Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in the year , SCS could report a record quarter for increases in sales , capital and membership , reflecting a picture of growth over the year that did not dispel fears of the adverse influence of political involvement on trade . |
| 2 | Voice of Lebanon radio reported on June 24 that Gen. Aoun had told Scheer that he was not demanding amendments to the accord , but simply a reconsideration of some of its provisions . |
| 3 | Your attire must tell other walkers and climbers how serious you are , indicate the status you enjoy in the world of mountaineering , and not make locals in the mountain 's nearest bar fall dangerously silent when you pop in for a pint on the way back home . |
| 4 | Polanski replied that he could not rush matters of a sexual nature . |
| 5 | The Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 , although extending powers beyond the onset of incompetence does not cover decisions concerning the grantor 's person , which would include treatment , but appears to relate only to the management of his property . |
| 6 | The Stock Exchange 's exoneration does not affect the Serious Fraud Office 's investigation into Maxwell share-support schemes and the report does not cover transactions outside the period named . |
| 7 | Eliot 's letter of 22 October confirmed that he still had not received details from the Club ; but he understandably felt that while he could accept our invitation to tea , he ought to reserve his position about dinner . |
| 8 | The problem of budgetary control does not affect revenues in the same way as expenses . |
| 9 | It would not affect results in the period to the end of June or current trading , which was to budget . |
| 10 | We shall not make changes to the assisted areas , at least in the lifetime of this Parliament . |
| 11 | This authority would not make changes to the software , but would be responsible for pursuing the SPR to a satisfactory conclusion . |
| 12 | Schools alone can not make guarantees about the quality of education . |
| 13 | Yes it 's a page of Government paper in Summerchild 's judicious hand , which does not make holes in the paper , or need x-ing out , or fall off the bottom of the page : |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman would do well to recall that the policies of so many Labour authorities leaving properties empty and voids untreated which significantly adds to the level of homelessness ; until those Labour authorities operate properly with their housing resources , they will not make inroads into the housing problem . |
| 15 | The Neo-Expressionists mostly seem too dour to qualify — and most do not make prints on a sufficiently regular basis . |
| 16 | The SCA deliberately do not make agreements on the grounds that there is a legal right to paddle Scottish rivers , a position disputed by some . |
| 17 | Men , of course , would not make friends with a single mother for the reason that men do not make friends . |
| 18 | ‘ You should not make friends with an elephant keeper , ’ he had said , ‘ unless you first have room to entertain an elephant . ’ |
| 19 | I can not make generalisations without a far more detailed study of hospitals . |
| 20 | By the autumn , however , the Russians , through their ambassador in Istanbul , Andrei Italinskii , began to threaten the sultan that if he did not make concessions to the Serbs they would intervene to enforce the disputed Article VIII of the Treaty of Bucharest ( see above , p. 81 ) . |
| 21 | Then Labour 's education spokeswoman , Hilary Armstrong said Mr Fallon 's assurances were worthless because he can not make commitments for the next Government . |
| 22 | What Qaddafi means here is that people should not make alliances outside the nation ( just as many Libyans said it is preferable to marry close — for example , to a father 's brother 's child ) . |
| 23 | Since the ratings for the number of fixed objects in a film are not related to actual recognition sensitivity it seems likely that this information is not assisting subjects in the recognition phase . |
| 24 | Any female who did not prefer males with the deleteriously exaggerated trait would indeed produce fitter sons than other females ; however , no one would mate with them . |
| 25 | He would not answer questions about the lack of severance pay . |
| 26 | In particular the purchaser should not grant exceptions to the exclusivity as the court will then require the attendance of the vendor before granting the injunction . |
| 27 | Apart from Lineker claiming Taylor had a personal vendetta against him , he also suggests Taylor did not treat players in the proper manner . |
| 28 | Despite all the above , Feare ( 1971 a-quoted by Cramp et al. , 1983 ) did not regard dog-whelks as an important food source for oystercatchers in England-the low success rate of attempts to break dogwhelk shells , coupled with the small quantity of food eventually obtained , renders it an uneconomical prey . |
| 29 | Thirdly , the Upazila Health Complexes were not given funds for the collecting of the ORS packets from the storage centres , thereby reducing the incentive for the Health Complexes to use the stores to their full potential . |
| 30 | ‘ But they are not producing programmes to the extent that we would like . |