Example sentences of "[subord] not [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most importantly for our purposes , the Recovery of Loans by Banks ( Special provision ) Act 1990 grants to commercial banks , although not to finance companies , the right to parate execution already conferred on state banks . |
| 2 | Batty and Speed although not finished products were reasonably good players when Wilko arrived and Bremnar was fairly consistently playing them in the first team . |
| 3 | In Prokop v DHSS and Another [ 1985 ] CLY 1037 , May LJ stated the relevant principle clearly in the following passage : On the facts in Jefford v Gee the relevant loss of earnings continued throughout from accident to trial , and indeed went on thereafter … it is , I think , quite clear from the judgment , and indeed from the application of arithmetical commonsense , that the half-rate approach there referred to is only applicable to cases where the special damages comprise more or less regular periodical losses which are continuous from the date of the accident to the date of the trial ; these are more often than not lost earnings . |
| 4 | Which Councils — more often than not called synods during the first thousand years — were ecumenical was determined not by the pope , but by their reception in the Church at large . |
| 5 | The reasons for giving utterance to the words rather than not giving utterance to them . |
| 6 | More recently — in our era of politicised art — artists more often than not include texts in their works just in case you do n't get the point . |
| 7 | It 's better not to have to have pensions than not to have pensions , surely not . |
| 8 | What had we been doing all these years if not promoting fitness , well-being , stamina , strength , and mobility ? |
| 9 | Ritualized obedience , and the constable 's streetwise judgement , could in any case often limit if not prevent street conflict . |
| 10 | It has orchestrated a Public Windows Initiative pressure group of vendors that will attempt to force Microsoft to open up , if not make public , future plans for Win16 , its 16-bit application programming interface for Windows 3.1 , so crucial for Windows developers . |
| 11 | In an attempt to forestall or derail Microsoft Corp 's likely objections to its WABI Windows Applications Binary Interface for running Windows applications under Unix , Sun Microsystems Inc is expected to reveal at the WABI launch tomorrow that it has orchestrated a Public Windows Initiative pressure group of vendors that will attempt to force Microsoft to open up , if not make public , its future plans for the Win16 16-bit application programming interface for Windows 3.1 , this week 's issue of our sister paper Unigram.X reports . |
| 12 | It has orchestrated a Public Windows Initiative pressure group of vendors that will attempt to force Microsoft to open up , if not make public , future plans for Win16 , its 16-bit application programming interface for Windows 3.1 , so crucial for Windows developers ( CI No 2,160 ) . |
| 13 | Why then have other great apes , such as orang-utans , evolved their mental capabilities , if not to use tools ? |
| 14 | What is the point of all that careful breeding with suitable people , all that specialised education and upbringing , if not to produce people who are somehow nobler and more self-sacrificing than the rest of us ? |
| 15 | I 'd give Rocky a chance on the right or if not move Kelly forward with Bardsley in behind ( kind of like the way Jack Charlton plays Terry Phelan behind Steve Staunton ) and probably go for a new left winger to help Dorigo ( sorry Mrs. Dorigo Anthony ) . |
| 16 | What 's one of the main reasons for having swirl chambers , brushed or settlement compartments , let alone foam sheets , in your filter , if not to trap solids ? |
| 17 | The recently-launched National Avionics Register ( ‘ Air Mail ’ February ) is also a useful asset in , if not preventing theft , at least increasing your chances of tracking wayward radios . |
| 18 | MP to check if SCSI card fitted , and if not to discuss specifications for a new machine . |
| 19 | The removal of selected pyramid modules can offer internal openings and improve the strength to weight ratio of the system , while not sacrificing stability . |
| 20 | But on receiving no reply , he seemed hellbent on goading her , and she found she had no chance to be passive , meek and mild , when he went on to taunt , ‘ You 're paid well , I 'll grant , but even so … ’ his eyes flicked over her good quality suit which , while not drawing attention to her figure , had been costly ‘ … |
| 21 | WHILE not condoning TV presenter Frank Bough 's visit to a vice den , at least he found a release for his fantasies , unlike some people who turn to rape . |
| 22 | By a 54-16 margin , St Mary 's Episcopal primary is the only school to have backed the Government 's opt-out schools policy while not facing closure . |
| 23 | While not criticizing Daio 's economic measures , Trovoada cited the failure of institutions to function properly , a lack of dialogue between the government and the presidency , and the impossibility of reaching a consensus , as reasons for the government 's dismissal . |
| 24 | Fifty seven children ( 63% ) had recovered , defined as no soiling with 3 bowel movements per week , while not receiving treatment . |
| 25 | Although the Roman Catholic Church was debarred from using church property for political purposes , the Polish Episcopate urged believers in pastoral letters read out in churches on Sept. 29 and Oct. 20 to take part in the elections and , while not mentioning parties by name , to support candidates who espoused " Christian values " . |
| 26 | Less self-satisfied social reformers , while not denying improvement — in the case of the elite of workers whose relative scarcity of qualifications put them into a fairly continuous sellers ' market , the substantial improvement — gave a less rose-tinted picture : |
| 27 | This suggests that there may be barriers , which , while not restricting entry per se , do restrict the ability of firms to become sizeable participants in the market . |
| 28 | While communication education may remain the priority of the Animation Programme , it is hoped that it may take on board also other concerns of the Forum Sector , while not excluding assistance with projects . |
| 29 | While not giving details of the pricing , he said that the price-performance curve on the 80486 is the basis for pricing of the Pentium and that he expected the sort of dynamic that applied to the 80486 to apply to the Pentium as well — the 80486 being introduced at $900 to $1,000 and falling to $200 over a period of four years — at a rate of 30% per year . |
| 30 | This balance , which celebrates the survival of Black communities in situations of great hardship , whilst not losing sight of the economic circumstances in which urban poverty is generated , needs to be emphasised because it undermines the pernicious popularity of cultural stereotypes . |