Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks it very important , though , to try to force players to use the same ball , arguing that there would be mayhem on the touchline were that provision not enforced . |
| 2 | To act on the public sector will mean that part of the bill ( that is , that part not paid for by improved productivity ) will be presented to us as taxpayers . |
| 3 | The old Grenfell charm must have been working even under all that hair not to mention the scruffy beard . ’ |
| 4 | If Milton adopts a high style which allows him to voice opposition to Restoration politics , is that opposition not contained by this style , one perceived as normally expressing the values of the elite ? |
| 5 | The margin foregone for each pig not finished could be £25 and , therefore , on 350 sows this would result in a loss of £8750 and on this basis it could be better to provide the alternative housing , comments Mr Beckett . |
| 6 | There is a sequel to this story not mentioned in any of the many accounts . |
| 7 | It is difficult in this case not to accept the view of the . |
| 8 | ( This effect not illustrated ) . |
| 9 | So why was this condition not seen as giving prospects of profit and therefore providing adequate incentive to new investment which , in turn , would have strengthened the balance of payments and made sterling less of a handicap ? |
| 10 | MESSAGE BEGINS STOP BIRD IN HAND STOP AVIARY CONFIRMS SPECIMEN IDEAL BUT WILL REQUIRE SOME WEEKS FOR TRAINING PRIOR TO MIGRATION STOP SUGGEST YOU BEGIN FEATHERING NEST IN SUITABLE HABITAT TO FACILITATE LAYING OF EGG STOP SPECIES OBSERVED TO LIMIT MIGRATORY FLIGHTS TO 2000 MILES WITHOUT REST FOR FEEDING STOP THIS FIGURE NOT ALLOWING FOR ATTACKS FROM PREDATORS SO MUST BE CONSIDERED ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM STOP PLEASE ADVISE SOONEST STOP MESSAGE ENDS STOP WED 0900 GMT |
| 11 | There is more and more evidence that members are expected to work more overtime ; with strong attempts by some Management not to pay members for overtime worked . |
| 12 | I started out in this business not having any concept about what an actor did . |
| 13 | Another factor not taken into account before the election was the number of expatriate Tory voters registered in marginal constituencies . |
| 14 | They also have a gain setting which will allow a field of this magnitude not to overload the output of the stage . |
| 15 | Leslie had an aunt in Durban , but by great misfortune disembarkation was on this occasion not allowed , and he did not meet the relative who had last seen him as a little boy in Scotland . |
| 16 | I remember having some trouble not laughing during that scene . |
| 17 | In one of these three patients the bleeding started in another ulcer not seen during the first endoscopy and therefore not treated with heater probe . |
| 18 | However , other retailers of the product will normally be under some obligation not to seek customers actively in R 2 's industry . |
| 19 | I feared as well that Mills might not be dead after all , that he 'd recovered miraculously and decided for some reason not to go to the police . |
| 20 | Table 5.4 also suggests another reason not to panic : that over the longer run the rise in the elderly population in the next century and the rise in the numbers of very elderly in this century is to some degree offset by a projected fall in the number of very young non-workers , i.e. , that the relationship between total so-called ‘ dependency ’ and the size of the population of working age may not change significantly . |
| 21 | Again , we mention this explanation not to advocate it , but to explain the origin of the term . |
| 22 | Her adherence to some of the beliefs has been inspired by and is to that extent under some pressure not amounting to undue pressure from her mother . |
| 23 | You can go into a shop and start purchasing this item not knowing your partner is there and the partner suddenly appears and then the confrontation starts bearing in mind you are not |
| 24 | Lawrence Greenough , Richard L. Feigen & Co. , London and New York ( first-time exhibitor and New York-based ) : We decided this year not to do the Maastricht fair because our Old Master stock is not primarily Dutch , and visitors there seem principally interested in seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings . |
| 25 | This tendency not to see beyond the individual and his or her legal specialism that has been used before , to the other service available in the firm , is an old-established one — ‘ although , ’ said , ‘ I had hoped we were starting to get past that ’ . |
| 26 | At this point I want to make it quite clear that I have discussed Monitor theory in some detail not to criticize it as such ( cf. |
| 27 | She was n't aware of Piers approaching until he cast a shadow over her , and she sat up , this time not bothering to wrap her beach-robe around her . |
| 28 | " I have n't told you — you will be angry and this time not forgive me ! " |
| 29 | Although Joffre , who seems at this time not to have been in touch with military reality , even now expected his left wing to advance and halt the invasion . |
| 30 | 7.1 Each of the Parties agrees during the term of this Agreement not to participate in any project which competes with the Project or which is designed to fulfil the same or similar objects . |