Example sentences of "[noun] [not/n't] [verb] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Why should Parliament not make abortion criminal for pregnant women who were born in even years but not for those born in odd ones ?
2 Yachting can survive as a spectator sport , but the participants owe it to future generations not to promote tobacco consumption as part of their lifestyle .
3 Will the Government now reconsider their decision not to introduce video recording of interrogation procedures ?
4 He added : ‘ We must also urge institutions which have supported the mineworkers and are owed money not to take precipitate action before this report is published . ’
5 ‘ Of the 65 per cent of companies not using credit insurance , half had no idea what it would cost as a percentage of total sales value , indicating that the industry has a real job to do explaining how little properly structured credit insurance can cost : often 0.5 per cent of turnover or less . ’
6 The Directive also provides for pregnant workers ' right not to do night work if they have a doctor 's certificate stating that such work would endanger their health .
7 Not only does the site not have planning permission for office development but it is not even zoned for this use and would thus require a material contravention order or a Section 4 motion by the City fathers to allow any big office development here .
8 It is policy of the Corporate Finance Group not to hold client money , title documents or custodial investments because the necessary systems , procedures and expertise are not in place .
9 Sawyer not using push stick .
10 The guidelines make it clear it is council policy not to permit golf development if it involves new buildings or associated development in the open countryside , and is unrelated to existing settlements .
11 ( 2 ) staffing levels not allowing library supervision for more than half the week : So $8,000 to $10,000 of books are not secure and are there for anyone to take ;
12 But left to its own devices , the river will inevitably erode the banks and the border between Cheshire and Clwyd not to mention farm land .
13 Man not wearing eye protection while pouring acid .
14 The plaintiffs sought an injunction against the members of the national executive of the union to restrain them from inducing or procuring their members not to use PA copy .
15 If the British library is , as the Minister said , the greatest English language library in the world , why are the Government not providing acquisition money or adequate transitional money ?
16 Alcohol abuse is associated with : 52% of deaths from fire 66% of attempted suicides 62% of serious head injuries in males 45% of fatal road accidents involving young people 36% of road traffic accidents involving pedestrians 33% of all domestic accidents 30% of drownings 30% of all accidents not involving road traffic .
17 The local council in Aldershot ruled that soldiers serving in the Gulf would not have to pay poll tax ; but Whitehall refused to follow America 's example of allowing the troops in the Gulf not to pay income tax .
18 Today a change in policy has produced a refusal rate by the coroner of more than 10% and has resulted in clinicians not considering organ donation in certain types of case ( from which criminal proceedings might arise ) .
19 Mamdani ( 1976 ) has put forward analyses which attempt to show that it is in the economic interests of many rural couples not to adopt family planning .
20 The general impression has been that major capital schemes not requiring Treasury approval have been poorly appraised .
21 Equally puzzling is Santander 's promise not to take majority control of First Fidelity .
22 It is within the competence of the examiners not to mark examination work judged by them to be illegible .
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