Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Catering services do not exist at the beck and call of an immature , over-wealthy child . ’
2 The analyses of both Cockburn and Dearlove imply a relationship between business and local government which did not exist at the time and could not easily be generated , whatever the ambitions of civil servants in the departments of central government , or of individual chief executives .
3 A contract for the sale of unascertained goods may or may not be void because of the fact that certain goods have perished or do not exist at the time of the contract .
4 In this case , if it turns out that the goods do not exist at the time of the contract , the seller will be liable in damages to the buyer for breach of his contractual undertaking .
5 Not only that — we intend to increase and extend the right of access to an appellate system , which does not exist at the moment .
6 The proposed government centre ( not yet a palace ) was not situated at the end of converging boulevards , but occupied an already partially derelict and vacant site .
7 Several harassers , not stopped at the outset , will claim that the victim ‘ wanted it ’ or did n't seem to mind .
8 It had also led to the adoption of military influences in Bolshevik governmental organization and propaganda jargon which did not disappear at the end of the Civil War .
9 But I did not think at the time to ask what they were , or their significance .
10 Silver Reed tell me the double knit ribber does have a yarn holder and this holds the yarns you are not using at the end of the needle bed , making changing by hand easier .
11 His three spinster daughters , whom he had not registered at the parish church in any way , were all baptised as adults at Badcox .
12 The Chairman 's vice chairman 's and treasurer 's posts , not filled at the A.G.M. were filled at the first meeting of the new session 1991 — 1992 as follows ; Dr. A. J. Watson chairman ; G. W. Davidson , vice chairman and Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer .
13 The Chairman 's vice chairman 's and treasurer 's posts , not filled at the A.G.M. were filled at the first meeting of the new session 1991–1992 as follows ; Dr. A. J. Watson chairman ; G. W. Davidson , vice chairman and Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer .
14 Mr Vass said his client had lashed out , in a fight outside a pub , not realising at the time that a bottle in his hand was broken .
15 Why , Alyssia thought , she had not jumped at the idea the moment it was suggested was anybody 's guess .
16 ‘ We are not joined at the hip , ’ Cabochon said , and smiled bitterly .
17 Most of these are presumably extragalactic but they include the pulsar PSR1706–44 , although this was not recognized at the time .
18 Mrs Lynch added : ‘ What I can not understand is why the bag was not checked at the mortuary or the police station ? ’
19 Similarly , if new and important evidence came to light during a review which was not given at the inspector 's investigation , the Chief Inspector should be able to apply to have the review discontinued , following which he should reopen the inspector 's investigation .
20 As most of the pontoons are rented to local yacht owners or associations one should not dock at a slip unless permitted to do so by the port police .
21 The train did not slow at the scene of the accident .
22 He fished the cubes out and put them into an ashtray and found it all he could do not to weep at the mess they made with the ash .
23 Trying so hard not to weep at the demise of the old Post Office now replaced by a kit construction for other uses , I walked robotically to the cathedral like all the other tourists .
24 The colleges have always taken the view that accreditation was not a prerequisite for appointment ; a recent survey revealed that approximately one third of physicians were not accredited at the time of their appointment .
25 Moreover , in these models , if the firms have different and non-constant marginal costs , a further source of inefficiency is that total market output will be produced at more than minimum total cost — the marginal costs of firms are not equalized at the equilibrium .
26 Much of the social life evolves around the poolside , where decisions are taken about where to eat for supper , and whether or not to meet at the terrace bar in the village afterwards .
27 Luce made a sweeping gesture with one arm and tried not to wince at the pain .
28 It was tedious , but no longer alarming , and as she contrived most mornings to slip down to the shore for gulps of sea air , though she was careful now never to go beyond the rocks around the headland , she did not chafe at the confinement as once she had .
29 Rufus had not looked at the picture for years .
30 Students are given opportunities at field and Modular Course level to raise difficulties not addressed at the level of modules .
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