Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter sat with the superintendent while she dialled the head of the Press Bureau , who told her his phone had not stopped ringing all day : press and television news editors were demanding to know why Scotland Yard was keeping such a low profile on the Nicola Sharpe story . |
| 2 | It was not intended to give this impression , and we take this opportunity to make that clear and to apologize for any embarrassment caused . |
| 3 | On the same day that he received Palmerston 's letter , he replied that he had not intended to say that Gothic was re-established as the leading English architecture of the day , but rather its history and origin made a strong case for its revival in those countries where it had first flourished . |
| 4 | She had not intended to go that way . |
| 5 | These are not intended to represent any specific location , but explore possible burial histories for an undeformed layer cake thrust sheet built up from the following thicknesses : 2.5 km of Cambrian ( after Caledonian erosion — originally 2.75 km ) ; 3 km of Devonian ; 2 km of Lower Carboniferous ; 2 km of Upper Carboniferous . |
| 6 | In most cases , however , a transfer of property from the former husband to the former wife will fall within the provisions of s10(1) mentioned above and the Inland Revenue have issued a Press Statement ( see Orange Tax Handbook 1992/93 , Butterworths , IHT Statements of Practice , E12 ) to this effect : Transfer of money or property pursuant to an Order of the Court in consequence of a Decree of Divorce or nullity of marriage will in general be regarded as exempt from Inheritance Tax as transactions at arm 's length which are not intended to confer any gratuitous benefit . |
| 7 | In the paragraphs that follow the references to party manifestoes are not intended to do more than to highlight some of the more obvious differences in emphasis . |
| 8 | My earlier use of ‘ translation ’ to cover both interpretation and compilation into a lower-level language is not intended to carry any suggestion that the lower levels , including the lowest level of all , the machine 's registers , can be an interesting formal semantics for the higher levels , let alone what the highest level ‘ is about ’ . |
| 9 | She had not intended to bring this out into the open in quite this way , but she was left with little option , and she had a vague instinct that in the long run it might reap results . |
| 10 | The British and US governments , which have both signed but not yet ratified these Protocols , were the only signatories to make the explicit reservation ‘ that the new rules introduced by the Protocol are not intended to have any effect on and do not regulate or prohibit the use of nuclear weapons ’ . |
| 11 | When signing the protocol on 12 December 1977 , both the UK and the USA declared that they did so on the understanding that the rules in the protocol were ‘ not intended to have any effect on and do not regulate or prohibit the use of nuclear weapons ’ . |
| 12 | Not surprisingly , given the well-known stance of the Seven on political unity , EFTA was not intended to have any political implications , and so it was not deemed necessary for it to have an elaborate institutional structure . |
| 13 | The fact that you have been able to spend your whole time on the core of the question is itself some indication that the question was not intended to have any wider scope . |
| 14 | This money is not intended to provide any immediate benefit and the plaintiff suffers no immediate loss as a result of the loss of his wages . |
| 15 | The figures we have used are made up and are not intended to indicate any trend in Oxford . |
| 16 | But the government insists that levels " are not considered to pose any significant risk either to the food chain or to public health " , and claims that " overall , the conclusions of the report are reassuring " . |
| 17 | Even the finding that disturbances of speech were as likely to result from left as from right sided brain damage in patients who showed no , strong preference for one or other hand was not considered to compromise this general rule ( Chesher , 1936 ) . |
| 18 | as his friends used to call him ) was born prematurely and was not expected to live more than a few weeks ; it was only due to his mother 's great love for her child that he did survive . |
| 19 | You will probably be relieved to hear that you 're not expected to memorize that table and to regurgitate it in the exam . |
| 20 | Although these managers are not expected to take any responsibility for it , this does mean that notification of a failure in a module is passed through the LIFESPAN system , and individual managers can decide what impact the reported failure has on their modules and packages . |
| 21 | Although these managers are not expected to take any responsibility for it , this does mean that notification of a failure in a module is passed through the LIFESPAN system , and individual managers can decide what impact the reported failure has on their modules and packages . |
| 22 | The rest of continental Europe is not expected to see any significant growth during the year . |
| 23 | Sailors were not expected to undertake more than their normal duties on board ship ; should they , however , be injured as a consequence of " warlike operations " , they would be entitled to a pension or gratuity , and should they lose their lives , dependent relatives would be granted compensation . |
| 24 | In contrast , subspecialty trainees , undergoing training in the same institution and at the same time , are allowed a full year of credit but are not expected to undertake any general obstetrics and gynaecology during their subspecialty years . |
| 25 | I had not expected having this intimate talk . |
| 26 | They did so all the more readily because they were not expected to adopt any ideological formula but , rather , were able to put the stamp of their own opinions on the policy of a Party which had no set position of its own . |
| 27 | Aidan Marron , defending Wishart and Drummond , said the men had not expected to get such a large haul . |
| 28 | The change in the formula for grossing-up net interest caused some uncertainty , though it is not expected to have any significant impact on the level of net dividends companies pay . |
| 29 | The anglers were not expected to match that catch rate , as the most effective early season methods were not permitted by the rules , but the winners more than doubled it . |
| 30 | It was a perfect day for Bayle to celebrate his 23rd birthday , though he is not expected to contest any of the remaining 11 ties , except perhaps his native French round in July . |