Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Walsh , managing director of the Bournemouth English Book Centre , reflects on the ELT market , selects new and forthcoming course material — and wonders whether , despite some new names , ELT publishing has not lost inspiration and direction |
| 2 | If , however , the church has not met mid-week and if , in addition , since their previous gatherings there have been difficulties of relationship , things may take longer . |
| 3 | He certainly engages in speculation as to what might have happened but treats it as such , continually emphasising that multiple interpretations of the data are possible , that there are many important matters to which he has not had access and that only limited and tentative conclusions may be drawn . |
| 4 | Launching into the logical approach when someone has not had time or does not have the information to assess your credibility is unwise . |
| 5 | ‘ Campo has not mentioned retirement since we won the World Cup , ’ said Dwyer , ‘ when he told me he was retiring ! |
| 6 | These , moreover , were designed not to prevent prostitution but to provide a degree of state regulation , with the aim of curtailing venereal disease . |
| 7 | On Aug. 21 , senior members of the defence and security forces ceased membership of UNIP 's central committee , and a commitment was made not to use defence or security facilities for political activities . |
| 8 | ‘ You will remember not to leave paper and other rubbish about , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | Some of the ways you 've , you 've laid out things like for example , putting in brackets , in , that it includes not sharing equipment if you inject , the , that is , that er could be seen as condoning people taking drugs . |
| 10 | During 1860–2 he had found his title and ideas for some of the leading incidents , including the story of a young man feigning death and living with an assumed identity , but was unable to set himself to the writing until the autumn of 1863 , when he determined not to begin publication until he had 5 numbers in hand , since he was now writing so slowly , with care and with difficulty . |
| 11 | For once it decided not to have cystitis and gushed out like the Victoria Falls funnelled through a hose pipe . |
| 12 | How did you manage not to get blood and things like that onto your clothes then ? |
| 13 | It 's packed with delicious recipes and ideas aimed at those who choose not to eat meat or who wish to learn more about healthy-style menus . |
| 14 | But the commission accepts that since the simple offence would cover deliberate foolishness which caused cost and inconvenience but which did not damage property or seek dishonest gain , the penalty should be modest and limited to a maximum of three months ' imprisonment . |
| 15 | The electric signalling bells did not give satisfaction and were gradually replaced by cord operated bells . |
| 16 | ( 6 ) It is for the person who owed any duty under subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) if he gave consent and the question arises whether he gave it within a reasonable time , to show that he did , ( b ) if he gave consent subject to any condition and the question arises whether the condition was a reasonable condition , to show that it was , ( c ) if he did not give consent and the question arises whether it was reasonable for him not to do so , to show that it was reasonable , and , if the question arises whether he served notice under that subsection within a reasonable time , to show that he did . |
| 17 | But they did not want change and the link to be forged if it were to lead on to wild and radical measures for democracy , equality , and a social revolution that would threaten their larger position of power within the developing economy . |
| 18 | It was decided to provide soft drinks and wine for those who did not want whisky and therefore two types of tickets , at different prices , would be on sale , £5 for whisky drinkers and £2 for the others . |
| 19 | I did n't know whether to go for the oatmeal for second choice or whether to stick to the saxe , but I definitely did not want jet or donkey , that I did know . |
| 20 | Whatever name the frightened young Pole spoke it did not make sense and when a sergeant said , ‘ It sounds like Wolski sir , ’ and smiled , Wolski took the cue and smiled back and nodded , patting the horse and looking positive . |
| 21 | Full destination boxes were fitted in 1932 , but these did not contain Promenade or town route displays , confining the Pantographs to their own route . |
| 22 | Unlike the Egyptians and Babylonians , the Hebrews did not regard kingship as ‘ anchored in the cosmos ’ . |
| 23 | However , he said the spray being tested on the Edinburgh mice could be used on humans as it was a non-invasive treatment which did not involve surgery or injections . |
| 24 | The Kantineservice case did not cover franchise or licence businesses but covered the contracting out of services by a customer to an independent contractor . |
| 25 | A comparison of historical records with modern data revealed that in 1893 , the fish did not reach maturity until they were 75 centimetres long , but last year half the females were fertile at 50 centimetres . |
| 26 | Gorbachev said that " we did not reach agreement but that does not mean our efforts were futile " . |
| 27 | We did not look at the histological correlate of the inflammatory mediators as for ethical reasons we did not perform sigmoidoscopy and rectal biopsy . |
| 28 | Notwithstanding his own desire to deflate or remove Nasser , and his belief that Britain and France might with reason fear Nasser as a major long-term threat , this did not justify precipitate and premature action . |
| 29 | One derivative , later named methisazone , attracted interest because it was shown in clinical trials in Madras , in 1963 , to prevent people exposed to smallpox during an epidemic from developing the disease , even though it did not hasten recovery once the disease had developed . |
| 30 | ‘ I accept you have your own reasons for claiming Brampton did not commit suicide but that does not mean he is innocent of Sir Thomas 's death . ’ |