Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Americans knew far too much about the reality of strikes to accept a film in which , in the words of James Shelley Hamilton , ‘ the trouble arises not from working conditions but from a professional trouble-maker and is solved not according to any principles but by an act of sheer moronic terrorism ’ . |
| 2 | One of the most notable developments in the Soviet Union , contrary to the confident expectations of Soviet and Western Marxists as well as modernisation theorists , is that rapid socio-economic development in the USSR has not led to any decrease in ethnic attachment among the minority nationalities . |
| 3 | Treatment with H 2 receptor antagonists , other anti-ulcer drugs , and triple therapy has not led to any symptomatic improvement , although gastric biopsies became negative for H pylori after triple therapy . |
| 4 | He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another . |
| 5 | ‘ I tried not to listen to all that dirty talk , but the truth is a couple of suggestions left me wondering … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , he has n't confessed to any new murders . |
| 7 | I 'm surprised that the idea has n't occurred to either of you . ’ |
| 8 | This has n't got to much to do with his gangling , freakishly elongated frame , which he 's used to evolve a unique form of comedic body language , flapping around on stage as he does like a dislocated stick insect , the missing link between Jerry Lewis and Pee Wee Herman . |
| 9 | ‘ It has n't come to that yet , ’ began Tina , but now the van was lurching through the hospital gates , pulling up with a screech of brakes and a grinding of gears at the Casualty entrance . |
| 10 | ‘ Has n't come to that . ’ |
| 11 | Although it has n't it has n't come to that in Germany , I mean we 'll probably be the poor man of Europe at the moment are n't we ? |
| 12 | I 'm so thankful he has n't come to any harm . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry about this , lady , ’ said the senior fireman as the lady 's lover was driven away to the casualty department , ‘ but at least he has n't come to any more harm this way . ’ |
| 14 | We 'll take him off the scheme because he has n't replied to any of our correspondence . |
| 15 | But most women would prefer not to trust to that special ‘ glow of happiness ’ to give them sparkle on their special day . |
| 16 | Members tend not to listen to each other . |
| 17 | You did n't mind not going to that pub tonight did you ? |
| 18 | ‘ Then all your family worries descended on your lovely shoulders and I decided not to add to that burden . |
| 19 | We held hands all the way through Live Aid , having not spoken to each other for a week , and then rushed off to the Post Office as soon as we could with our three pounds . |
| 20 | Sometimes Freud may have appeared not to adhere to this view of science in practice , especially in the way the psychoanalytic movement operated , in some periods , as though it were a new form of sectarian movement . |
| 21 | Much later , in 1975 , the Lebanese chose not to refer to this period . |
| 22 | He then reminisced about a house-party at which someone had suggested that Mr Eliot ( who did not go to many such parties ) should be invited to read some of his poems . |
| 23 | I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism . |
| 24 | He had dogged determination and was of undeviating rectitude , although this did not relate to any well-defined religious beliefs . |
| 25 | In Cadbury v. Halliday ( 1975 D.C. ) it was decided that the words ‘ Extra value ’ written on the wrapper of chocolate bar did not relate to any of the items listed in section 2 and neither could they reasonably be taken to do so . |
| 26 | In Cadbury Ltd v Halliday [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 649 , it was decided that the words " Extra value " written on the wrapper of a bar of chocolate , did not relate to any of the items listed in s2 so that no offence was committed . |
| 27 | If the council did not react to that notice , then would be the time for the tenant to exercise the right to prosecute . |
| 28 | Ruth did not react to this alien influx . |
| 29 | They drank their tea and did not talk to each other . |
| 30 | Michael did not reply to this but the Leader said : ‘ What if it is true ? ’ |