Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Will you not stay a little while , Miss Abbott ? |
2 | Certainly he did not stay the full course which was seven years for the qualification of a Master 's degree , the necessary precondition for further study of law , theology and medicine . |
3 | The reliance of elderly people on walking as a mode of transport increases their exposure to risk whilst their failing faculties raise the likelihood of them not seeing the striking vehicle . |
4 | not seeing the only point of being there |
5 | In the economically more advanced countries , however , there does not exist a close relationship between age at first marriage and birth of first child , owing mainly to postponement of first birth through contraceptive use . |
6 | Caspar managed not to breathe a huge sigh of relief , because this sounding very promising indeed . |
7 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Tessa , trying not to breathe the sweet-sour air into her lungs . |
8 | Just because some of them do n't know their arse from their elbow does n't mean that we 're not bringing the whole thing under control . ’ |
9 | I shall merely be requesting information about a taste which puzzles me , not demanding a further reason without which the whole string of answers will prove to be baseless . |
10 | I can hear them telling the architect not to spare a single sou . |
11 | Therefore , if we can not detect a particular coded message in an animal , there is no reason to say that they are not transmitting the particular message by some other means . |
12 | In a comparison of the administration of AZT to infected people before and after the appearance of AIDS , early treatment was found not to affect the eventual outcome , but merely to postpone the rapid decline of CD4 cells in the blood . |
13 | However , CITES ' attempts to regulate the trade have not stopped the illegal trade . |
14 | ‘ I want directors to use black actors and just portray them as ordinary people , not make a big deal about it . |
15 | Section C is taking the basic feel from A and making it a little busier ( this is a good technique to use over a middle 8 section in order to build it dynamically , but not lose the original direction for the song ) ; it then repeats to A and goes to the coda . |
16 | Although it was initially believed that lowering mucosal prostaglandin values in ulcerative colitis would be therapeutic , and that the beneficial effect of therapeutic agents sulfasalazine and 5-ASA analogues is through their ability to inhibit cyclo-oxygenase , it isnow believed that a simple decrease in prostaglandins does not elicit a beneficial effect in ulcerative colitis and may even be harmful . |
17 | You would not think a broken shoe . |
18 | I do not think the Prime Minister imagines that this country 's future would be secure if we remained outside . |
19 | Nor did it impress the Arab states , which pointed out that if Israel was able to absorb hundreds of thousands of Jews it could certainly absorb more than 100,000 Palestinian returnees ; or the United States , which did not think the Israeli offer ‘ provide[d] a suitable basis for contributing to solution of Arab refugee question . ’ |
20 | If he were to reflect on that , I do not think the hon. Gentleman would want it to happen . |
21 | With this lot , we 've got A add B , that 's one number , take away A minus B. That 's going to come to A add B , A take away A or A minus A and then take away A minus B , taking away A minus B is the same as adding a B. So the A take away A go out and this comes to two B. Now this is not using a long way , a long way round to do it . |
22 | Hobbes is not using an inductive argument here ; the ‘ possibility apparent ’ is not an inductive argument from observations about past children but is meant to refer to some discernible feature of present ones . |
23 | Not using the above sequence . |
24 | Due to the way VMS handles privilege allocation , the entire command procedure must leave all the privileges set until the Exit option is selected — and this means not using the lexical function F$SETPRV , as this will remove a privilege which is default but not authorised . |
25 | He must get this right , not make a fool of himself by stumbling over the words , not using the correct terminology or not knowing which fish he wanted . |
26 | If you are not using the original version , you should say so ( e.g. by noting " second edition " or " reprinted version " or " facsimile " ) . |
27 | She knew it annoyed Mrs. Mott , which was why she had agreed so peaceably to the girls not using the main staircase and the hall of the house to get to their sessions . |
28 | They are nevertheless pleased not to see a greater erosion of their support after the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the virtual disappearance of Communist parties in the West . |
29 | ‘ Not to see a mad woman . ’ |
30 | She hurried forward with her head down so as not to see the diesel-and-hemp-smelling boathouse where she and Francis had once kissed and kissed ; or the two canvas shoes pushed on dock posts to dry and which she was certain had belonged to Francis . |