Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government , reversing the uncompromising stand of the previous government of President Virgilio Barco [ see pp. 36844 ; 36889-90 ; 37119 ] , had already offered to reduce sentences and promised not to extradite traffickers who surrendered and confessed , in the hope that this would halt a cycle of drug-related violence and killings . |
| 2 | During his campaign , he promised not to raise taxes for the middle classes ; he is now faced with the realisation that if he is to cut the deficit and fulfil his promises to improve social welfare , education and training and to overhaul health provisions , then tax increases which extend beyond the seriously wealthy are unavoidable . |
| 3 | Second , the criteria adopted for a good decision are satisficing not maximizing rules . |
| 4 | As McGuire 's experiments on inoculation showed , such truisms can be defenceless against criticism , because the holder of a cultural truism has not developed justifications to defend the truism when under argumentative attack . |
| 5 | The preceding decades has not witnessed governments unresponsive to electoral expectations and the nation 's problems . |
| 6 | To be sure , bitterness which did exist in some quarters between Protestants and Catholics both then and now has not affected Jews , thankfully . |
| 7 | The US said yesterday the contras should not disband this week , as required by a regional peace agreement , because Nicaragua has not fulfilled conditions of the pact . |
| 8 | ( 3 ) If no time limit is stated , a person will be permitted to change his intention only if the Panel is satisfied that the original announcement was made with due care after proper consideration of all relevant circumstances , and has not misled shareholders or the market . |
| 9 | Foreman has not made things easier for Stewart by his jocular jibes . |
| 10 | Since then single malt has been a great success , but Mr Sandy feels that the Treasury is exploiting it : ‘ Of course we were glad that the Chancellor decided not to increase excise on whisky , but last week 's Budget has not made things right . |
| 11 | Belonging to a generation of British artists who make biomorphic compositions , MacIlraith has not made paintings for six years , although he exhibited his drawings with Anthony Brown in 1991 . |
| 12 | The office is not highly institutionalized and she has not made changes in this respect . |
| 13 | It has put in it 's place , a , er a general purposes and finance sub- committee , this is this one referred to , it has not made allowances for who shall serve on it per county , all it did , it called it together very quickly , and to cut costs to authorities , it 's based the meetings in Bristol instead of Exeter , and it was suggested by the chairman of W R A D , that perhaps any volunteers coming onto it , erm , would in fact come from the surrounding counties . |
| 14 | Nonetheless it is perhaps surprising that the librarian has not crossed swords with the law over obscene and indecent literature before now . |
| 15 | He expects Germans , Japanese and anyone else who has not sent forces to contribute to a ‘ war chest ’ . |
| 16 | The Jamaican Labour Party ( JLP , conservative , Edward Seaga l ) ; The Marxist Workers ' Party of Jamaica ( WPJ , Trevor Munroe l. ) was formed in 1978 , but has not contested elections . |
| 17 | The non-proliferation treaty has not prevented countries like Israel , India and South Africa from secretly developing nuclear weapons , but at least they have not gone public with them and no country has officially added itself to the nuclear weapons states . |
| 18 | The important role which larger donors have come to play in ‘ supporting ’ African economies has not prevented governments from retaining their entrenched political priorities . |
| 19 | This has not prevented accusations that Bantam shamefully exploited my illness and that I cooperated with this by allowing my picture to appear on the cover . |
| 20 | That has not prevented assertions that it plays a particularly significant role in trusts . |
| 21 | In fact only one DCSL has a teaching qualification , but this has not stopped others from becoming fully involved in curricular discussions in project schools . |
| 22 | It has not stopped businessmen being asked what they think will happen to the economy if the government changes , however , even if those businessman can do nothing better than guess or regurgitate or express hopes and fears . |
| 23 | The five-point try has not stopped teams looking to put points on the board through taking kicks , though a bird in the hand is still worth two in the bush . |
| 24 | A spokesman for Sarova Hotels said : ‘ In the past we have had a satisfactory working relationship with BCCI and the current situation has not presented problems . ’ |
| 25 | I I would say it 's not been an issue , erm in the small market towns and i the er criterion erm I therefore has not presented problems er to Hambleton . |
| 26 | With the depressed semiconductor market in Japan , NEC has reassigned 100 people in its plants to different jobs , but has not cut jobs as its overseas competitors have done . |
| 27 | Fundholding has given practices control of their budget but has not reduced variations in spending |
| 28 | This means that your body has not produced antibodies to HIV , so you probably have not been infected by the virus . |
| 29 | The the recent rain has not deterred punters who supported the French star yesterday . |
| 30 | Mr Lawson 's hints were supported by an increase in overnight rates in the money markets , where the Bank of England has not financed shortages in full . |