Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as he was concerned , homosexuality did not exist north of Hampstead ( or perhaps south of it , either ) and despite the fact that its local manifestation was sitting in front of him he would not be convinced . |
| 2 | Li Peng told Anan that the progress in China 's relations with Vietnam would not affect relations with Thailand or other South-East Asian nations . |
| 3 | The comparatively puny damages of £1,000 ( the cost of a dozen bottles of champagne at the expensive nightclub where the affair had begun ) and the public ridicule suffered by all parties may serve to remind editors of the wisdom of the adage that " dog does not eat dog in Fleet Street " . |
| 4 | Water companies advised not to report breaches of EC rules on pesticides in drinking water . |
| 5 | It is best not to carry money in Cairo at night . |
| 6 | The implication was clear to anyone who understood English well : the president was anxious that Zambians should not make Britons in Zambia take the blame for the policy of the Heath government . |
| 7 | John , whose Gospel scheme does not include , except by implication , the story of what the church , equipped with the Holy Spirit , achieved , and therefore could not make room for Pentecost ( as Luke does at the outset of his second volume ) , nevertheless makes the same point with considerable clarity In the first chapter of his Gospel he stresses that the Spirit rests exclusively upon Jesus , the fulfilment of the messianic hopes of the Old Testament for the bearer of the Spirit . |
| 8 | It has been suggested that because Rolle does not make use of Richard of St Victor 's fourth stage , insatiabilis the love that can never be satisfied because of the inexhaustible nature of God , he did not in fact enter so profound a mystical experience as others . |
| 9 | The intimation that Venables did not want Hughes at Tottenham was that it was a misjudgment by him . |
| 10 | That most German people did not want war with England was true by almost every account of neutral witnesses . |
| 11 | In a separate move the Chinese premier , Li Peng , who attacked Mr Patten earlier , returned to the fray , saying China did not want confrontation with Britain but the UK was putting ‘ obstacles ’ in the way of talks to try and defuse the row . |
| 12 | Use of prednisolone , however , did not influence synthesis of LTB 4 . |
| 13 | The report deeply angered Price Waterhouse because it had not given evidence to Senator Kerry 's subcommittee . |
| 14 | With an effort she said , ‘ Listen , Frank , and you can pass this on if you want to : I 've not given Sleet to Mr Kennedy , nor sold it to him . |
| 15 | Six transplants were not given cover by HBIG . |
| 16 | Mr Parkinson told representatives : ‘ Railways can not deliver goods to Britain 's high street shops . |
| 17 | We and our EC partners have repeatedly made it clear that we will not recognise changes in Yugoslavia 's internal borders unless they are brought about by peaceful negotiation . |
| 18 | The Cuban leader instructed his negotiators not to accept loans from Washington , despite the apparent willingness — even eagerness — of the State Department to extend them . |
| 19 | Rafe Straker , like many of the original white settlers of the Bahamas , had been an American loyalist who could not stomach life under George Washington . |
| 20 | The Framingham Study , in 1974 , reported a 16-year follow-up of diabetic patients but did not include measurement of HDL or LDL cholesterol . |
| 21 | In practice , the Director of Public Prosecutions does not prosecute films with BBFC certificates for cinema showing , so distributors prepared to pay the certification fee and to carry out the " cuts " insisted upon by the Board are in effect guaranteed freedom from police harassment . |
| 22 | Mrs Turpin did not know Bernard of Clairvaux 's observation , that the first step into pride is comparison , and the subsequent steps lead into a self-focused life . |
| 23 | You can not buy players like Peter for £1m these days . ’ |
| 24 | The fastest growing industry seems to be receivership and , alas , you can not buy shares in Cork Gulley . |
| 25 | In the New Testament those who do not enjoy salvation in Christ are regarded as slaves of sin ( John 8:34 ; Rom. 7:14 ) . |
| 26 | If she was surprised not to find Harry in Celia 's bedroom , she did not say so . |
| 27 | The non-proliferation treaty has not prevented countries like Israel , India and South Africa from secretly developing nuclear weapons , but at least they have not gone public with them and no country has officially added itself to the nuclear weapons states . |
| 28 | Even if it were true that the war is over and the Serbs have won , victory will not bring stability to Bosnia & Hercegovina . |
| 29 | The Druze leader , Walid Jumblatt , said in Amman yesterday that the Taif deal would not bring peace to Lebanon and that , although he did not intend to block it , he would not accept it either . |
| 30 | ‘ I think I should warn you : Jean-Claude 's not writing music to Frontenac 's libretto . |