Example sentences of "[vb base] not [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was no doubt an acceptable enough decision on the facts had the EAT not propounded the thesis that ‘ if it was reasonable for [ the employee ] to decline these terms , then it would have been unreasonable for the employers to dismiss him for such refusal ’ . |
| 2 | The French psychiatrist Pierre Deniker , records that a substance closely related to promethazine and later known as chlorpromazine was synthesized in 1950 and ‘ would have remained on the shelves had the surgeon and physiologist Henri Laborit not asked the manufacturer for a drug with central effects stronger than those of promethazine ’ . |
| 3 | Education fund is in there we 've not raised the price but that is our top priority and we believe it 's societies top priority also in our amendment is our idea for extending concessionary bus fares for journeys within the city to those of school age who do not quality for the statutory schemes run by the county . |
| 4 | I 've not heard the forecast today have you ? |
| 5 | They 've not denied the situation at all have they ? |
| 6 | I 've not seen the wife for a month . ’ |
| 7 | Look at the bare facts we 've not beaten the scum in the three season we 've been back up and god knows we 've had enough chances in that time . |
| 8 | I 've not feeded the food . |
| 9 | If you 've not used the colour changer before , or not used your ribber for more than welts , it is wise to start by using the colour changer just to knit striped plain rib . |
| 10 | I 've not read the paper anyway yet . |
| 11 | ‘ Make sure they 've not left the oven on and the back door unlocked like they did last time . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ No , I 've not mentioned visiting the Abacos , I 've not mentioned the boy . |
| 13 | I 've not had the benefit of walking round the grounds of Skelton Hall . |
| 14 | Of course , it 's quite right , and it 's it 's in a sense maybe reasonable to oppose a budget , but in the past , I think it 's been erm , one of the strengths of the labour group , when in opposition to put alternative budgets in for say , yes , we take a view that 's different to the budget that 's before us , but so far with two conservative speakers , we 've not had the benefit of knowing which items , which levels of of spending within this policy committee , be it the Chief Exec . |
| 15 | I 've not had the experience perhaps of teaching so many dyslexic children to be able to comment on this , but certainly when I was making the videotape at Brickwall School and I asked the headmaster about that and he pointed to the fact that they certainly have a very wide intake , a complete social mix , and Professor Miles at Bangor University says that in his experience of dealing with dyslexic children they come from all walks of life , and it 's really quite inaccurate — I suppose there 's a sense in which , if we 've got to use these phrases , that middle class people have always been very concerned about the education of their children and so they may be the parents who will ask questions about their children 's lack of development , but I think it 's only , you know , more significant in middle class terms because of that . |
| 16 | Now you do n't get tetanus cards to carry because you 've not had the horse serum . |
| 17 | These data must , however , only be taken as very approximate guides as to the probable distribution of causes of dementia as studies have not standardized the way they define and collect their information . |
| 18 | To those in Rome who had trusted Christ alone for salvation the Apostle Paul wrote ‘ Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba , Father . |
| 19 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that some British companies have not received the compensation due to them from the Turkish authorities controlling northern Cyprus ? |
| 20 | Although we , you agree to pay we have not received the amount shown . |
| 21 | I sent away for a video instruction tape over two months ago ; the cheque was cashed well over a month ago but as yet I have not received the tape . |
| 22 | Within the field of Latin American art as a whole there are still many individual artists who have not received the attention they deserve because their work does not seem to fit into any larger pattern . |
| 23 | The role of bureaucracy in politics has been central to Marxist debates about the state in capitalist societies , though the details of bureaucratic structures and processes have not received the attention they deserve . |
| 24 | ‘ The clear policy here is to affect trade business — significantly , merchandising wholesalers have not received the letter — by snubbing trade wholesalers , and , by implication , independent booksellers . ’ |
| 25 | We have not received the report of the social policy research unit at York , but when we do we will publish it urgently . |
| 26 | Fortunately , these intrusive attempts to ‘ animate the imagination ’ have not governed the hanging of the remainder of the Gallery 's collection of Renaissance to Modern Western art . |
| 27 | I have not named the place where he is to be found , since I do not know it , and a week hence it may be very far from where he bides today . |
| 28 | But Korn/Ferry have not developed the teamwork approach that has become a hallmark of Russell Reynolds . |
| 29 | To help ourselves we have not ignored the nostalgia trend , however , for we 've been glancing back at nineteen eighty two to guess what we think will be the most significant arts ideas for nineteen eighty three . |
| 30 | He was off the field throughout the second day having treatment for a pulled thigh muscle , but said today : ‘ I have not felt the injury at all when batting and it is much better . ’ |