Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Why should Parliament not make abortion criminal for pregnant women who were born in even years but not for those born in odd ones ?
2 ST ( who had not received day care in hospital ) was less likely to become disturbed when offered assistance .
3 An R&D worker is aware that what he does today will not affect company output in this order of time span .
4 Tetrodotoxin ( 100 nM ) did not affect muscle relaxation by leucocytes ( n=5 , not shown ) .
5 Proportional representation would not make majority government of this kind impossible ( we would have it if more than 50 per cent of the electorate wanted it ) but it would make it very much less likely .
6 There is no reason in principle why a small firm should not make pension provision on the same scale as a large employer .
7 Yachting can survive as a spectator sport , but the participants owe it to future generations not to promote tobacco consumption as part of their lifestyle .
8 Although I did not conduct field research in Nigeria , I visited that country in 1975 , 1978 and 1981 .
9 Principals , directors and shareowners who practise mainly from overseas offices which do not conduct investment business in or into the UK are disregarded for this calculation .
10 ( 2 ) staffing levels not allowing library supervision for more than half the week : So $8,000 to $10,000 of books are not secure and are there for anyone to take ;
11 Erm , if we 're not allowing nerve tissue to be used in the feedstuffs of cattle , because we suspect that it might be carried in that , and therefore being transmitted to live , er , one species to another , how is it now we can buy chops with nerve ti tissue in it ?
12 But seconds later she stopped breathing again — and John , who had not given emergency treatment for three years , had to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation four times until paramedics arrived .
13 The age and sex profile of a practice does not explain interpractice variation in prescribing patterns .
14 By using an accurate new index ( the Newcastle prescribing index ) to adjust for the effect of patient sex and age on prescribing in the North East we have shown that a practice age and sex demography does not explain interpractice variation in prescribing habits .
15 ‘ Nuclear will be needed if we are to sustain our quality of life whilst ensuring we do not damage planet earth beyond repair . ’
16 This theory makes the unlikely prediction that you will not experience colour constancy with objects you can not identify .
17 Gene transduction with these agents is essentially restricted to dividing cells , but although this could limit applications for other genetic disorders , it should not restrict gene therapy for cancer , where the target population of malignant cells is expanding .
18 The Annesleys had settled in Ireland in the 17th century but did not build Castlewellan Castle until the 1850s , when the bachelor 4th Earl Annesley commissioned William Burn to erect an austere granite pile .
19 We do not consider drag hunting to be an alternative .
20 Regarding the type of development mentioned in ( b ) above , only a few planning authorities seem to consider odour emission to be a major factor when deciding whether or not to grant planning permission for development which would be sensitive to any existing odour emitting use .
21 In both the Whitehall and Hawaiian Studies ( Fuller et al , 1980 ; Yano et al , 1982 ) , increasing serum cholesterol levels carried a higher coronary disease mortality but multivariate analysis did not demonstrate serum cholesterol as an independent risk factor in either report .
22 Pure ethanol does not stimulate gastrin release in humans .
23 Our earlier study of bisphosphonate treatment in patients with TIH showed that a fall in plasma calcium does not stimulate tumour production of PTHrP .
24 The rare gases take very little part in life 's processes ; and we need not discuss water vapour at too great length , even though many desert animals and plants , and some epiphytes ( plants that grow on the surface of other plants ) derive much or most of their water from water that floats to them on the air .
25 Erm the provision in policy I five does not include recycling land in in existing
26 Mrs Hellyer knew all about weak men and she did not include Martin Bean in that category .
27 The new policies which would emerge for discussion in an autumn 1990 white paper would take matter well beyond the December 1989 Green Bill , which does not include carbon dioxide among the gases for which standards are to be set .
28 Freshers applying after 1st September will receive assistance in finding suitable accommodation : we regret that we can not guarantee University accommodation in such cases .
29 He need not undergo terrorist treatment in the swimming bath , not get up at six o'clock every morning to feed old Bones .
30 Nestle Foods Corporation said it would not buy Salvadoran coffee for 30 days in response to a consumer group campaign against the war in El Salvador .
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