Example sentences of "not [vb infin] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unlikely , though , that we can handle all these if we can not make the first distinction systematically ( and the alert reader can no doubt find mistakes of this sort within this book ) . |
| 2 | She would definitely not make the first move . |
| 3 | He started his career at Everton , but did not make the first team and has since played at Bolton , Chester , Lincoln , West Brom and Preston . |
| 4 | In particular , the European Court did not answer the second question posed for its consideration by this House , which was concerned with the criteria to be applied by the national court in deciding whether or not to grant interim protection of the rights claimed . |
| 5 | If the OED were left as no more than a monument to the English of the twentieth century it would not remain the twenty-first century 's dictionary for long . |
| 6 | Most Scout and Guide troops did not survive the Second World War . |
| 7 | I am afraid that I could not catch the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I agree with him about the importance that he attaches to the single market . |
| 8 | With current policies the Conservatives will not win the next election ; even with better policies they might not win it . |
| 9 | At times , house air waybills use neutral formats that do not identify the first airline . |
| 10 | Memorex reported a $120m net loss for the nine months to December and the New York rating agency says that it does not expect the fourth quarter net outturn to be much better . |
| 11 | to the third year and I might not do the fourth year . |
| 12 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 13 | However good you become at assessing a candidate from your own point of view , you will have failed as an interviewer if you do not keep the second interview objective clearly in mind . |
| 14 | On Saturday , the device did not work the second time . |
| 15 | By the way , do not use the second person in your answer — make the answer impersonal , thus you should say ‘ X is liable , ’ not ‘ You are liable . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I can not remember the last time I had a proper meal without having a nice drop of wine to go with it . |
| 17 | But I really can not remember the last time I went out and bought something new from a retailer — other than test kits and silicon sealant . |
| 18 | This shows Stukeley 's keen topographical eye and fanciful imagination , but whilst the St. Peter 's area is one of the oldest places of settlement and has a regularised street pattern , like the rest of the town it does not predate the ninth century . |
| 19 | Their Lordships accept the ‘ Salisbury doctrine ’ , produced by Lord Salisbury during the era of the post-war Attlee administration , which asserts that the Upper House should not stop the second reading of a bill that embodies proposals which appeared in the election manifesto of the governing party . |
| 20 | That means he can not meet the next payment on his van and could lose his whole business . |
| 21 | Indeed , you 've been afraid to hold up your end of a rockin' conversation , paralysed by the knowledge that you alone do not possess the second Squirrel Bait album — and worse , you do n't even know why you should possess any Squirrel Bait albums , let alone the second one . |
| 22 | 720K 3.5inch floppies do not have the second hole in the casing . |
| 23 | Dr Runcie stressed the terrorists should not have the last word . |
| 24 | They believe , ‘ … that the individual can be made to learn how to learn … chromosomes do not have the last word … individuals should have the option to change , irrespective of age ’ . |
| 25 | The Medicines Information Bill is founded on two main principles : that those who keep secrets should not have the last word on where secrecy begins and ends and that openness should be the rule and secrecy the exception . |
| 26 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for trying to answer the question , but can he improve on that answer and tell the House clearly whether a Labour Government would or would not have the fourth boat ? |
| 27 | Why not take the first step to a happy ending — and complete the coupon right now ? |
| 28 | PLO chair Yassir Arafat said on Nov. 25 that the talks were at a " dead-end " and that a Palestinian delegation might not attend the eighth round . |
| 29 | The taxpayer did not attend the next meeting in January 1991 , having written to the Clerk to the Commissioners seeking an adjournment . |
| 30 | You do not enter the first forest for fun , for adventure . |