Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It suggested that submission obtained by threats other than of violence might suffice for rape and held that it should be left to the jury , with adequate direction from the judge , to make up its mind whether or not on the facts of each case the woman had truly consented . |
| 2 | She was n't going to let him see that she would jump at it , although not for the reasons he might suppose . |
| 3 | Large examples are known , however , more often than not on the fringes of the main occupied areas , as at Ashton , Baldock , Bath , Irchester and Water Newton . |
| 4 | The ground rules of completion are designed for the interests of the public and not for the interests of the profession alone . |
| 5 | Lord Oliver described the relationship in the following way : ‘ … the purpose for which the auditors ’ certificate is made and published is that of providing those entitled to receive the report with information to enable them to exercise in conjunction [ with others ] those powers which their respective proprietary interests confer on them and not for the purposes of individual speculation with a view to profit . ’ |
| 6 | Whatever the size , an acer is grown mainly for the leaves — for their shape , their poise and their colouring — and not for the flowers , which are insignificant . |
| 7 | I 'm confident musicians will continue to judge our products on their performance , and not on the opinions of Mr.Peavey . |
| 8 | Criminal laws against corporate behaviour again facilitate crime because they focus purely on the regulation broken and not on the consequences of that broken regulation . |
| 9 | He proclaimed a classic revival in the arts in which the work of art was to be judged as whole and not on the merits of its parts or in relation to its creator : ‘ … the work of art should be conceived as a pipe or a hat is conceived by the craftsman who produces it ; all parts should have a strictly determined place according to their function and importance . |
| 10 | Bus pass dates : Concessionary bus passes for pensioners can be renewed at Saltburn Cricket Club between 9.30am and 4pm on June 29 , and at Guisborough Salvation Citadel Army Citadel in Westgate between 9.30am and 4pm on June 30 and July 1 , and not on the dates previously stated in The Northern . |
| 11 | Even if a job spreads over several days , the first half hour rate should be charged on the first day and not on the others . |
| 12 | Check that your AF is focusing on the tiger and not on the bars of his cage ; if in doubt . |
| 13 | The problem with approaching children 's reading from a ‘ classics ’ approach — identify the best , the books ‘ of transparently permanent greatness ’ ( Rosenheim , 1980 , p.5 1 ) and give them to the children — is that it places emphasis on the book , on the literary work , and not on the needs and tastes of the individual reader . |
| 14 | … until subject matter theories with different epistemological characteristics have been formulated , the focus of our spatial planning must continue to be on supermarkets , roads and airports , and not on the needs and desires of those individual human beings that the facilities allegedly are constructed to serve . |
| 15 | Within six weeks their most aggressive rivals had a new de Chavigny campaign under way — and not on the drawing-boards , but on the pages of every major magazine in the country . |
| 16 | Thornburgh , who was about to leave the government in order to contest a Senate vacancy , insisted that he was concerned only with the jurisdiction of federal judges , and not with the rights or wrongs of the abortion issue . |
| 17 | Because , if the supposedly traditional habit of respect for the law was not much in evidence here , then frequent headlines such as ‘ Boot 'em ’ at Waterloo ’ , ‘ They Play Football with a Man ’ and ‘ Kick a Man like a Football ’ serve to remind us that the English ‘ fair play ’ tradition of fighting with the fists — and not with the feet — had also gone into eclipse . |
| 18 | As a movement we need to campaign to make sure that the convergence criteria of the monetary union reflect our concern and not of the monetarists . |
| 19 | ( d ) It is the overprovision of the specific facilities of the kind to be provided and not of the types of licence with which this ground is concerned . |
| 20 | It may well be that the gum that surrounds the seeds of these species of Parkia and not of the seeds of the Palaeotropical ones is important here . |
| 21 | The indirect muscles are usually the largest in the body , and are attached to the thorax and not to the wing-bases . |
| 22 | If I was not similarly open , it is merely because my embarrassments can only be laid at the door of my own folly , and not to the workings of chance . ’ |
| 23 | This assumption that wages are attached to the vacancies and not to the individuals , as in the standard search theory models , is a very important distinction for the estimation of . |
| 24 | This was never a very promising argument , seeing that the notice is addressed to the defendants and not to the plaintiffs , and the defendants themselves have made it clear that they have no difficulty in understanding it and complying with it . |
| 25 | Thus when analysing organisational goals , one must be clear that one is referring to the objectives officially sanctioned in the organisation , and not to the goals that organisations pursue . |
| 26 | The House of Lords found that the legislation only allowed terms to be attached which related to the use of the site and not to the types of contract the site owner could make with the caravan owners . |
| 27 | In such circumstances , therefore , it may be prudent to include the following additional proviso : PROVIDED THAT while this Lease is vested in ( Tenant 's name ) any notice or document to be served on the Tenant shall be served at its registered office and not at the Premises The tenant may object to the amendments suggested to be made to s 196 and wish to amend or delete them . |
| 28 | Digestion occurs in approximately equal numbers at the tips of the incisors and along their lengths , 32 per cent at the tips only , 36 per cent at both the tips and along the lengths of the incisors , and 32 per cent along the lengths only and not at the tips . |
| 29 | Mike Benton in his article on the rhynchosaurs ( 7 April , p 9 ) suggests that the so-called battle for survival really took place between the food-source plants and not between the animals themselves . |
| 30 | He 's bothering daily about his soldiers in the field and not about the crosses in the school … |