Example sentences of "[subord] not [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agreement is sought and where not reached a fair statement of disagreement is provided . |
| 2 | The Humbug ( Dascyllus aruanus ) is a good example and although not achieving the tactile relationship of the clowns , is usually found shoaling close to the anemone 's tentacles , darting away to hide in crevices around the anemone when approached . |
| 3 | However , an important data set did give clear indications that , although not increasing the likelihood of long-term unemployment , temporary working was linked to recurrent unemployment . |
| 4 | It is set in Germany during the middle ages , and although not abandoning a ‘ fantasy ’ setting , its stance is rather more along the ‘ if what they believed about magic and legends were actually true ’ . |
| 5 | In November 1914 at the Annual General Meeting , it became clear the Club had to abort some costly schemes and , although not blaming the war , it must have been the cause . |
| 6 | This may be no more than not getting a reward . |
| 7 | The 1350s had seen relatively little fighting at an ‘ official ’ level , but the decade had witnessed the growth , in both numbers and size , of bodies of soldiers who , although sometimes finding local employment , more often than not roamed the countryside in search of adventure and the easy pickings of war . |
| 8 | The proponents of the transnational relations approach have a tendency to analyze interactions within systems rather than effects of practices and , though they claim to be transcending the statecentric model , they more often than not permit the state to set the agenda for them . |
| 9 | These specially created ideologies more often than not give the believer a clear place in the scheme of things , by providing a definite identity . |
| 10 | Doubly authentic , because I have often observed that where , these delicate questions are concerned most listeners are more inclined than not to accept the most improbable of two or three possible explanations for the vagaries of a person 's conduct . |
| 11 | Better to have a go and fail than not to have a go at all . ’ |
| 12 | Comments that the ‘ recession is bottoming out ’ seem more often than not to have a hollow ring about them . |
| 13 | ‘ And I 'd adopt , rather than not have a family at all . |
| 14 | If not chasing a ball , he plays another game , this time it is Chess . |
| 15 | Part of the charm of a sale is that the financial result is in itself a sort of critical judgement , reflecting even if not defining the taste and mood of the moment . |
| 16 | Hopefully they 're are the same as the ring , if not tick the other one . |
| 17 | So the total for the week , including practice days , is expected to equal if not surpass the 1989 figures . |
| 18 | So the total for the week , including practice days , is expected to equal if not surpass the 1989 figures . |
| 19 | Now , though , the group is seeking to , if not make a return to its fame of the 70s , then at least heighten public awareness of its work . |
| 20 | Indeed , but the impression remains stronger than the denial and one is left wondering why they chose 1950 as the cut-off point , if not to put a comfortable distance between ‘ then ’ and ‘ now ’ : the dark ages of the past and present enlightenment , which they rightly insist is illusory . |
| 21 | If not have a look down the bottom |
| 22 | Central government may also be expected to monitor the implementation of the Elton Committee 's recommendations if not to provide the extra resources necessary for the extended role for ( and numbers on education welfare officers , teachers and LEA officers envisaged by the Report . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've loved being single and independent in my 20s , ’ says Anthea , ‘ but , as 30 beckons , I 'm asking myself if not having a life partner by now means that I may never have one . |
| 24 | If the taste or effect of taking tansy proved too daunting a thought , perhaps the patient might have consoled himself that the suspension of aquavitae could have aided the effects of the medicine if not improved the taste . |
| 25 | He was said to become of the very few senior officials who ever dared to question , if not contradict the Shah . |
| 26 | So it looks as though the Government has given the council a cautious go-ahead to draw up a scheme if not to beat the Tay , then to lessen the disastrous effects another flood would have on the long suffering Perthshire population . |
| 27 | I hope that the proposed union will receive more support not only from the Government but from the House , because not having a monopoly union in the prison service must be healthy , especially if the monopoly union brings about so many disputes . |
| 28 | The absence of all but a handful of examples in the biographical sources of this method of obtaining mevleviyets leads to the inference that someone obtaining a mevleviyet by this route could not expect to get much further in the hierarchy ; and indeed the provision itself , while not prohibiting the practice , does remove one of the principal prerogatives of the holders of mevleviyets . |
| 29 | While not naming the other candidates , Mazowiecki in his resignation speech criticized the " many promises made without backing " and the " many strong , often demagogical accusations " made against the government . |
| 30 | While not meeting the demands made by all of Quebec 's separatists , the deal represented a substantial increase in provincial autonomy . |