Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 2 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 3 | They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met . |
| 4 | First , the banal but important point that things were not that bad over the 1960s for the mass of the electorate , so that those Labour voters who had neither expected not desired revolutionary socialism had no real reason to feel betrayed . |
| 5 | Opposition spokesmen are expected not to miss any oppertunity to expose government weakness in those areas . |
| 6 | A somewhat more complex issue that has not received adequate attention in Britain is the meaning of the word ‘ profit ’ in the context of trusts , and some of the ideas being discussed resemble the strategies that have caused the Internal Revenue Service to question the tax exempt status of some American not for profit hospitals . |
| 7 | The relationship between the socio-economic character of a local authority ( L.A. ) and its expenditure on education is a crucial issue but it has not received adequate research attention . |
| 8 | Darlington Council , for example , has not received any hardship applications from small businesses since the introduction of the UBR . |
| 9 | Paul Hunter , who runs a coach company which ferries schoolchildren to and from sports grounds , claims he has not received any money from the council for the service in recent months . |
| 10 | * Evidence is growing that BSE may be transmitted through the generations , after a third cow which has not received contaminated feed has been placed under a restriction order on the grounds of suspected infection . |
| 11 | By contrast , LIFFE has not received comparable backing , either moral or financial , from UK banks or the UK government . |
| 12 | Finally , one area which has not received full justice in our coverage is the extensive empirical tradition of examining industries case by case to develop views on efficiency . |
| 13 | Nor do we know , because the Post Office has not adopted budgetary accounting , how these ‘ actual ’ results compare with its budget . |
| 14 | A non-graduate , or a graduate ( Law or otherwise ) who has not obtained full exemption because he lacks one or more of the ‘ core ’ subjects in his degree , is required to take the new Common Professional Examination before the Final ; and this again needs a year 's attendance at a law school . |
| 15 | It has not inherited this behaviour ; it has either worked it out for itself , or learned it by observing another chimpanzee . |
| 16 | If he is a friend , he has not communicated that fact to any member of the inspectorate . |
| 17 | He said that the Commission ‘ has not wavered one iota ’ in its determination to ensure competition . |
| 18 | A post mortum examination has not revealed any sign of injury to the baby . |
| 19 | Therefore the resulting extra money in their portfolios has not involved any increase in wealth . |
| 20 | The Tivoli initiative has not gotten any kind of endorsement from any of the COSE group . |
| 21 | The procedure has not gained formal approval by the International Olympic Committee because it does not give conclusive proof of drug use . |
| 22 | Although , to be honest , we have to admit that the performance of the licensed cab has not reached light speed yet . |
| 23 | They moved to Dallas , and Graham has so immersed himself in the American way of life that I am surprised he has not sought American citizenship . |
| 24 | The existence of the Selby Coalfield has not precluded substantial development within Selby itself . |
| 25 | Well , so nothing , if the novel you have written is a good one and if nothing that you have done in the way of title , type of story , original laying-out of the situation has not broken that contract with the reader which says , " This will be a crime novel , it will entertain you first of all though it may cause you a little to think " . |
| 26 | He has not lost this capacity for pleasure ; by his own account he continues to enjoy his research , and we wish him many more life enhancing years to come . |
| 27 | But despite his permanent paralysis and great physical and mental suffering , Akpata has not lost any love of the game or rugby , which he had first viewed as a boy in Scotland . |
| 28 | Section 47 of the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 has not criminalised corporal punishment by a teacher ( although in some cases striking a pupil excessively was and still is an offence ) . |
| 29 | The principal concern at the UNHCR is that Britain has not given voluntary repatriation time to work . |
| 30 | The Commission has not given particular consideration to the use of music in the services of schools , colleges , hospitals or to every kind of institution . |