Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [not/n't] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specific instructions of this type are unlikely to provide material for challenge because of : ( 1 ) the policy of the court in allowing final determination by experts on all matters including construction of documents ( see 13.9 ) and ( 2 ) the practice of experts not to issue decisions accompanied by reasons ( see 14.7.7 ) . |
| 2 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 3 | ‘ Of the 65 per cent of companies not using credit insurance , half had no idea what it would cost as a percentage of total sales value , indicating that the industry has a real job to do explaining how little properly structured credit insurance can cost : often 0.5 per cent of turnover or less . ’ |
| 4 | The stretching frequencies of bonds not involving hydrogen are generally lower . |
| 5 | Most infants ( 92% ) excreting cotinine at three weeks were excreting it also at one year ; moreover , 61% of infants not excreting cotinine at three months were excreting it at one year . |
| 6 | The fact is that , had this marriage of friends not taken place , Granada would have sought to abduct Tyne Tees once restrictions were lifted in 1994 . |
| 7 | There have been a number of instances of members not receiving certificates promptly . |
| 8 | The object is to build a picture of standards not to catch people out and if the expectation of an inspection causes staff to be that much more diligent so much the better . |
| 9 | Also the room designs of pupils not using scissors generally had more unacceptable features . |
| 10 | I can see the expediency of that course ; I can see the expediency of ministers not making addresses which explore this kind of territory and arrive at this kind of conclusion — except , of course , to the CPC , which is a living protest against the politics of expediency . |
| 11 | Isolation is seen from the outside as a result of women not speaking English , or of their being forced to stay at home for cultural reasons . |