Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [not/n't] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once it is accepted that principles can be part of the law for reasons not reflecting convention but just because they are morally appealing , then a door is opened for the more threatening idea that some principles are part of the law because of their moral appeal , even though they contradict what convention has endorsed . |
| 2 | Since the abolition of direct imprisonment for debts not exceeding £20 , the Insolvent Debtors Court and , after its abolition , the Bankruptcy Court in London and the county courts in the provinces , had possessed the power of imprisonment for forty days or less upon proof of means to pay or fraud . |
| 3 | This makes it very easy for climbers not to take responsibility for the rubbish they create . |
| 4 | Specific instructions of this type are unlikely to provide material for challenge because of : ( 1 ) the policy of the court in allowing final determination by experts on all matters including construction of documents ( see 13.9 ) and ( 2 ) the practice of experts not to issue decisions accompanied by reasons ( see 14.7.7 ) . |
| 5 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 6 | ‘ Of the 65 per cent of companies not using credit insurance , half had no idea what it would cost as a percentage of total sales value , indicating that the industry has a real job to do explaining how little properly structured credit insurance can cost : often 0.5 per cent of turnover or less . ’ |
| 7 | The stretching frequencies of bonds not involving hydrogen are generally lower . |
| 8 | Most infants ( 92% ) excreting cotinine at three weeks were excreting it also at one year ; moreover , 61% of infants not excreting cotinine at three months were excreting it at one year . |
| 9 | The fact is that , had this marriage of friends not taken place , Granada would have sought to abduct Tyne Tees once restrictions were lifted in 1994 . |
| 10 | There have been a number of instances of members not receiving certificates promptly . |
| 11 | The object is to build a picture of standards not to catch people out and if the expectation of an inspection causes staff to be that much more diligent so much the better . |
| 12 | Also the room designs of pupils not using scissors generally had more unacceptable features . |
| 13 | I can see the expediency of that course ; I can see the expediency of ministers not making addresses which explore this kind of territory and arrive at this kind of conclusion — except , of course , to the CPC , which is a living protest against the politics of expediency . |
| 14 | Isolation is seen from the outside as a result of women not speaking English , or of their being forced to stay at home for cultural reasons . |
| 15 | Hewlett-Packard 's KGB claims DEC/Europe is under orders not to sell Unix and move Vax 4000s and 6000s instead even though Europe is hot for Unix : It 's the margins , you see . |
| 16 | Out of kindness to me , the army had allowed them to travel without permission from the Algerians , though we were under orders not to enter Niger without confirmation of clearance . |
| 17 | Limitations on missions and targeting , including commitments not to use weapons above a certain yield , or not to use nuclear weapons against centres of population , or in certain geographical areas , may also have an increasing part to play ( Collier , 1979 , p. 41 ) . |
| 18 | This group of professionals has not even bothered to ease the biggest problem facing entrepreneurs — apart from the unavailability of cheap finance — which is the lack of cash flow that results from customers not paying bills on time . |
| 19 | Pyloriset Latex had the lowest sensitivity and highest specificity in patients not taking NSAID . |
| 20 | It is also worth noting that the prevalence of H pylori in patients treated with NSAID was 34 of 64 ( 53% ) compated with 43 of 60 ( 72% ) ( p<0.05 ) in patients not taking NSAID , using the standard tests ( see Table III ) . |
| 21 | Threfore , accurate diagnosis of H pylori in these patients is at least as important as it is in patients not taking NSAID . |
| 22 | There neither is , nor can be , any general responsibility in managements not to alter prices , or if they alter them , only to lower them . |
| 23 | Today a change in policy has produced a refusal rate by the coroner of more than 10% and has resulted in clinicians not considering organ donation in certain types of case ( from which criminal proceedings might arise ) . |
| 24 | However , the protein must be eaten in amounts not exceeding 20–25g ( 0.7–0.88oz ) at a time because the body is unable to digest more than this and any extra will just pass through the body . |
| 25 | Store chiefs at the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield saw a record 150,000 people turn up , 12,000 more than on the same day last year and in Hull police had to appeal to drivers not to take cars into the city because it was full by midday . |
| 26 | One of the things I worry about considerably is that I feel a lot of well-meaning people bring pressure to bear on companies not to take decisions . |
| 27 | As to interests not requiring protection by noting on the Register ( " overriding interests " ) , see head 10 above . |
| 28 | Nigel Jones , the MP for Cheltenham , says overcrowding is putting pressure on magistrates not to send offenders to prison . |
| 29 | The participants called on enterprises not to increase prices in the run-up to the elections in order to prevent unrest . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've heard from my husband about graduates not getting jobs , even with a degree in computer science . ’ |