Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | It is not much use improving the number and quality of the prison buildings if the prison management does not also improve . |
2 | Any feminism which does not also begin with an assumption of one human race , composed of female and male , black , white , yellow , short , tall and so forth , each equally human and not bound by preconceived roles , is not compatible with the Christian faith . ’ |
3 | But the question then arises as to whether all this interactive effort serves only to facilitate the internalization of linguistic knowledge , as Long appears to imply , or whether it does not also develop the executive ability referred to earlier , whereby the learner can access that knowledge in a range of communicative contexts . |
4 | The Chancellor has evidently made it clear to Moscow that West Germany respects East Germany 's existence as a separate state , that it does not want to alter the present military set-up of Nato and the Warsaw Pact , and that although it aims to overcome the division of Europe , this does not also apply to the political division of Germany — at least for the foreseeable future . |
5 | Just see to it that he does not also cast his eyes on Ana . ’ |
6 | Under matrimonial law , moreover , by consenting to marriage , a wife does not impliedly consent to have sexual intercourse with her husband whenever he pleases . |
7 | No body , no individual may exercise authority which does not expressly emanate from the Nation . ’ |
8 | Where the lease itself does not expressly fix the lessor with notice of the partnership 's interest , the individual named lessee may be liable as principal . |
9 | It is true that the section does not expressly refer to proceedings by way of injunction as such ; but , as I have previously said , the breadth of the section is such as to embrace injunction proceedings , brought under the power subsequently conferred by section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 , when such proceedings are necessary . |
10 | Thus if the clause does not expressly refer to negligence , the clause may still exclude liability for negligence provided that ( 1 ) the wording is capable of covering negligence and ( 2 ) there is no other head of liability to which the clause could apply . |
11 | A clause which does not expressly mention conditions will not normally exclude liability for breach of condition . |
12 | It need hardly be added that the examiner always wants reasons and authorities for the answer , even though he does not expressly ask for them . |
13 | ( 1 ) Although the Act does not expressly say so , it is implicit in sections 10 and 11 that a demand for expenses must be served by the local authority before proceedings can be taken to recover them . |
14 | The wrongful sale of goods subject to a hire-purchase agreement will constitute a repudiation and hence vest a right to immediate possession in the finance company even though the agreement does not expressly provide for this . |
15 | He must have had something on his mind and he did something he does not normally do . ’ |
16 | The V8 engine does not normally consume oil . |
17 | Refusal of an assignment does not normally result in any disadvantage to the casual worker , but frequent refusals , even with good reason , are likely to diminish his chances of having offers made since they put his availability into question . |
18 | After all , the weather does not normally stop you getting to work , playing golf , or getting on with the rest of your life . |
19 | Since water does not normally exist as a liquid below its freezing point , any point on this curve represents water in a metastable condition . |
20 | For the same reason , one does not normally restrict the denominator population to those who are of appropriate age and single . ) |
21 | Paragraph 14 of the Auditing Guideline on The Auditor 's Responsibility in Relation to Fraud , Other Irregularities and Errors ( see ACCOUNTANCY , April 1990 , p 148 ) seems to confirm this view : ‘ current audit practice does not normally involve the auditor in establishing the authenticity of original documents . ’ |
22 | This does not normally involve dismantling the disk drive , you just insert in the drive a special disk to which has been added a small amount of a cleaning fluid . |
23 | In the construction industry this delay for processing does not normally exceed two or three days , with a maximum of seven days ( one week 's wages in hand ) . |
24 | If proceedings are commenced by way of summons , the question of pre-trial detention does not normally arise . |
25 | The stock answer to defence procurement questions is that the information is commercially confidential or that the Department does not normally give the information . |
26 | One does not normally anticipate the presence of a burglar . |
27 | According to the Wall Street Journal , the IBM board does not normally meet in December . |
28 | Halliday argues that one does not normally meet non-text of this sort in real life . |
29 | It is a matter of common experience that if one heats up a poker in a fire it glows red hot and emits radiation , but bodies at lower temperatures emit radiation too ; one just does not normally notice it because the amount is fairly small . |
30 | IBM UK , which does not normally report until a month or more after its parent , presumably thought it would be best to get all the bad news out of the way at the same time . |