Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun sg] [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 | 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 " . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | That most German people did not want war with England was true by almost every account of neutral witnesses . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Use of prednisolone , however , did not influence synthesis of LTB 4 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Framingham Study , in 1974 , reported a 16-year follow-up of diabetic patients but did not include measurement of HDL or LDL cholesterol . |
| 10 | In the New Testament those who do not enjoy salvation in Christ are regarded as slaves of sin ( John 8:34 ; Rom. 7:14 ) . |
| 11 | Even if it were true that the war is over and the Serbs have won , victory will not bring stability to Bosnia & Hercegovina . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | exist in nearly all AIDS patients but do not prevent progression of HIV disease . |
| 14 | No one thought the speaker should have added that they would not hew wood for Lord Salisbury ; the divisions within the Council which would become so painfully evident over the Boer War were between Gladstonian Liberals and Liberal Imperialists , with the odd Liberal Unionist added for decoration , not between Liberals and Conservatives . |
| 15 | Although our sexual practices are considered to be a low risk for HIV transmission , being a lesbian does not provide immunity from HIV . |
| 16 | Ecgberht 's two sons , Eadric and Wihtred , must have been very young in 673 — infants of perhaps 2 or 3 years of age — and Ecgberht 's brother , Hlothhere , did not become king of Kent until 674 . |
| 17 | Hilarion 's discovery of Albrecht 's sword and later his confrontation with Giselle , with the sword in his hands , still does not convince Giselle of Albrecht 's duplicity . |
| 18 | Thus the silk industry of Valencia , frequently noted by travellers as one of the most promising features of the economy , apart from a period of prosperity between 1835 and 1852 , remained relatively stagnant throughout the nineteenth century ; in the late eighteenth century a technically advanced industry , in the nineteenth it could not keep pace with Lyons . |
| 19 | Two acting notes for Frank : Less is more — do not shift your eyes at the audience so much , stare them down once every scene ; when in doubt about what to say next do not keep ad-libbing about Harry . |
| 20 | Thus the car did not belong to the customer who therefore could not transfer ownership to X. |
| 21 | It may be that Aethelwald 's genealogy does not survive because his family did not claim descent from Ida and it is possible that he was descended from Oswine of Deira . |
| 22 | He was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital suffering from head injuries and did not regain consciousness until Saturday . |
| 23 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 24 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 25 | The selection of members was a slow business and the Commission did not begin work until February 1978 . |
| 26 | Defending the use of out-of-date prices , he said : ‘ You can not levy tax from April 1 , 1993 and make your valuations on March 31 . ’ |
| 27 | For a person to become a registered foreign lawyer it is necessary that his or her profession be one approved by the Law Society , and that its rules do not prohibit partnership in England and Wales with solicitors . |
| 28 | Odd that Johnson did not take note of Strichen , whose development was in full swing when he called there for his Wednesday lunch . |
| 29 | The ANC conference held in Johannesburg on Dec. 14-16 ended with a commitment to continue negotiations but with a threat to suspend them if the government did not take action before April 30 , 1991 , to halt township violence , release all political prisoners , allow exiles to return , repeal remaining " repressive " legislation and halt political trials . |
| 30 | I would not take office under MacDonald , and yet it would have been impossible to have refused . |