Example sentences of "[not/n't] get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , as I shall discuss later , we can not get a simpler effect . |
| 2 | But if you pare your officers to the bone , if you cut them any longer , you will not get a decent service from them , you will just have people in boxes with lids firmly placed on them and then where will the union be ? |
| 3 | To keep your shoes off the floor why not get a hanging shoe rack with multi-purpose compartments ? |
| 4 | In fact , provided the secondary potential is only around 30 volts or less , you can not get a noticeable shock from the secondary circuitry . |
| 5 | Is it not an indictment of this Government that , with the high levels of unemployment , young people can not get a grant-aided training course ? |
| 6 | ‘ And you will not get a better service for some long time to come , ’ he said on BBC radio . |
| 7 | Durham county council 's deputy leader , Coun. Bob Pendlebury , said : ‘ We are making immediate representations to the Government , but if we do not get a favourable response , we will have to cut back our education budget by up to £3m. to find the extra money . |
| 8 | Perhaps the prime minister expected that Willink would push for a Magdalene man but he did not get a firm line out of him . |
| 9 | ‘ Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it and it means that the athletes from Durham and Cumbria will not get a second chance of achieving the English Schools qualifying standards . ’ |
| 10 | I could not get a straight answer from the hon. Member for Livingston about this . |
| 11 | It wants vendors to use the P5 code name until the chip is formally announced , and has invited employees to come up with a new name that stresses 80386 and 80486 compatibility — so the RISC 86 suggestion did not get a warm welcome . |
| 12 | He was wearing a grubby trench coat with the collar turned up so I still could not get a good look at him , but there was no mistaking his dimensions . |
| 13 | ‘ You do not get a good spread of risk and it kept putting the premiums up . |
| 14 | Well it certainly is but er I 've grown potatoes myself for years and never had any trouble with them boiling into the water but this year I can not get a good potato , all of my usual favourites like Estima which I 've found is a usually good all round potato , it it 's a monkey for boiling into the water and one thing I can only assume is that the weather 's had a lot to do with it , my ground 's been waterlogged most of the season . |
| 15 | If the disc does not get a higher rating , it is because of the coupling . |
| 16 | Provided the Conservatives do not get a working majority in the General Election we can hope to see some attention being given to our access problems at last and increasing awareness and support from the general public . |
| 17 | One problem with this kind of editing is that you may not get a clean cut at the points where you stop and start . |
| 18 | My wife used to say , Can you not get a proper job . |
| 19 | Where the value of the investment falls below the completed cancellation notice is received , an amount equal to such fall in the purchase price will be deducted from the refund he would otherwise have received ; therefore he will not get a full refund of the money paid by him . |
| 20 | Her soft words did not get a soft reply . |
| 21 | We did not get a written reply , however , via our National Secretary we heard our letter had been misconstrued and we were wanting to opt out . |
| 22 | If I do not get a satisfactory reply I intend to pursue every possible means to draw the public 's attention to this iniquitous state of affairs , which for a big company like P & O is an absolute disgrace . |
| 23 | If you do not get a satisfactory graph , try resetting the graph settings to the default . |
| 24 | If he did , he might not get a satisfactory answer . |
| 25 | If you do not get a satisfactory answer ask and ask again until you do . |
| 26 | If you do not get a satisfactory answer ask and ask again until you do . |
| 27 | I am not sure who is more demoralised by that — the local people , who frequently complain that they do not get a quick response when they need help , or the local police , who attend the crime in an attempt to do the good job that they intended when they entered the police force , knowing that they are likely to be pulled in all directions to answer calls on a blue line that has been pulled far too thin by the Government 's demands . |
| 28 | They see this as a way of helping to ensure that their employees do not get a raw deal — for example , when candidates for promotion are being compared . |
| 29 | Frankie Dettori 's mount did not get a clear run in the Group Two event but , despite finishing last of six , was only beaten around two lengths by Swing Low . |
| 30 | No sooner had I selected wheels down than I noticed that the port wheel had not come right down because I did not get a green light on that side of the undercarriage indicator . |