Example sentences of "[verb] not [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I should like to make it clear that the suggestion that BAT has been ‘ dumping ’ this pesticide in Kenya has not foundation of truth whatsoever . |
| 2 | Chairman Coun Bill Lockit said : ‘ We need support not criticism from business people . ’ |
| 3 | My question however concerns not accuracy in labelling but rather the means whereby an exhibit of objects might draw on theories of ‘ otherness ’ in order to explore the role of design in the production of identity . |
| 4 | The words used by the testator did not set up a trust , for they represented not testation with respect to his own property ( which would , of course , have been legitimate ) but an attempt to deprive one of his daughters of her right to free testation . |
| 5 | In an effort to recoup some of his lost prestige , he attempted to do by negotiation what he dared not attempt by force and so conceived a plan for the purchase by France of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , the acquisition of which would strengthen France 's eastern frontier . |
| 6 | The market is changing not year by year , but month by month . |
| 7 | Slipper of the Yard objected to some passages in Delano 's book but did not resort to litigation . |
| 8 | She was calm and did not rail in spite , that night , as they waited for the island 's noises to change to the night 's flutings and clicks and sighs . |
| 9 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 10 | ‘ You going on all right , girl ? ’ enquired Mrs Yaxlee who , though she did not commune with nature , was nevertheless comradely with it . |
| 11 | He could also make an error of judgement in his choice of sailors , at least one of whom turned on him the moment they were inside the door and threatened to beat him up if he did not hand over money . |
| 12 | The Lords in MPC v Caldwell [ 1982 ] AC 341 did not advert to deception offences when determining the law of objective recklessness . |
| 13 | If you are not sure about the right way to connect something in a mains power supply circuit , do not resort to trial and error . |
| 14 | it is against freedom of trade and natural justice to subject one group of solicitors to extra rules because they do not practice in partnership ; |
| 15 | The expected loss of foot passenger traffic to the Tunnel will enable an upgrading of services to other users and provide spare capacity for those who do not book in advance . |
| 16 | Even in the Petitioners case , where less emphasis is placed upon status , the Court does not resort to treaty arguments and indeed could not do so , for there was no treaty right of petition . |
| 17 | Happily married couples , he thought , stood not face to face , absorbed in each other , but back to back , looking outwards upon the world . |