
| 12 | J.M. Dunn died in May 1969 and , although the author has subsequently acquired many of Mr Dunn 's notebooks and private papers over the years , this particular correspondence was not included and has not surfaced as yet . |
| 13 | Well I 've said a few words about the Soviet Union but I would like to add that our programme of assistance to the Soviet Union and to other countries in central and Eastern Europe , while it 's had to grow rapidly in response to the urgent needs of reg region , it does not it has not grown and will not grow in any way er which will undermine our commitment to the developing world and er perhaps on that note I might turn to Africa . |
| 14 | Units have tended to fall not rise , so the value of many endowments has not grown as expected . |
| 15 | Thus , where a husband leaves the matrimonial home while still owning it , the usual capital gains tax exemption or relief for a taxpayer 's only or main residence would be given on the subsequent transfer to the wife , provided she has continued to live in the house and the husband has not elected that some other house should be treated for capital gains tax purposes as his main residence for this period . |
| 16 | However , the position is open to doubt where the husband has not elected that some other house should be treated for capital gains tax purposes as his main residence for the period . |
| 17 | The Commission has not stated or indicated which countries are discriminating against financial institutions from EC member states ; but so-called economic needs tests in Canada and Australia were cited as examples . |
| 18 | It is therefore clear that as a result of the statutory machinery an individual can have a substantial measure of control over his own working life compulsorily delegated to an agent , a trade union , which he has not selected and may even have his own contract of service varied without his consent . |
| 19 | Worst of all , perhaps , is the possibility that the Bosnian war has not ended but merely changed . |
| 20 | Well I mean that is i i something that well to the best off my knowledge , the government has not announced or taken any sort of decision on . |
| 21 | It is as if my body has not reacted as it is supposed to do , and that my mind is not as strong as it was in 1991 . |
| 22 | The Tory party has not said that it would ensure that rural areas do not suffer disproportionately as a result . |
| 23 | He has not said whether he will consider taking a peerage . |
| 24 | Although Gibbons has not said whether he agrees with that analysis , he has talked about ‘ a rotation ’ in which new programmes replace older initiatives . |
| 25 | Serbia , the only republic that has not signed the EC plan , has not said if it will accept . |
| 26 | Other changes have included : * an increasingly imaginative use of the technologies available ; * a substantial increase in the rate at which manufacturers have introduced new products ; * changes in the relationship between volumes and values purchased ( for instance , less yellow fat is now eaten in the UK , but the value of fats consumed has not declined because more high value or value-added products , such as polyunsaturated fats , are being consumed ) ; * acceptance of the refrigerator as an essential kitchen item ; introduction of freezer cabinets , microwave ovens ( etc ) ; * increased priority of food preparation convenience , encouraging suppliers to market value-added foodstuffs ( such as pizzas , frozen ready cooked meals and so on ) ; * use of additives to preserve products , lengthen shelf-life etc . |
| 27 | Mr Robert Macrae , for Burnett , told the court : ‘ He realises he was irresponsible and he has not seen or heard from the girl involved since . ’ |
| 28 | MARRIAGE to beautiful Somalian model Iman , has inspired David Bowie to take up sculpting again — something he has not done since he was unknown art student David Jones . |
| 29 | The illustrations must do something that the text has not done or that the text can not do : ‘ You must never illustrate exactly what is written . |
| 30 | The position has not altered and we will continue to pursue our present policies . |