Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world has not seen more than once or twice in all the course of history a literature which has exercised such prodigious influence over the minds of men , over every cast and shade of intellect , as that which emanated from Rousseau between 1749 and 1762 . |
| 2 | Craig Chalmers , who was a casualty in Melrose 's game against Boroughmuir on Saturday , has not decided yet whether his leg injury will permit him to play this weekend against Stirling County . |
| 3 | The mother has made a phone call to the hospital asking after her daughter 's safety but she has not called back as promised . |
| 4 | At its most general , this view implies that the present perilous state of the world has not come about because its leaders ( or shadowy figures supposedly manipulating them ) are particularly warlike . |
| 5 | This colony probably started as an offshoot of Glynleigh , being only about a mile away , and has not had more than eight nests . |
| 6 | Work has not started yet because our tree feller has been heavily involved in clearance work after the recent storms . |
| 7 | Having won the Lady Keystone Open in the United States , Davies , seemingly lacking inspiration , has not finished better than fourth in her seven European outings . |
| 8 | However , if the accused obtains property on credit but he can not pay when the instalments fall due , he has not acted deceitfully if he intended to pay at the time of obtaining the item . |
| 9 | ‘ Not that that 's much of a road to speak of , ’ the Brigadier went on , But the family has n't lived there since before the war-there were German and then English soldiers billeted here during the second war … ’ |
| 10 | So er how does Paul relish the prospect of of playing up front , cos it 's a role that er he has n't played in while he 's been at County is n't it ? |
| 11 | It 's been on the drawing board for some time now but has n't gone ahead because of lack of investment . |
| 12 | Specialix also admits the move to Unix System Labs ' Unix SVR4 has n't gone smoothly as planned , saying that it unexpectedly had to rewrite several device drivers for OEM versions . |
| 13 | Hewlett-Packard Co , which has n't said yet if it 's using NT , has Microsoft helping it support HP 's 4mm digital audio tape ( DAT ) drives for backup and archiving : Microsoft Corp will make it an icon on the NT screen . |
| 14 | Penelope Fitzgerald 's prose is as clear as glass , and you realise how much she has n't said only when you stop laughing . |
| 15 | SunSoft says it has n't worked out whether Solaris for the IBM Corp/Motorola Inc PowerPC RISC will be compatible with the PowerOpen environment that IBM is developing for the CPU , but says it 'll observe all binary standards . |
| 16 | SunSoft says it has n't worked out whether Solaris for the IBM Corp-Motorola Inc PowerPC RISC will be compatible with the PowerOpen environment that IBM is developing for the CPU , but says it will observe all binary standards . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , most of the research conducted so far has n't produced more than a few tentative generalizations . |
| 18 | Margaret has n't looked back since and Marjorie ( as enthusiastic as ever at 80 years of age ) still teaches two classes each week . |
| 19 | has n't come back after you 've |
| 20 | Right , now if we look on , erm we come to Regional Action Networks , another reason why Amnesty seems not to allocate more than one prisoner and all now is that they have expanded the ways in which we deal with prisoners and the world is more or less been divided up into areas , erm , of smaller regions and groups are asked to choose one or two regions to deal with particularly and we , we have for quite a long time now erm been concerned with Southern Africa and Central America and we get information through on prisoners and what 's happening in those two regions , so John do you have anything else on Africa at all ? |
| 21 | It does not break even if it lands directly on other eggs because its shell is twice as thick as those of the host bird . |
| 22 | The disease does not go away if one ignores it : progressive decline is inexorable . |
| 23 | It is quite important that the board does not move about as this will upset the sensitivity of the vibration detector . |
| 24 | In practice , however , this will be difficult because unlike formal organisation , which does not change even when individual employees move into and out of jobs ( by promotion , transfer , appointment , resignation or retirement etc ) most informal organisations depend on individual personalities . |
| 25 | Then allow the particles to move apart in such a way that the combined wave function does not change even though the distance between the particles may be so great that there is no longer any possibility of mutual interaction : in principle this could be many kilometres . |
| 26 | The thickness of the established cable , after the first hour or two , does not change noticeably as the cable shortens during healing . |
| 27 | ( 3 ) If the defendant has delivered a defence but does not appear then if the plaintiff so requests and can give evidence of the facts and as to quantum , judgment may be given or alternatively directions ( Ord 17 , r 8 ) . |
| 28 | But Texas hospitality does not perish even when conditions are adverse . |
| 29 | The whole phrase does not create more than one offence . |
| 30 | This is because the skilled individual is normally working well within his capacities , he does not have to search desperately for information because he knows exactly what to look for , his movements are not hurried because they are integrated into smooth chains and he does not react suddenly because he anticipates what is going to happen . |