Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , people living near the site have been urged to keep calm and not take the law into their own hands . |
| 2 | So sure enough we let the tyres down sufficiently for it to be roadworthy and not to destroy the tyres on the way there , but soft enough just so that it would go down , and we edged it through and Roy got it through the middle and off we went . |
| 3 | And because of this ‘ safety net ’ there is no chance of the reader getting lost and not understanding the play . |
| 4 | Jim was tentative , tense and not hitting the shots he practised in our work sessions . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ A higher proportion of experienced rather than newly-qualified drivers failed because of driving too fast for the conditions , approaching junctions too fast and not anticipating the actions of other drivers . |
| 6 | Erm as desirable as that objective is , the fact of the matter is that inward investors , given the choice of the derelict industrial site in a town centre in North Yorkshire or an out of town motorway junction site to exaggerate the difference , in another part of the country is as likely as not to choose the other place . |
| 7 | So the total for the week , including practice days , is expected to equal if not surpass the 1989 figures . |
| 8 | So the total for the week , including practice days , is expected to equal if not surpass the 1989 figures . |
| 9 | The flood banks will surely be rebuilt , hopefully made stronger by the use of wire mesh , gabions or even sheet-piling and not forgetting the use of natural vegetation to consolidate them . |
| 10 | As a journalist having a career break I do get itchy fingers and long to turn out something that will look good but not cost the earth . |
| 11 | Poor Graham and myself were really starving and not paying the rent , and David really started looking after himself . |
| 12 | These phases should be short and not involve the parent being sulky for half a day . |
| 13 | ‘ I am convinced that if the people of Cheltenham had been blind and not seen the colour of John Taylor 's skin he would have been elected , ’ said Mr Nick Leach , secretary of a Cheltenham Tory ward . |
| 14 | But , Mr Bristow stresses , ‘ the key on the publisher 's part is being responsible and not overloading the store ’ . |
| 15 | Doubly authentic , because I have often observed that where , these delicate questions are concerned most listeners are more inclined than not to accept the most improbable of two or three possible explanations for the vagaries of a person 's conduct . |
| 16 | The adoral shields are about twice as long as broad not particularly wing-like and not separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 17 | Contributions to recurrent costs were about Z$420 million ( about Z$100 per pupil per year ) .7 This parental involvement is theoretically voluntary , but parents are presented with the option of participating or not having the schools they want . |
| 18 | The adoral shields are large , swollen , slightly curved and not separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 19 | For about £12 a head you can get something quite special and not have the worry of driving home . |
| 20 | In general , however , the contract of a mentally disordered person is fully binding on him unless the other party was aware that he was so insane as not to understand the nature of the transaction . |