Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The duty of broadcasting and journalism in the world struggle became not to reflect the truth but to choose what should be true , in the interest of public policy . |
| 2 | Mrs Harvey tried not to let the attack spoil her family Christmas . |
| 3 | Again , the Leader of the Opposition seemed not to grasp the fact that , in article 118B , the social chapter provided for circumstances in which , if European businesses and trade unions agreed , they could take Europe-wide action through the Council without reference to the European Parliament , let alone this one . |
| 4 | Facing considerable opposition , the Bush adminstration decided not to submit the convention to the Senate for ratification . |
| 5 | The 49-year-old ice cream delivery man was shot in East Belfast but paramedics decided not to convey the critically injured patient to the Ulster Hospital at Dundonald . |
| 6 | ‘ The praesidium decided not to support the 1990 budget and the party is against the ( government 's ) housing programme . |
| 7 | Although the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry decided not to refer the bid for Pilkington to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , BTR abandoned its attempt to takeover the company , claiming that this had been motivated , not by adverse public reaction and the political storm created , but by Pilkington 's better than expected profits forecast , which indicated that the likely price required to capture the company would be greater than BTR was willing to pay . |
| 8 | However , the electorate did not trust the Conservatives on full employment policy , and this feeling was confirmed by the aggressive anti-socialist tenor of the election campaign , when the rallying cry was for decontrol as quickly as possible . |
| 9 | As for the Government 's style , Mr Heseltine suggested that much of its tough ‘ rhetoric ’ was empty , because the hostile words did not match the actions . |
| 10 | But the words did not match the actions . |
| 11 | In part , this is because the aerosols from the Pinatubo volcano did not reach the Arctic stratosphere in as high quantities as feared . |
| 12 | We understand why Labour did n't win the election . |
| 13 | Organized labour did not drop the issue though and some more enlightened firms continued to introduce private agreements . |
| 14 | Preincubation of neutrophils for 30–60 minutes at 37°C with colchicine ( 2.5×10 - 5 M to 2.5×10 - 4 M ) ( Sigma ) before carrying out the indirect immunohistological labelling did not affect the staining pattern . |
| 15 | It is not clear whether some schools did not have the instruments available as requested or whether pupils decided not to use them . |
| 16 | It was n't just some inevitable reserve because of the age difference , and it was n't just that she was an intensely private person whose public persona did n't tell the whole story . |
| 17 | Well thank you Chairman , I have to go back to last Wednesday afternoon , when I had a telephone call from a reporter from the Eastern Daily Press asking me to make a statement on the press release by Suffolk County Council stating that the Bungay bypass has been abandoned well Chairman I have to say that I was somewhat erm put out , because I did I disappoint I think because they , the Highway Department did n't have the courtesy to inform me first , and you can well imagine how I felt er having received this news . |
| 18 | The Education Department did n't like the situation ; they did not co-operate with advice or materials as they had done in the past , and in fact the island 's Director of Education accused Mrs M of ‘ acting illegally ’ . |
| 19 | He shared the disappointment when the United States did not join the Baghdad Pact in 1955 . |
| 20 | Bernice did n't like the sound of this . |
| 21 | Bernice did n't like the sounds . |
| 22 | But the boat did not hit the rock . |
| 23 | In such circumstances actual results influence judgments of responsibility and culpability even though the agent did not contemplate the result which occurred . |
| 24 | Now that the old man knew of his weakness , Vashinov did not want the project to fail and thereby have the finger of incompetence pointed at him . |
| 25 | Public transport in Caracas was not affected after 35,000 subway conductors and public bus drivers voted not to join the strike . |
| 26 | All at once Shiona did n't like the look in his eyes . |
| 27 | For some reason this first mechanical horse did not utilise the inclined ramp coupling . |
| 28 | The EABA did not want the British fighters eliminating other nations ’ boxers , so ruled they must meet each other first before the survivor boxes against other European nations . |
| 29 | Fand and Liban came behind , but their spears did n't light the way , only set confusing reflections in the walls . |
| 30 | The great industrial changes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries did not alter the traditional family structure of previous generations , but they did provide economic opportunities for earlier marriages and thus for more children . |