Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we also consider thoughts about them qua spectacles , then we would say that I have not succeeded in thinking about them unless I am thinking about artefacts , thinking about items that can be worn on the nose , that aid vision , that are more-or-less breakable , that did not exist a thousand years ago , that this pair existed yesterday but did not exist in 1983 , and so on . |
| 2 | Since then , Ireland have not won a Five Nations match and their best result was a 21–21 draw with Wales at Cardiff in 1991 . |
| 3 | The figures published yesterday did not show a 30 per cent . |
| 4 | Will the Secretary of State say now why he will not give a 100 per cent . |
| 5 | Cos they 've not had a three hour training sessions . |
| 6 | After two hours , I reached firmer ground but became concerned that I could not see a four hundred foot escarpment which , according to the map , should have been less than a mile ahead . |
| 7 | The six cylinder engine is 6 inches longer than a four cylinder and will not fit a 4 cylinder chassis without a great deal of modification , but a 6 cylinder , 3-litre car engine will fit a 6 cylinder Land Rover and made a good conversion . |
| 8 | The United States has threatened to ban EC companies from bidding for a range of government contracts from 22 March if the EC does not drop a three per cent pricing preference for domestic over foreign suppliers in public utility contracts . |
| 9 | Therefore , this point means that the tyre did not have a 1.6 mm depth of tread pattern grooves around the tyre in a continuous band situated in the central three-quarters of the width of the tread . |
| 10 | Which we 've already talked about and there 's no reason why erm , you can not have a one pager for access . |
| 11 | Of course , many products will not have a ten year life span but in this situation the definition of " defect " takes into account consumption , perishability , and wear and tear as part of what " persons generally are entitled to expect " . |
| 12 | She had not walked a hundred metres before she tripped over a loose stone and went crashing over a steep overhang . |
| 13 | She made two other trenchant criticisms ; one was that the colours had to be controlled by introducing a system which would not permit a forty to fifty colour range . |
| 14 | ‘ Nevertheless , Adam 's a qualified lawyer , ’ Freddy said , ‘ yet he put his name to a prospectus which says that all material information has been disclosed — but does not mention a fifteen per cent stock option that I was n't told about . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm not making a million dollars a performance , but I do damn well , and I do n't think people should make a million dollars for a film . |
| 16 | At the same time , however , he had not taken a six either . |
| 17 | Once again , many people will not realise that there is a property element built into that and they will wonder why they do not receive a 50 per cent . |
| 18 | These loans shall not exceed a 4 per cent interest bearing charge per year . |
| 19 | The population of Halling during this period probably did not exceed a hundred . |
| 20 | Specifically , the DoE ‘ granted ’ derogations for supplies where nitrate exceeded 50 mg/litre but did not exceed a three monthly average of 80 mg/litre and a maximum of 100 mg/litre ‘ except in exceptional and transitory circumstances ’ . |
| 21 | The report observed that SEBCs actually totalled over half of India 's population , but the Supreme Court had earlier ruled that total reservation should not exceed a 50 per cent benchmark . |
| 22 | ‘ Not i' a thousand years . |
| 23 | ‘ When I started riding again at the IRTA tests in late February I had not ridden a 500 for five months and that 's too long to be away from a 500 . |
| 24 | Robyn tried not to care , tried not to feel a million times worse just from seeing the clearly disdainful expression , but it was impossible . |
| 25 | I tell you what , I do n't want a two hour lecture . |
| 26 | I do n't think a hundred people would sit round |
| 27 | Crying into your Lanson when you have n't made a million simply has n't got the same ring . |
| 28 | My accountant is n't sitting here on my shoulder , and I 'd have to ask her , Bill , but it 's certainly we do n't assume a hundred per cent take up for the purposes of estimating like this . |
| 29 | I did n't do a six . |
| 30 | You did n't do a six . |