Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other abuses such as assaults tend not to take place in front of independent witnesses and proof will always be difficult . |
| 2 | Yes but you tend not to get recycling of housing land of housing , you tend to get recycling of housing land , new housing land from outworn industries , nonconforming use , that type of erm recycling is just what I had in mind . |
| 3 | Interestingly , many species of bat seem not to favour flight on moonlit nights , possibly because of the danger from owls and bat hawks . |
| 4 | Remember not to confuse reliability with value . |
| 5 | Decision of UN Human Rights Commission not to consider resolution on Tibet |
| 6 | Should the Secretary of State decide not to give effect to any of the recommendations he has received from the Council , he is required to publish a statement explaining his reasons . |
| 7 | Try not to draw attention to yourself today — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue . |
| 8 | Try not to draw attention to yourself today — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue . |
| 9 | Try not to draw attention to yourself — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue . |
| 10 | Try not to drink alcohol during the working day |
| 11 | Try not to use blame in saying what you need . |
| 12 | Carry over : Try not to carry part of a sentence over to the next page and if at all possible leave paragraphs intact as well . |
| 13 | ‘ Try not to track mud into the house , Ian , and do n't you think you should drop the term ‘ gyppos ’ from your vocabulary — it 's awfully common . ’ |
| 14 | Conservation techniques do not conserve soil in practice because of technical failures through inadequate or misapplied research . |
| 15 | exist in nearly all AIDS patients but do not prevent progression of HIV disease . |
| 16 | If you want people to think well of you , do not speak well of yourself . |
| 17 | The details of the story of this major theory change , a change that took place over one and a half centuries , do not lend support to the methodologies advocated by the inductivists and falsificationists , and indicate a need for a different , more complexly structured account of science and its growth . |
| 18 | Many assessments do not represent ownership as such . |
| 19 | We do not regard money as the only measure of success . |
| 20 | We do not exercise power over explosions and crackling and snapping of fire like the strangers , we fall back into the waves — as Dulé 's mother did , the young woman I dug up all those years ago , who had been drowned , who had returned to the deep blue . |
| 21 | ‘ Do not demand interest on loans you make to a brother Israelite . |
| 22 | Lexical repetition is therefore a much safer option in cases where ambiguity of reference may arise and in contexts which do not tolerate ambiguity in general and ambiguity of reference in particular . |
| 23 | Furthermore , if information is to be sent abroad , will other police forces be told that we , unlike some of them , do not separate suspicion from factual information on our computer ? |
| 24 | ( Some countries do not pay compensation for damage . ) |
| 25 | Do not pay employee for any credit hours owed in flexi–time . |
| 26 | ‘ When we hear such sounds we do not pay attention to things like pitch and timbre . |
| 27 | Since the 1990 Budget , parents with a child in a workplace nursery do not pay tax on the value of the care , but women employed by companies that either ‘ buy ’ places at private nurseries or the 60 or so firms such as British Gas , National Power , Debenhams and BMW which issue childcare vouchers ( worth an average £27 a week ) must pay tax on what is treated as a perk . |
| 28 | Companies do not pay tax on their FII since it represents dividends paid out of profits that have already been taxed in the corporate sector ( s 208 ) . |
| 29 | They tend to review their arrangements — perhaps in consultation with their unions — so that allowances remain within Inland Revenue limits ( to ensure employees do not pay tax on them ) and so they provide adequate compensation for any costs incurred and the domestic upheaval involved in moving . |
| 30 | They do not associate valour with the handsome and arrogant hunter , and young men are taught to pity such evidence of ‘ lack of control ’ . |