Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called for constructive co-operation between all parties in the transition to a market economy , and proposed not to implement a state of emergency . |
| 2 | I faithfully promised not to breathe a word to ‘ my friend ’ , went back to the room and sought Brian 's opinion . |
| 3 | In 1153 Frederick I , by the pact of Constance , promised not to make a truce with the two other groups that threatened the papacy — the Romans and the ruler , Roger of Sicily . |
| 4 | In contrast , Echmatocrinus had plated structures on its polyp and tentacles but , unlike the co-occurring eocrinoids , the plates appear not to show a stereom structure . |
| 5 | He has not received a reply , but , as a sponsor of a Bill going through Congress threatening retaliation if Japan does not practice an open door policy , his anger could be translated into action . |
| 6 | Diplomats asked Buckingham Palace to warn her against any trip to the island , which has not received a royal visitor for many years . |
| 7 | At the lasts two A.G.M. 's of the parent body , the Hong Kong Branch has failed to comply with the constitution in that they have not submitted a Branch Report for consideration by the A.G.M. The chairman of Standing Committee has subsequently written to the Branch on several occasions reminding them of the need to submit a report and so far , has not received a reply . |
| 8 | While this might seem to be stating the obvious , the fact is that this issue has not received a great deal of systematic ( as opposed to post hoc ) discussion in the literature . |
| 9 | Entry forms are distributed each September and , if your college has not received a form , apply now . |
| 10 | If any teacher has not received a card of thanks to take to her class , please let me know . |
| 11 | Although the British profession has not adopted a multi-media outlook with the celerity that many would wish , there are plenty of examples of public libraries with visual and aural collections , and the counties of Wiltshire , Somerset and Leicestershire have in recent years been offering significant audio-visual services to teachers and schools . |
| 12 | Queen 's Bench Masters ' Practice Direction of 25 March , 1988 requires that where an order is made transferring an action from the Queen 's Bench Division to a county court , the party having carriage of the order by himself or his solicitor shall forthwith produce at the Filing Department of the Central Office the order transferring the action and shall file : ( 1 ) a copy of the order transferring the action ; ( 2 ) a statement of the names and addresses of the parties and of their solicitors ; ( 3 ) copies of any pleadings served ; ( 4 ) if he is the plaintiff and has not served a statement of claim , particulars of his claim together with a copy for each defendant ; ( 5 ) if he is the defendant and only a counterclaim is transferred and no counterclaim has been served , particulars of the counterclaim together with a copy for the plaintiff ; ( 6 ) where money has been paid into court , a copy of the notice of payment into court ; ( 7 ) a statement of the index numbers of any affidavits filed . |
| 13 | VS Naipaul has not created a credible woman character , which is a fairly major fault . |
| 14 | In addition , registration does not create a priority point in the sense that the chargee is guaranteed priority from the date of registration ; this is because if A registers have charge on 21 January he has no guarantee that the company has not created a charge prior to this which may be registered within 21 days and thus have priority . |
| 15 | If the taxpayer makes a potentially exempt transfer he pays no IHT when the gift is made and will pay no IHT at all with respect to the gifted property if he survives the gift by seven years ( and has not reserved a benefit in the gifted property ) ( IHTA 1984 , s3A(4) ) . |
| 16 | James , who played at Tottenham last Saturday , has not kept a clean sheet in his 12 first team appearances , while third choice Hooper excelled in last week 's reserve clash with Leicester . |
| 17 | He has not kicked a ball for 20 years . |
| 18 | We learn that Sister Chiang has been in prison for 3 weeks , but has not revealed a word about the guerrillas , in spite of torture . |
| 19 | Donald Young who has not missed a show until moving his Chicago gallery to Seattle last year is also absent . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's a very busy man , but he has not missed a session , and he 's proving a great asset . |
| 21 | McAllister , 28 , joined Leeds from Leicester City for £1m in the summer of 1990 , and has not missed a league game . |
| 22 | It has never been in the rain before and has not developed a habit of accepting the discomfort of being in the rain . |
| 23 | Paradoxically it has not developed a formalised set of principles or immutable knowledge which could , for example , be structured into an academic text-book about socio-technical systems . |
| 24 | However , the fact that a person has a specific skill will not absolve an occupier who has not exercised a sufficient degree of care ( Ogwo v Taylor ) . |
| 25 | The hon. Member has not asked a question of the Prime Minister for many months , and not in this Session , unlike some other hon. Members , now shouting ’ Marginal seat . ’ |
| 26 | The accused has not appropriated a thing in action , because the bank did not owe the money to anyone . |
| 27 | The physiotherapist has to be encouraging at all times , but this stops short of praising the patient when he has not achieved a required movement . |
| 28 | He confessed that the model he had in mind was Pascal 's letters , but alas his pamphlet has not achieved a similar immortality . |
| 29 | But the depth of the speech 's radicalism has not reached a wider public . |
| 30 | However , if the user has not accessed a particular field type during the current session , the user must enter the required value and press TAB . |