Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of Tories wanted John Patten out of education , but even tough leaders do not sack ministers in mid-crisis . |
| 2 | It does not want intimacy in order to love , in order to grow . |
| 3 | Clearly , however , gender differences do not explain differences in susceptibility to the hepatic effects of alcohol among members of the same sex . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the openings in companies ' legal departments are much fewer than in private practice ; and in any case you should not consider articles in commerce or industry unless you are keen to make this your career . |
| 5 | As this temperature rise occurs after ovulation has already taken place , it can not predict ovulation in advance . |
| 6 | I replied to Ms Chevannes through the same newspaper thus : ‘ Generally , black kids do not demonstrate interest in school work and do not sink much enthusiasm into their efforts . |
| 7 | The development corporation is a creature of the Conservative Government , who clearly do not trust democracy in operation in Wales . |
| 8 | She does not need nurses in uniform , she almost shouts : just because she is disabled , it does not mean she is medically ill . |
| 9 | The commercial , scientific and industrial world of capitalism ( or socialism ) does not need religion in order to go about its business . |
| 10 | He was not like her own father ; he would not discuss business in front of women . |
| 11 | The overbearing sophistication of conceptualism and minimalism did not guarantee success in art for anyone . |
| 12 | That provision in itself does not guarantee continuance in post until age 65 . |
| 13 | Thus , the situation should not arise in which the writer of an option contract can not fulfil his obligations by buying securities in the stock market , or that an investor can not buy shares in order to sell them to the option writer . |
| 14 | They could not buy tickets in advance , so they queue like docile cattle . |
| 15 | It does not format modules in charge code order , in other words it does not fill the volume for a particular charge code before moving on to the volume for the next charge code . |
| 16 | We should not seek immortality in reproduction . |
| 17 | Such a simple view can not accommodate increases in fertility at times when contraceptive knowledge and technique were generally increasing , as in the late 1930s and the post-war baby boom . |
| 18 | Obviously the more waste the greater the bioload and even the most efficient filtration system will not prevent changes in water chemistry after feeding , if the aquarium is overstocked or the filtration system is not yet fully-mature . |
| 19 | It is noteworthy that Schuman did not contact Britain in advance of his announcement . |
| 20 | If he was not to be a lecturer at Cambridge because they did not think him academic enough , and if he was not to be a parish priest because he could not keep teenagers in order and because the adults were said not to understand him and because he felt a teaching vocation , where was his right place ? |
| 21 | Do not store clothes in plastic , which will attract dust and , if there is any moisture in the air , encourage the growth of mould . |
| 22 | A very striking example was told me not long since by someone who attended a dinner party in Moscow soon after Gagarin 's space trip — the Gagarin who had reported that he did not see God in space ( see p. 57 ) . |
| 23 | Although our eyes can not detect variations in reflectance in the near-infrared band it is possible to measure such variations using appropriate instruments . |
| 24 | Any protection screen designed for this purpose should be at least 800mm in height above floor level , and must not contain gaps in excess of 75mm . |
| 25 | Millwall did not sign Goddard in time to put him straight into their side . |
| 26 | These efforts did not stop protests in Congress and the media at the " free-handed " way in which the British had passed " the buck " across the Atlantic . |
| 27 | Conservation techniques do not conserve soil in practice because of technical failures through inadequate or misapplied research . |
| 28 | Policy discontinuity frustrated industrialists and investors who wished to engage in forward planning : they could not anticipate stability in government programs . |
| 29 | Included in the pack is a list of approved foreign legal professions , and a list of foreign regulatory bodies whose professional rules do not prohibit practice in partnership with solicitors in England and Wales . |
| 30 | An applicant for registration is asked , unless such confirmation has already been received , to produce confirmation from each of his or her home law societies , bars , chambers or courts that its professional rules do not prohibit practice in partnership with English solicitors in England and Wales . |