Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Brown said : ‘ Even those who are not Labour supporters recognise he grew in stature during the campaign . ’ |
| 2 | Knowledge that sample results are not unproblematic indicators encourages some staff , when confronted with marginal cases where the pollution is not particularly noticeable , to adopt a degree of tolerance : |
| 3 | Jesus was not inviting men to join a spiritual and ethical community directed towards the moral organisation of mankind . |
| 4 | The Not contracted-out Tables show you how much to pay and what NI contribution information to record on the employee 's Deduction Working Sheet ( P11 ) . |
| 5 | But there 's not fifty channels put on . |
| 6 | Economics should only be used to indicate potential costs and not , of itself , to determine policy choices ; for more often than not economic arguments neglect to take into account the totality of the costs involved . |
| 7 | The systems of compensatory allowances and investment aids , and particular components of them , are major elements in determining whether or not agricultural changes damaging to the natural environment of the uplands have occurred but a range of other , sometimes unquantifiable factors ( e. g. land ownership patterns , hunting/shooting , traditions of husbandry and land management ) are also more or less relevant . |
| 8 | There has been some improvement in recent years , but are not further measures needed to speed up the process ? |
| 9 | To Freire , the purpose of education should be human liberation , which means people are subjects of their own learning , not empty vessels filled by teachers ' knowledge . |
| 10 | Quinidine prolongs the QT interval in most patients , whether or not ventricular arrhythmias occur , but significant QT prolongation ( 500–600 ms ) is more often a characteristic of patients with quinidine syncope . |
| 11 | For the ‘ motions of the mind ’ , our desires and aversions , and what they may lead us to do , are not theoretical constructs known only by ‘ ratiocination ’ , and introduced as an intermediary stage in the reduction of political to natural philosophy . |
| 12 | Not 10 minutes had gone by before I was asked , in a very accusing tone of voice , if I had a ticket , and on producing it was informed that I should cease and desist . |
| 13 | Sixty per cent disagreed with the statement ‘ politicians not ordinary families set moral standards ’ . |
| 14 | Please note that , whilst the above are not actual statements made by a serious accident victim , they have been selected because we believe they give a fair representation of the kind of problems which may occur after an accident . |
| 15 | Co-existence and co-operation between the two organisations were apparently accepted by members , but these were not easy matters to explain to them or to the hearing world , and met with at least some opposition . |
| 16 | ‘ They 're not easy things to carry , after all . ’ |
| 17 | In the stormy sea of English affairs these were not easy questions to answer . |
| 18 | The writer 's intention to amuse , or the reader 's amusement , are not easy issues to deal with in any summary way , but various forms of surprise and shock which may well cause a laugh or a smile will emerge as essential in distinguishing the fabliau . |
| 19 | Q3 losses just over two thirds lower at $8.6m produced deficit down $34.4m to $50.5m as claims frequency , but not average claims costs , improved . |
| 20 | The Motor account continued to show improvement in the fourth quarter which produced a deficit $11.0m lower at $18.0m ( 1991 : $29.0m loss ) as claims frequency , but not average claims costs , continue to fall . |
| 21 | Not real friends like . |
| 22 | There 's not six men left , and all the cattle are away , for they were n't out at the shielings yet . |
| 23 | Organizations are seen to be not unlike armies engaged in battle with the armies of other enterprises . |
| 24 | It should be emphasized that they were not serious attempts to take her life but cries for help . |
| 25 | The question was whether or not such payments fell within the Regulations . |
| 26 | Whether or not such strategies exist , numerous European electronics companies have tried to enter the US market , but few have made much impression and even fewer much profit . |
| 27 | Whether or not such factors develop religious awareness depends on the degree to which people can see a relationship between them and religion and can tease out the implications . |
| 28 | Do not such policies illustrate the fact that no amount of tacky red plastic roses , sharp suits or slick public relations can disguise how little Labour has really changed ? |
| 29 | And do not such disciplines go further and focus such questions in real-life judgements , decisions and actions ? |
| 30 | On the " substantial " interpretation , they are seen simply as relating to certain terms which if substituted for variables in the relevant propositional schemata yield ( contextually ) true propositions , irrespective of whether or not such terms stand for actually existing objects . |