Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem should not arise during direct processing , as every valid key has a corresponding record . |
| 2 | These latter , he insists , do not exist outside human action . |
| 3 | A currency union can not exist without perfect capital mobility across the union and a fully integrated financial sector . |
| 4 | The high level of research interest and activity to be found in the Faculty could not exist without excellent research facilities . |
| 5 | If this project falls , it is not for purely logical reasons ; it will rather be for the more interesting reason that the right sort of truths do not exist about human nature . |
| 6 | About half of all part-timers earn below the limit , and therefore do not exist for national insurance purposes . |
| 7 | It is difficult to record colour objectively : people 's appreciation of colours obviously vary and , in any case , Nucella does not exist in discrete colour morphs . |
| 8 | The concept of deeds or documents under seal does not exist in Hungarian law . |
| 9 | For example , to take some position as to whether the renewal of a licence is a ‘ higher ’ interest than an initial application is not to indulge in rigid conceptualism , but is rather a necessary step in reaching any decision at all . |
| 10 | Fitzharrys , John Mason and Larkmead secondary schools in Abingdon pooled their resources to produce a full colour joint prospectus , and plan shared events to ensure that energies are not misdirected in aggressive competition to attract children and parents . |
| 11 | If one parent can do such a thing , can a child really accept that his mother will not disappear with equal suddenness tomorrow ? |
| 12 | The suggestion from the Prime Minister that education be geared to serve utilitarian ends was not received with universal approval . |
| 13 | What is manifestly not disorganized in disorganized capitalism as a set of social relations is capital , either in abstraction or as a ‘ system force ’ in crucial locations , but especially at the point of production . |
| 14 | Even ‘ The Tip ’ which , I must admit , can not compare with Sporting Hydra Chemicals ' spanking new ground , Polypropylene Park , has enough history to make a visit an absorbing day out . |
| 15 | So , although a rich source of status and prestige , athletics could not compare with professional sport in terms of material gain . |
| 16 | To take care that in ploughing , the furrows are sufficiently ample and not hurried over , when good land is to be ploughed for fallow , the ploughmen to take care that they do not dip into bad soil , and in the time of rebinning not to go too deep , but to plough lightly just to destroy the weeds , lest if wet weather ensue when they come to sow the seed will be deposited in mud instead of solid soil . |
| 17 | This is due probably to the fact that people suffering from aphasia are more likely to come to the attention of a neurologist than individuals suffering from certain kinds of right hemisphere damage which may pass unnoticed by the individual himself such that he does not seek medical attention or is not referred for neurological investigation . |
| 18 | Taking these ageist attitudes one stage further , Price and Andrews ( 1982 ) state that ‘ diagnosed alcoholism frequently is not referred for alcoholic treatment because of health professionals ’ beliefs that the alcoholic is too old to benefit from treatment' . |
| 19 | More important still , it was the only large town in Russia not ravaged by barbarian invasion in the thirteenth century , due to its marshy situation on the shores of Lake Ilmen , so it was able to expand and become wealthy . |
| 20 | My fear was further sharpened when Tooth , the only practising Muslim aboard , stiffly emerged from below wearing his black peci hat , and proceeded to prostrate himself towards Mecca at hours not prescribed by Islamic doctrine . |
| 21 | Without following Jakobson 's analysis in detail — it does not make for easy reading — I shall simply give examples of the sort of relationship he identifies under each of these headings . |
| 22 | The Building Regulations themselves do not make for easy reading , but there are various guides designed to explain them and the DoE now produce a Manual to the Building Regulations . |
| 23 | These films do not make for easy viewing . |
| 24 | But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading . |
| 25 | But the use of inexpertly laid and brightly coloured bricks , token pitched roofs and arched windows does not make for likeable architecture . |
| 26 | Still , one can see him becoming more loath to accept the evil in the good : and while this is charitable , it does not make for powerful story . |
| 27 | And even that did not make for encouraging listening . |
| 28 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 29 | Theories do not make for liberating music . |
| 30 | The disconcerting ‘ first-disk ’ string sound may be down to miking difficulties ; likewise the booming timpani and overly forward woodwind , and these things do not make for comfortable listening . |