Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
| 2 | The evening was an enjoyable affair and it made a pleasant change not to have to leave Sally behind . |
| 3 | He thinks it very important , though , to try to force players to use the same ball , arguing that there would be mayhem on the touchline were that provision not enforced . |
| 4 | The adoral shields are large , slightly convex and situated totally proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 5 | The adoral shields are nearly rectangular and situated almost entirely proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 6 | Alternatively , any firm which has made a definite decision not to seek authorisation must ensure that it understands what constitutes investment business and , having established that it can refer clients to suitable authorised independent advisers , avoid further involvement like the plague . |
| 7 | The cost of a range of goods and services remained unchanged , however , this list including medical supplies , petrol and electricity , and also coffee and vodka ( the controversial decision not to raise the vodka price was justified in terms of preventing an upsurge in illegal distillation , as had happened when the price had been raised during the anti-alcohol campaign started in 1985 — see p. 35844 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ The consequence of the combined decision not to recruit expert staff or to invest in extensive training could be considerable . |
| 9 | Secondly , it may underestimate the capacity of lower-level managers to transmit upwards inaccurate or self-serving information , particularly where they have the advantage of technical expertise not possessed by the head office . |
| 10 | To act on the public sector will mean that part of the bill ( that is , that part not paid for by improved productivity ) will be presented to us as taxpayers . |
| 11 | The old Grenfell charm must have been working even under all that hair not to mention the scruffy beard . ’ |
| 12 | If Milton adopts a high style which allows him to voice opposition to Restoration politics , is that opposition not contained by this style , one perceived as normally expressing the values of the elite ? |
| 13 | Mr Trimble told the Speaker he appreciated that it was the normal practice not to have immediate statements on specific terrorist incidents ‘ because that amplifies the terror ’ . |
| 14 | Banking and Tory party sources say that ministerial proposals to charge students a proportion of their tuition fees and other more radical ideas have been abandoned in the face of tough Treasury opposition , the perceived weakening of Mrs Thatcher 's position following Mr Nigel Lawson 's resignation , and her declared intention not to serve a full fourth term if re-elected . |
| 15 | Other people may go on to develop further symptoms of their HIV infection including persistent swelling of the lymph glands in the neck , armpits and groin , continuous tiredness , unexplained weight loss , continuous dry cough not related to smoking , diarrhoea , thrush , unexplained bleeding , shortness of breath , cold sores , night sweats and fevers . |
| 16 | The margin foregone for each pig not finished could be £25 and , therefore , on 350 sows this would result in a loss of £8750 and on this basis it could be better to provide the alternative housing , comments Mr Beckett . |
| 17 | It was to drive another nail into the coffin , into the public service 's coffin , to go alongside compulsory competitive tendering , erosion of working conditions and compulsory redundancies just to satisfy their own political dogma not caring about the citizens of this country , whose quality of life depends on them the services provided by the public sector . |
| 18 | There is a sequel to this story not mentioned in any of the many accounts . |
| 19 | It is difficult in this case not to accept the view of the . |
| 20 | All credit to the authorities in Leipzig who made a clear decision not to intervene . |
| 21 | Even language may not be enough to account for the agreement in a social contract not to do X , when |
| 22 | They had become the first team ever to escape relegation from the top division not having won an away game . |
| 23 | Although warning signs shout at you not to cross these fragile constructions , as you 're bound to fall off and die and do n't say they did n't tell you so , you 'd have to be a boring old git not to want to do a balancing act over them for thrills . |
| 24 | Even had the post-1974 recession not dampened OECD demand for CMEA products , this would have been an unusually risky strategy . |
| 25 | ( 4 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer the goods he contracted to sell mixed with goods of a different description not included in the contract , the buyer may accept the goods which are in accordance with the contract and reject the rest or he may reject the whole . |
| 26 | The Iraqi decision not to attempt to contest allied air supremacy meant that a substantial portion of Iraq 's air force survived the war . |
| 27 | is , is , in London and we deal with the British Section which is are the particular bits , but the prisoners have to be vatted and looked at and found by the International Secretaires , then they 're passed on to British Section who pass them on to us and a great deal of research goes into making sure that they really are truly prisoners of conscience , that they 've been in prison for some er possibly because of their belief or religion or their race erm and they 've not taken or advocated violence not taken part in or advocated violence and then , then they are full prisoners of conscience erm we maybe allocated them . |
| 28 | ( This effect not illustrated ) . |
| 29 | So why was a free pardon not granted ? |
| 30 | Mandela himself , on the day of his release , described de Klerk as " a man of integrity who is acutely aware of the dangers of a public figure not honouring his undertakings " , and who had " gone further than any other Nationalist president in taking real steps to normalise the situation " . |