Example sentences of "[noun] not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the subjects the report would like to see companies publish in their annual reports are details on environmental policy ; environmental objectives ; information on action taken and the costs of passing environmental objectives ; compliance with regulations ; significant environmental risks not disclosed as contingent liabilities ; and key features of external audit reports on the enterprise 's environmental activities . |
| 2 | This is the most spectacular section of the Dee , its steep confining walls fringed by dense woodlands and its rocky bed much too rough for the passage of walkers not addicted to hard labour and who have respect for their clothes . |
| 3 | A perception can arise , particularly in those organizations not accustomed to regular meetings , of personal status being reduced by not being invited to certain meetings . |
| 4 | Morgan , who alleged that her ex-husband Eric Foretich had sexually abused the child — an allegation not sustained by any court — had been imprisoned in 1987 for contempt of court after refusing to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter [ see also p. 37407 ] . |
| 5 | But to eyes not looking through ancient spectacles , it assuredly appears as an affair of the intercourse of a living being with its physical and social environment . |
| 6 | A major change is one that we make to your holiday arrangements before departure , that involves changing your UK airport(s) , resort area or time of departure or return by more than twelve hours or a change of accommodation to a Club not featured in this brochure . |
| 7 | If Milton adopts a high style which allows him to voice opposition to Restoration politics , is that opposition not contained by this style , one perceived as normally expressing the values of the elite ? |
| 8 | The judge concluded that there was thus a direct financial inducement for the agent not to enter into such activities but to restrict his post-termination employment to non-competing activities . |
| 9 | It has been the long-standing practice under Governments of both parties not to comment on operational matters , and we do not intend to depart from that precedent . |
| 10 | In a speech broadcast on television on Oct. 23 , shortly before polls opened , he called on voters to refrain from voting for parties not committed to Islamic values — a suggestion taken to be directed against the PPP . |
| 11 | In the absence of powers of compulsion , the evident determination of the proposed witness not to cooperate in any way may well dissuade the court from making an order . |
| 12 | Thus , if a computer accessory manufacturer makes a device improving the safety of computers , this might imply that computers not fitted with such devices fall short of the expectation of safety . |
| 13 | And why indeed should gamesmanship not exist in disabled sport when it is rife everywhere else ? |
| 14 | a balance sheet for all funds not included in consolidated balance sheet ; |
| 15 | Realise that large numbers of surrendered personnel from Army Group SE not foreseen in original plans . |
| 16 | In his AC/189 , Gen McCreery had asked for decisions on three specific issues : ( i ) that he should have authorization to open negotiations with Marshal Tolbukhin for the hand-over of the Cossacks ; ( ii ) that the " remainder of surrendered personnel and refugees " in 5 Corps area should be evacuated to SHAEF/12th Army Group ; ( iii ) that " immediate steps " should be taken to deal with the " large numbers of surrendered personnel from Army Group SE not foreseen in original plans " . |
| 17 | The language in the samples contains syntactic patterns and inter-sentence relationships not found in oral language . |
| 18 | Similar words not derived in this way do not have the syllabic — it has been pointed out that the two words ‘ coddling ’ ( derived from the verb ‘ coddle ’ ) and ‘ codling ’ ( meaning ‘ small cod ’ , derived by adding the diminutive suffix ‘ -ling ’ to ‘ cod ’ ) show a contrast between syllabic and non-syllabic : ‘ coddling ’ and ‘ codling ’ . |
| 19 | You may need advice on subjects not covered in this brochure or mentioned above . |
| 20 | He effectively cast his own vote against the Islamic trend by calling on his subjects not to vote for extremist religious ideologies — a move which could prove counter-productive . |
| 21 | V. P. Singh Prime Minister ; Defence ; Personnel , Public Grievances and Pensions ; Science and Technology ; Atomic Energy ; Electronics ; Ocean Development ; Space ; Environment and Forests and other subjects not allocated to any other Cabinet Minister or Minister of State Devi Lal Deputy Prime Minister ; Agriculture Madhu Dandavate Finance George Fernandes Railways Ajit Singh Industry Sharad Yadav Textiles ; Food Processing Industries Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Home Affairs Arun Kumar Nehru Commerce ; Tourism Arif Mohammad Khan Energy ; Civil Aviation Ram Vilas Paswan Labour and Welfare Nilamani Routray Health and Family Welfare I. K. Gujral External Affairs M. S. Gurupadasamy Petroleum and Chemicals P. Upendra Information and Broadcasting ; Parliamentary Affairs K. P. Unnikrishnan Surface Transport ; Communication Dinesh Goswami Steel and Mines ; Law and Justice Murasoli Maran Urban Development Nathu Ram Mirdha Food and Civil Supplies Minsters of state with independent charge Manobhai Kotadia Water Resources Ministers of state Maneka Gandhi Environment and Forests ; Programme Implementation M. G. K. Menon Science and Technology ; Human Resource Development Raja Ramanna Defence |
| 22 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC 's trade commissioner , has warned Poland and Hungary not to retaliate against western protectionism , even if they are entitled to do so . |
| 23 | Assuming the Daventry nuns have been subject only to the same controls being applied to all other British egg producers , the protest by the United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association ( Ukepra ) , the only organisation within the UK egg industry not represented among BEIC members , is potentially damaging both to egg consumers and to egg producers . |
| 24 | Less acceptable is the term ‘ general purpose detergent ’ as it may imply a capability not warranted by such a product . |
| 25 | Two or three Zuwaya had reputations as excellent poets and would record their poems if pressed : indeed , one made a charge for doing so , a practice not approved by all . |
| 26 | When we talk of the in-love state , we are usually including strong sexual passion and an intensity of emotion not experienced in other affectionate and loving relationships . |
| 27 | On the eve of the summit the exiled Amir of Kuwait , Sheikh Jabir al Ahmed al Jabir as Sabah , had appealed to Bush and Gorbachev to adopt " decisive measures " to end the Iraqi occupation of his country , while Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had announced that he would not pull out of Kuwait under any circumstances , warned the superpowers not to interfere in Arab affairs , and urged the Soviet Union not to give in to US demands . |
| 28 | The residual , that part of the earnings gap not explained by personal attributes , is conventionally taken as an indicator of discrimination . |
| 29 | The proportion responding that they thought they could trust the United Sates " a great deal " was 62% ( up from 45% in 1975 ) , a figure not matched by any other country : the closest was Norway , which 37% thought they could trust to the same extent . |
| 30 | She flew with Maurice Dornier in the Do X flying-boat and enjoyed , it seems , many other privileges not given to other correspondents . |