Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] not [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the researchers also reported ‘ an irritating tendency for some Ugandan subjects not to answer questions directly . |
| 2 | CLIVE Brittain warned User Friendly supporters not to put heart before head when his star filly goes for the world 's richest race , the Japan Cup in Tokyo , early tomorrow morning . |
| 3 | What we need , however , is not to stretch consent out of recognition but to examine whether the reasons that validate consent in general and consent to authority in particular can not also be applied to some cases not involving consent . |
| 4 | Twenty-one pounds not to marry Fanny , but Bathsheba . |
| 5 | A 250-bedroom extension to the Excelsior will increase total capacity to 1,576 rooms not counting Skyway 's 450 rooms . |
| 6 | Other circumstances predispose to the avoidance of grief including social pressures not to show emotion ; a belief that they should , for instance , protect children from displays of grief ; a fear of being thought to have broken down ; or heavy use of tranquillisers to avoid the physiological accompaniments of grief . |
| 7 | It can therefore be argued that not only do social services not pull labour out of the manufacturing sector , but also if they are not expanded the redundant labour from the manufacturing sector simply remains unused and joins the existing long-term reserve army of labour . |
| 8 | Yachting can survive as a spectator sport , but the participants owe it to future generations not to promote tobacco consumption as part of their lifestyle . |
| 9 | I would advise such readers not to lose heart : there is nothing in this book which can not be grasped by an 11-year-old who employs a little application : I know , because I 've tested it on an 11-year-old . |
| 10 | Education — School — Parental preference — Duty to comply — Over-subscribed Roman Catholic girls ' school — Admission policy giving priority to Roman Catholic and other Christians — Hindu and Muslim applicants not fulfilling admission criteria — Refusal of admission by governors — Appeal committee dismissing appeal — Whether school bound by parental preference — Whether appeal committee 's decision correct in law — Education Act 1980 ( c. 20 ) , s. 6(3) ( a ) ( as amended by Education Reform Act 1988 ( c. 40 ) , s. 30 ) |
| 11 | The laconic Ernie Walker , President of the SFA at the time , urged future managers not to put Macari to any future discomfort . |
| 12 | Headlines scream of algal blooms which destroy fish farms in Norway , and radio broadcasts give official warnings not to eat shellfish from some areas of the British coasts . |
| 13 | However , the only manifestations of hostility up until October 1959 had been pressure on its European allies not to supply Cuba with weapons ( in mid-October Washington had blocked the sale of British jet fighters to Cuba ) . |
| 14 | This effect may come partly through economic calculations not favouring risk-taking , and partly through the broader anti-entrepreneurial ethos of the upper class . |
| 15 | First , launch aid may be seen as a pre-commitment by European governments not to allow Airbus to be bullied out of the industry . |
| 16 | The purchase of externally-sourced catalogue records ( e.g. from OCLC or VTLS ) would not be cost-effective , since so many of our records are unique , or shared only with other specialist botanical libraries not contributing records to these services — we would have to do it all again ourselves , and we lack the manpower resources to do this . |
| 17 | Ayatollah Khamenei , Iran 's spiritual leader , in a speech on June 10 said that there had been disorder in three towns ( Mashad , Shiraz and Arak ) where a small and subversive counter-revolutionhad taken advantage of the authorities ' leniency ; he warned municipal institutions not to provide pretexts for the stirring up of further disturbances . |
| 18 | But that is n't the reason for these kids not getting backing . |
| 19 | Of the original concept , only weatherman Francis Wilson survives and even he seemed to be making conscious efforts not to call clouds ‘ white , fluffy bits ’ , as has been his trick . |
| 20 | There was no significant difference between the birth weight of diabetic subjects not receiving insulin ( 3.39+-(0.58) kg , n=20 ) and the birth weight of those with impaired glucose tolerance and with normoglycaemia . |
| 21 | The diabetic subjects not receiving insulin had significantly lower β cell function ( median 69% ) than the subjects with impaired glucose tolerance ( median 96% , p<0.001 ) and the subjects with normoglycaemia ( median 98% , p<0.001 ) . |
| 22 | Alcohol abuse is associated with : 52% of deaths from fire 66% of attempted suicides 62% of serious head injuries in males 45% of fatal road accidents involving young people 36% of road traffic accidents involving pedestrians 33% of all domestic accidents 30% of drownings 30% of all accidents not involving road traffic . |
| 23 | Because I know what I 'm going to say to any kids who have the audacity to come to my house which they wo n't but erm and I 'm sure a lot of people do so the rest of the year we we 're encouraging children not to approach strangers and everything else and then this one day of the year or maybe two days or maybe the whole run-up from now until November the fifth you 've got kids begging on the street penny for the guy and all that sort of thing . |
| 24 | The rise in the illegitimacy rate during World War II resulted from many marriages not taking place ( owing to conscription and general wartime dislocation ) , rather than from a rise in premarital conceptions . |
| 25 | They resented stern reminders not to speak German , to be polite and always , always to be grateful . |
| 26 | Several experimenters have maintained that chimpanzees and gorillas can be taught to communicate by means of artificial systems not involving speech . |
| 27 | The Catholic Church , for instance , runs a network of such homes called Life Houses as part of its constant effort to persuade pregnant girls not to have abortions . |
| 28 | The League , which had already campaigned for nationwide non-payment of taxes , on Oct. 9 caused an further uproar by calling on small savers not to buy treasury bonds on the grounds that their money would be at risk . |
| 29 | On Jan. 9 the Syrian-backed Lebanese government recently formed by Umar Karami [ see pp. 37928-29 ] won a vote of confidence in the National Assembly by 37 votes to three , with 27 deputies not taking part in the voting . |
| 30 | Should planned deliveries not take place , and should usage continue , then eventually a stockout situation will be reached , where , for , the goods in question will be temporarily out-of-stock . |