Example sentences of "not [verb] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But cooperation between genes did not stay limited to cellular biochemistry . |
| 2 | The canal did have an ‘ official opening ’ last May , but it did not stay open for long . |
| 3 | She knew they mated for life , and though she did not think much of married bliss , yet she approved of constancy . |
| 4 | COUNTESS : [ to PAMELA ] I come to tell you all that has passed between Mr. Belville and myself that you may not think worse of either of us than we deserve . |
| 5 | Current treaty law does not cover any of these problems . |
| 6 | On the pensions point , he does not compare like with like . |
| 7 | better not eat all of that . |
| 8 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 9 | The furore erupted after Mr Bell said he could not make any of five dates offered for public debates by Teesside Poly chaplain Cathy Rowling . |
| 10 | The appalling layout of the £5.50 public timetable does not make this at all clear and critical correspondence appeared in the railway press . |
| 11 | He does not want any of that . |
| 12 | Middleton did not want any of that but he said he would go and talk to his crew . |
| 13 | Anyone not got one of these ? |
| 14 | We feel helpless when we see television or newspaper stories about wars , knowing that we can not influence any of those involved . |
| 15 | Our vocabulary and semantics can not remain fixed for all time , as some commentators , even today , might prefer . |
| 16 | I would agree that the doors of the English department should not remain closed to theoretical challenges , and in this book I am trying to respond to them . |
| 17 | It is now critical that investment begins again in both people and equipment , otherwise smaller UK manufacturers will not remain competitive in international markets and capture the business which is necessary to increase the country 's employment and wealth . ’ |
| 18 | They are like the metaphorical gender attributions we examined at the beginning of this chapter , in that they follow no single principle , they do not remain constant from one context to another and they vary from culture to culture . |
| 19 | It is all standard royal stuff , but not much help to the millions who fear that Hong Kong will not remain open after 1997 . |
| 20 | However , the motion does not remain periodic for any great distance downstream . |
| 21 | Similarly , when subletting , if the sublet part is not to remain empty for any time , a separate assessment is still prudent . |
| 22 | Needless to say , the Board of Education did not recognise any of these diplomas until 1909 when all three joined together to produce one diploma , at the insistence of the N.A.T.D. Even then , the Scottish Department of Education still refused to recognise the diplomas . |
| 23 | Precisely this question was raised at an earlier stage in our discussions , and I pointed out then that the Government had not come clean at all on the issue of freight and what would happen to freight . |
| 24 | If you have not included any of these , the acknowledgement from the Clerk to the Appeal Committee will ask for details . |
| 25 | Solicitors are not permitted to enter into an agreement with their clients that purports to exclude their liability for professional misconduct ( which extends to professional negligence ) though subject to the following rules liability can be limited by contract : ( 1 ) liability may not be limited below the minimum level of cover afforded under the Indemnity Fund ; ( 2 ) liability can not be limited at all for fraud or reckless disregard of professional obligations ; ( 3 ) s60(5) of the Solicitors Act avoids any provision in a contentious business agreement purporting to exclude the liability of a solicitor for negligence or to relieve him of his professional responsibilities ; ( 4 ) ss2(2) and 11(4) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 will apply to agreements between solicitors and their clients to ensure that limited liability provisions which do not fall foul of any other rule comply with the essential requirement of reasonableness . |
| 26 | For instance , if one of your customers is in financial trouble and he owes you money which is due in 20 days , you are much better off than if the debt does not fall due for 100 days . |
| 27 | Witches , in contrast , do not need any of these aids ; their power consists in their own innate psychic capacity to cause harm . |
| 28 | I would apologise for not returning these before 10 June 1993 which was due to an error on our behalf , and can assure you that all future returns will be sent timeously . |
| 29 | The interpellation ‘ you know ’ is not considered appropriate in standard written styles of the kind taught in schools and used in the ‘ essayist tradition ’ nor in certain formal situations , for example in a television interview . |
| 30 | Therefore , there are part areas of towns not covered , and where a particular use is not considered appropriate in these areas other valid reasons must be found for refusal perhaps on the lines suggested below : |