Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] not [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A well-designed communication structure can do much to minimize this by recognizing the fact that words do not have specific meanings until they are defined for a particular purpose . |
| 2 | Bible words do not have magical powers in themselves , but because all words express ideas , and ideas lie behind action , the word of God is a mighty weapon to influence men 's convictions and conduct . |
| 3 | Accordingly , makers and dealers in ‘ bootleg ’ recordings did not commit this tort even though their activities very seriously affected the value of a contract giving a recording company the exclusive right to exploit live performances . |
| 4 | Rights and privileges do not pose any particular problems in the case of children . |
| 5 | The current guidelines do not cover these matters and this will obviously vary from project to project . |
| 6 | It must sometimes puzzle the Russians how easy it is to plant such nonsense on British intelligence but what they do not appreciate is that if defectors did not invent such silly tales MI5 and MI6 would do so themselves anyway . |
| 7 | The characters in the lists do not have specific weapons . |
| 8 | But that modern schools struggled to make themselves in various ways as academic as grammar schools did not entail any real equality between the two kinds of school . |
| 9 | The direct-grant schools did not like these proposals , and had little to gain from them . |
| 10 | Transport nevertheless remained a major problem , and as Commandos ' equipment for raiding roles did not include those infantryman 's delights of defensive wire and mines — not , that is , in the normal course — they always had problems in battles of attrition . |
| 11 | On the other hand , cash reserves do not earn any return for the bank . |
| 12 | In the north , the question of naturalization was not so black-tinted : Egyptian , Tunisian and Moroccan immigrant workers were a higher proportion of the labour force ; and Libyans did not fear many American or European employees would apply for Libyan nationality — petroleum and foreign companies were in any case outside the scope of legislation . |
| 13 | However , some compounds do not have constant integral ratios . |
| 14 | Top managers in large organizations do not manage organizational activity ; they manage decision structures . |
| 15 | Certainly in this area , dentists do not make 20 to 25% return for their efforts . |
| 16 | Most of the dentists do not have any educational qualifications . |
| 17 | The statistics show that 64% of cars do not have any form of security device and the chances of having your car stolen is a high as one in 40 . |
| 18 | Sickened by the endemic one-upmanship of a political system founded on resistance nomenklatura ( Pompidou was one of the few politicians who had not been in the resistance ) , he spoke of the need to look to the future and forget the time when ‘ Frenchmen did not love one another . ’ |
| 19 | I feel that most umpires do not consider this obvious fact , much to the bowler 's detriment . |
| 20 | At low frequencies the signals do not have much carrying capacity , but go too high and the oxygen and hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere can actually vibrate in sympathy with the radio waves , absorbing the signals . |
| 21 | However , many computers do not have this facility and a procedure to clear to the end of the screen would be useful . |
| 22 | Lay clients do not like continuing medical examinations and continuing reports . |
| 23 | Clients did not receive regular information on where their money was invested or what their funds were now worth . |
| 24 | Worryingly , the British Medical Association today suggests those measures like head guards do not offer any real protection . |
| 25 | As delivered , these cars did not carry any destination equipment , but new cars delivered in 1906 and subsequently , had wooden destination boxes on tall stanchions above the ends of the upper deck . |
| 26 | cars did not have overhead gear . |
| 27 | His erstwhile fans did not appreciate experimental novelties . |
| 28 | It will not be enough to define a term as a " condition " or " warranty " , for a court may decide that the parties did not intend any breach of a term labelled a " condition " to give rise to a right to withdraw , and thus disregard the label given to the term by the parties ( Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd [ 1974 ] AC 235 ) . |
| 29 | ( i ) The parties did not agree that delivery could be by instalments . |
| 30 | However , in nine cases out of ten the parties do not appreciate this fact . |