Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] not [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 | The adoral shields are large , slightly convex and situated totally proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 4 | The adoral shields are nearly rectangular and situated almost entirely proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The consequence of the combined decision not to recruit expert staff or to invest in extensive training could be considerable . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | All credit to the authorities in Leipzig who made a clear decision not to intervene . |
| 14 | Even language may not be enough to account for the agreement in a social contract not to do X , when |
| 15 | They had become the first team ever to escape relegation from the top division not having won an away game . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Even had the post-1974 recession not dampened OECD demand for CMEA products , this would have been an unusually risky strategy . |
| 18 | ( 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 . |
| 19 | The Iraqi decision not to attempt to contest allied air supremacy meant that a substantial portion of Iraq 's air force survived the war . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | So why was a free pardon not granted ? |
| 22 | 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 " . |
| 23 | This ‘ withdrawal ’ — which can be explained as a collective , dignified attempt not to have any truck with the enterprise except on one 's own terms — which an outsider can describe as apathy or schizoid withdrawal — has far-reaching political consequences . |
| 24 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 25 | FOREIGN type not permitted for this module header version . |
| 26 | A free zone not divided into panels , outline instead of silhouette , florals drawn as though growing , mark a break with Geometric , conscious emulation of another approach ; but it is all very cautious . |
| 27 | Will my right hon. Friend not stint in providing Britain with the best independent deterrent ? |
| 28 | The effects of the Maastricht agreement will be extremely beneficial for inward investment into Britain , but does my hon. Friend not agree that all the paraphernalia that would be inflicted on industry by a Labour Government would be disastrous for inward investment ? |
| 29 | The Labour leader , John Smith , is believed to have told the Scottish leadership not to support any efforts to set up a Scottish parliamentary council and Mr Clarke 's proposals are intended to maintain Lib Dem support for the convention . |
| 30 | It is arguable whether these routes are worthwhile , but it would be nice if everybody could judge this rather than some narrow-minded person not giving us the choice . |