Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thankfully , he was not bringing back any fish . |
| 2 | This is the notion of the constituent power ( ‘ pouvoir constituant ’ — because we do not think along these lines , the English translation sounds strange ) . |
| 3 | Indenbaum offered him some old pictures to paint over , but Modigliani picked carefully through them so as not to paint over any painting , however unimportant , which showed a hint of talent . |
| 4 | Certain restrictions on competition are allowed in co-operative R&D ventures , including an obligation not to carry on independent R&D in the same field as the cooperative venture ( or to enter into R&D agreements with third parties in the R&D field assigned to the joint venture ) , and the inclusion of limited territorial protection clauses restricting some of the production and marketing activities of other participants . |
| 5 | The Commission noted that , in certain circumstances , such as where the parties agree not to carry out other research and development in the same field , these agreements might infringe Article 85(1) . |
| 6 | An Inquiry headed by an Irish High Court Judge , Mr Justice Declan Costello , firmly placed the responsibility for this on two corporations , Total and Gulf , who deliberately decided not to carry out necessary repair work costing a mere £130,000 because they intended to sell the tanker . |
| 7 | An Inquiry headed by an Irish High Court Judge , Mr Justice Declan Costello firmly placed the responsibility for this on two corporations , Total and Gulf , ‘ who deliberately decided not to carry out necessary repair work costing a mere £130,000 because they intended to sell the tanker' ( The Observer 27.7.80 : 2 ) . |
| 8 | Riven could not make out individual animals , only the shape of the pack . |
| 9 | Finn must have been lying awake in the darkness , as she was , the wall separating them like Tristan 's sword , for she could hear the soft murmur of him and Francie talking together for a little while , but she could not make out one word . |
| 10 | Why do we not throw off this hangover of socialism and instead celebrate a free enterprise day , a British export day or , better still , a low taxation day ? |
| 11 | There are plausible ways of doing this , but this does not rule out post-accretional veneering . |
| 12 | It does not rule out specific industries , but looks for companies in the £l0m to £100m area that are well-established operations with a strong market position ; big enough to support a sensible market structure ; small enough to offer a reasonable growth opportunity ; and where there are likely to be attractive opportunities for exit . |
| 13 | ‘ I certainly would not rule out that possibility . ’ |
| 14 | Well , we can not rule out that possibility . |
| 15 | The fact that his father behaved towards him for most of the time with mild , if somewhat unthinking kindness , did not rule out this possibility which is present at some time or other in most children 's minds : after all , if you were going to kill someone you would naturally go on being kind to them for the time being , giving them money for sweets and generally keeping up appearances . |
| 16 | A spokesman for IBM France said it had already earmarked 1,500 job cuts for 1993 through voluntary redundancies , but did not rule out further measures if the market deteriorated . |
| 17 | The important point for our purposes is that until some assumption is made about the generally expected price level we can not rule out any response of the economy to the upward shift in the aggregate demand curve . |
| 18 | Pragmatism does not rule out any theory about what makes a community better . |
| 19 | The cuts are part of a major shake-up at the laboratory which employs 1,300 staff and the company says it can not rule out more job losses . |
| 20 | Company says it can not rule out more job losses after a review of technical and administrative staff has been completed . |
| 21 | The fact that symptoms come on after work does not rule out occupational illness — the effects can be delayed . |
| 22 | However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds . |
| 23 | However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds . |
| 24 | The dominance of the bureaucracy in social , economic and political relations , however , does not rule out intra-bureaucratic rivalry and conflict . |
| 25 | Kulishov does not rule out some complications in the talks with Germany and Hungary caused by relations between the former republics of the USSR . |
| 26 | However , she did not rule out some compulsion in some schemes . |
| 27 | We have not given up that demand . |
| 28 | Simple as that , cos this plan , is like a sort of pay as you go type plan , I mean , you 're not building up huge cash reserves that you gon na lose out on , by cancelling early , |
| 29 | Unlike other tourists , we must not linger over these delights . |
| 30 | The intention is not to write off this side of life as " dirty " , as is plain elsewhere in Scripture . |