Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Not seeing Fen for weeks or seeing him and knowing the futility of it all .
2 As far as he was concerned , homosexuality did not exist north of Hampstead ( or perhaps south of it , either ) and despite the fact that its local manifestation was sitting in front of him he would not be convinced .
3 The details of the story of this major theory change , a change that took place over one and a half centuries , do not lend support to the methodologies advocated by the inductivists and falsificationists , and indicate a need for a different , more complexly structured account of science and its growth .
4 Finally , evidence from what was arguably the most traumatic period for capitalism , the post-1929 Depression in the United States , does not lend support to the real-balance hypothesis : ‘ For the 1929–32 period as a whole there was an increase in real balances of 42 per cent , and a decrease in real income of 40 per cent ’ ( Patinkin , 1951 ) .
5 ECGD does not lend money to companies but does offer a number of schemes to banks to allow them to finance exports at interest rates which are often significantly below prevailing market rates .
6 The counsellor has to enter into the family dynamic , not intrusively , not demanding compliance with the wishes or even with the needs of the elderly counsellee , but to ensure that the feelings and needs of each member of the family , however weak , are heard .
7 Stirling 's decision not to continue writer in residence is ill-advised
8 Friend not lose sight of the fact that need does not always exist only in the inner areas of a city . ’
9 Now it did n't mean that you build his war machine , but the Kuwaiti people being so close , or actually bordering , we helped the economy of Baghdad , we helped the economy of the Iraq , and we contributed thirteen billion dollars , just the government alone , to their economy and the people of Kuwait also helped with their own private donation to help the schools , the hospitals , the food , whatever they needed , and the country of Kuwait was erm trying to be , as my friend said , as neutral as possible because there is Irani interest in Kuwait , very great through trade , through Iranis who work in Kuwait , so we had a very difficult position with respect to keeping both parties erm sort of in sight , not lose sight of them from our humanistic point of view , but it was erm difficult to avoid being on the side of the Iraqui , mainly because they 're neighbours and they 're Arabs , and you 're part of the league of Arab states , so you ca n't draw the line and say the government was pro or against , but that was the atmosphere which we were leaving .
10 A high-rise block of flats had been clamped down on a street that did not think well of itself at the best of times .
11 Rather than investigate ways of cleaning waste water , researchers at the German Textile Research Centre decided to explore the possibility of not using water in the dyeing process at all .
12 The person who prescribed the medicine may have had homoeopathic experience but was not using homoeopathy in this case .
13 Save for the exceptional case of Mental Health Review Tribunals , legal aid does not cover representation before tribunals of first instance .
14 This section does not cover failure of public transport services caused by strike , riot or civil commotion in respect of which warning has been given prior to the commencement of departure from home .
15 Exclusion of liability for breach of warranty does not cover breach of a condition ( Wallis Son & Wells v Pratt & Haynes [ 1911 ] AC 394 ; Baldry v Marshall [ 1925 ] 1 KB 260 ) .
16 Brazil , a significant trading partner of Iraq , joined the embargo but emphasised that this did not cover food for humanitarian uses .
17 Here 's an example of the Revenue 's tactics : ‘ Warning — we have not received payment for the period ended January 5 .
18 A US$145,00,000 surplus was achieved on the $2,070 million 1990 budget , but at a cost to foreign creditors who had not received payment on their loans since 1987 .
19 But , however this may be , the pope proceeded to the practical consequences of the new state of affairs : those who had already received lay investiture , or done homage , or consecrated others who had received lay investiture , were absolved ; for the future , those who received ecclesiastical preferment and did homage to the king could be consecrated , provided that they had not received investiture at the king 's hands ; and this was to continue until the heart of the king was softened by the rain of Anselm 's preaching .
20 In any case , Eadmer could claim that since it was the bishops who had clasped his fingers round the staff , Anselm had not received investiture from the king .
21 It said the family of Mr Johnson must feel they have not received justice in respect of the death of their son .
22 Conversely , there are patients with events who have not received resuscitation in whom the mechanisms responsible will be similar to those identified here .
23 Does not affect survival in intensive care units
24 The mask will then arrive and terminate activity in the letter-detector level — but it will not affect activity in the word-detector level .
25 There are two magnetic conditions , which do not affect orientation on sunny days ( left ) but do on overcast days ( right ) .
26 made trade unions completely immune from actions in tort , though it did not affect liability of individuals ;
27 As shown in Figure 5 , treatment with cyclosporin A ( 5 or 10 mg/kg for eight days ) did not affect synthesis of prostaglandin E2 , 6k prostaglandin F1a , and thromboxane B2 by pancreatic tissue ex vivo .
28 The Ministry emphasized that closure would not affect trade between the two countries .
29 In addition you will need to decide whether you want a type that will act as a further embellishment of your scheme or one that blends insignificantly into the background in order not to detract attention from the curtains themselves .
30 The comparatively puny damages of £1,000 ( the cost of a dozen bottles of champagne at the expensive nightclub where the affair had begun ) and the public ridicule suffered by all parties may serve to remind editors of the wisdom of the adage that " dog does not eat dog in Fleet Street " .
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