Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We can see in the American financial world where you end up when risks are underestimated , or not taken account of quickly enough in the results . ’
2 Batty and Speed although not finished products were reasonably good players when Wilko arrived and Bremnar was fairly consistently playing them in the first team .
3 In Prokop v DHSS and Another [ 1985 ] CLY 1037 , May LJ stated the relevant principle clearly in the following passage : On the facts in Jefford v Gee the relevant loss of earnings continued throughout from accident to trial , and indeed went on thereafter … it is , I think , quite clear from the judgment , and indeed from the application of arithmetical commonsense , that the half-rate approach there referred to is only applicable to cases where the special damages comprise more or less regular periodical losses which are continuous from the date of the accident to the date of the trial ; these are more often than not lost earnings .
4 Which Councils — more often than not called synods during the first thousand years — were ecumenical was determined not by the pope , but by their reception in the Church at large .
5 The procedure is only available for proposed and not completed mergers and the merger proposal must have been made public .
6 This places power in the hands of party managers and not elected representatives .
7 two or three mistakes recently and not dictated mistakes , copy mistakes .
8 It is a measure of the fundamental instincts of Citrine and his colleagues that , where they had the greater power to centralise , it was centralisation , and not devolved responsibility , which was their watchword .
9 If the rider drives the horse into a fence in such a way that he alters rhythm and balance , the horse will be forced onto his forehand and not given chance to jump off his hocks .
10 This unbalanced , choleric individual is a mad dog who should be shot and not given command of a kingdom .
11 Last month , following Johnson 's admissions at the inquiry that he had taken drugs and not failed drug tests , the IAAF decided to strip him of his world records retrospectively and enacted legislation which would punish any athlete who passed a drug test but subsequently admitted he was an offender .
12 It was so much better if she could slip out quietly and not let Alan know .
13 The meeting at Rutherglen for the choice of commissioner with the authority of the Burgh 's vote was on the evening of 20th May at seven pm and the Dixon agents were so keen to keep their influence to the very end and not let Kirkman Finlay 's agents have an opportunity to exert influence that they were hard pressed to get the Councillors to the meeting at seven pm .
14 Guide those who shape the decisions of government that they may plan for the good of all society , and not set neighbour against neighbour , class against class , region against region .
15 ‘ I feel that the trading standards officers have exceeded their authority by requiring Mr Wilson to conform with standards laid down for new stations and not established premises . ’
16 I wanted to meet Marius Durance — I 've always especially admired his work and it seemed crazy to be so close and not come face to face with him .
17 Without explaining to where they were going she walked regally from the room swinging her brief-case which , unlike a great many brief-cases on the streets of Berlin , was filled with notes and papers and not stolen goods .
18 ‘ Marius wrote a letter to his son last November — this is a copy of it — complaining in humble terms about how he 'd left himself short by the gift and not taken inflation into account , and would Nigel let him have a small income from various shares and properties ?
19 It is therefore allowed , although e was an effect , that we might have got sc along with some extraordinary event or condition , and not got e .
20 To avoid any inconsistency , it is economic earnings ( also called economic income or permanent income ) and not reported earnings that is the appropriate measure of earnings for share valuation .
21 Only newly-appointed and promoted staff are due to receive the new contracts which according to the Institute 's NATFHE chairman , Denis Clinton , has led to the problem of new staff being appointed but not given contracts .
22 This idea is taken up but not given thanks for .
23 Some of these people may not have found it convenient to visit but may have phoned ; some may have ‘ visited ’ but not gained access to the ward .
24 Increased synthesis of LTC 4 was associated with Helicobacter pylori colonisation but not NSAID use .
25 By contrast with LTB 4 , colonisation by Helicobacter pylori , but not NSAID use was associated with increased vortex stimulated LTC 4 synthesis .
26 For Germany , our main approach is through ministries and teacher-training institutions , who at least have the last-known addresses of teachers who have completed training but not found employment .
27 And which we , we were n't granted the time off , we were granted time off without pay but not paid leave .
28 Philip Margolin Gone But Not Forgotten Warner )
29 There were incipient but not established crypt abscesses .
30 MARINATED SHOULDER OF LAMB STUFFED WITH LEEKS AND CHICKEN LIVERS , WITH GREEN AND RED SAUCE 4–4½lb/1.8–2kg shoulder of lamb , boned but not rolled juice of one lemon 2 tbsp sherry vinegar 3 tbsp olive oil 8oz/225g chicken livers 3 medium leeks 2oz/50g fresh breadcrumbs 2 tsp pink peppercorns 1 medium egg black pepper For the sauce 1 small red pepper 4oz/100g spinach good handful fresh mint 2 tsp cumin seeds ½ pint/300ml double cream 1 tbsp sherry vinegar salt , black pepper The night before , lay the boned lamb flesh side upwards in a large shallow dish or roasting pan .
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