Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus when we see the often remarkable similarity between the principles of the Godwinians and of Bloomsbury , and the external relations implied by these — a rational and tolerant group wishing to extend reason and tolerance , where necessary by radical reform — we find also that we can not stay on this level , since the actual external relations were also determined by others . |
| 2 | I contacted my social worker and told her that I could not stay at this place and that she would have to find me a Cheshire Home . |
| 3 | Kate had felt she could not stay in that house a moment longer . |
| 4 | Unlike Aeschylus and Sophocles , he was not consistently popular , and his innovations did not arise from any desire to pander to the public . |
| 5 | Although the matter does not arise in this appeal because Woolwich were fully aware of all the relevant circumstances , I can not help feeling that there is some illogicality in treating as voluntary a payment by someone who justifiably believes that the demand is lawful whereas in fact it turns out to be unlawful . |
| 6 | He points out that even at Poole the two spits are not aligned with each other as one would expect had they been remnants of a former baymouth bar . |
| 7 | Between 1941 and 1945 it created a following for itself which has never been equalled since and certainly did not exist at any time prior to 1941 . |
| 8 | The sooner an agreement is notified the longer the period of protection from fines is likely to be , since such protection does not exist for any period of operation of an agreement prior to notification . |
| 9 | Dr Runcie , he writes , ‘ is calling for a social market economy ’ , the implication being that such a marriage between free market principles for wealth creation and collective provision for social needs does not exist in this country . |
| 10 | It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence . |
| 11 | Few figures are available from the 1955 Census and data does not exist in this detail for intervening years . |
| 12 | As far as they are concerned the future does not exist in any way , other than that they hope they wo n't live to have any part in it . |
| 13 | We can not be complacent , for progress marches on and inflation eats at our financing , but we can be proud of the Institution — and extend again our heartfelt thanks to the voluntary fund raisers and crews without whom it could not exist in any form . |
| 14 | One field can not exist within another field without an interaction between them , therefore it can be argued that the Universe is an energy field and that everything that exists in it is a subsidiary or component part of the total field . |
| 15 | And they 're not forgiving from that point of view . |
| 16 | In my 25 years of watching international rugby I have seen many incidents of violence and can not think of any country that is blameless . |
| 17 | Clara could not think of any scheme in which the man she had just seen could have been described as lovely , but she instantly invented one . |
| 18 | I can not think of any flower that does not press better for being taken apart , although of course you will have to spend time putting it back together again when you want to use it . |
| 19 | She had behaved as if she was quite prepared to be Alain 's , and she could not think of any reply at all . |
| 20 | Ten per cent could not think of any form . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the Minister did not think at this time that it was necessary to end the corporate status of Tanzania 's radio service . |
| 22 | It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement . |
| 23 | It is a fact that very few draft reports are not amended in some respect as a result of this procedure . |
| 24 | It is understood Nelson has not communicated with any member of his family since his transfer to England in December . |
| 25 | Delegates from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth told a meeting in Manchester hosted by a group of ‘ nuclear free ’ local authorities that they would be pressing the Government to ensure the money is not diverted for this purpose . |
| 26 | Partnership may turn out to have a relatively long life but are not formed on that expectation . |
| 27 | We can not , because our human mind structure is not formed in that way , neither are our eyes . |
| 28 | Among the 439 patients who were given para-aortic irradiation , 6 developed secondary gastric carcinoma ( 2.4% 15-year cumulative incidence rate ) , by contrast with no gastric carcinomas in 453 patients not treated with such irradiation . |
| 29 | If this mental scarring is not treated in some way , whether by hypnosis or some other means , then the effects will last literally for the whole of his life . |
| 30 | The decision of the Divisional Court in the Manchester Corporation case is not binding on this court and , although it may in the event have reached a conclusion with which I would now agree , I find the reasoning by which that conclusion was reached wholly unconvincing . |