Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The details of the story of this major theory change , a change that took place over one and a half centuries , do not lend support to the methodologies advocated by the inductivists and falsificationists , and indicate a need for a different , more complexly structured account of science and its growth . |
| 2 | Finally , evidence from what was arguably the most traumatic period for capitalism , the post-1929 Depression in the United States , does not lend support to the real-balance hypothesis : ‘ For the 1929–32 period as a whole there was an increase in real balances of 42 per cent , and a decrease in real income of 40 per cent ’ ( Patinkin , 1951 ) . |
| 3 | The counsellor has to enter into the family dynamic , not intrusively , not demanding compliance with the wishes or even with the needs of the elderly counsellee , but to ensure that the feelings and needs of each member of the family , however weak , are heard . |
| 4 | Friend not lose sight of the fact that need does not always exist only in the inner areas of a city . ’ |
| 5 | Rather than investigate ways of cleaning waste water , researchers at the German Textile Research Centre decided to explore the possibility of not using water in the dyeing process at all . |
| 6 | Exclusion of liability for breach of warranty does not cover breach of a condition ( Wallis Son & Wells v Pratt & Haynes [ 1911 ] AC 394 ; Baldry v Marshall [ 1925 ] 1 KB 260 ) . |
| 7 | Here 's an example of the Revenue 's tactics : ‘ Warning — we have not received payment for the period ended January 5 . |
| 8 | But , however this may be , the pope proceeded to the practical consequences of the new state of affairs : those who had already received lay investiture , or done homage , or consecrated others who had received lay investiture , were absolved ; for the future , those who received ecclesiastical preferment and did homage to the king could be consecrated , provided that they had not received investiture at the king 's hands ; and this was to continue until the heart of the king was softened by the rain of Anselm 's preaching . |
| 9 | In any case , Eadmer could claim that since it was the bishops who had clasped his fingers round the staff , Anselm had not received investiture from the king . |
| 10 | The mask will then arrive and terminate activity in the letter-detector level — but it will not affect activity in the word-detector level . |
| 11 | The Ministry emphasized that closure would not affect trade between the two countries . |
| 12 | In addition you will need to decide whether you want a type that will act as a further embellishment of your scheme or one that blends insignificantly into the background in order not to detract attention from the curtains themselves . |
| 13 | As with bad debts , the purchaser will insist on warranties covering the scope and extent of creditors and the fact that all creditors have been paid in accordance with usual practice in the ordinary course of business and that the vendor has not delayed payment of the creditors as completion approaches . |
| 14 | The American Stock Exchange has changed its mind and decided not to suspend trading in the Class B and Class C common shares stocks of Wang Laboratories Inc at the close of business on March 31 , as had previously been announced : it says the decision reflects its view that investors will best be served by a continuation of the orderly trading provided by its auction market system , but warns brokers and prospective investors to review Wang 's public disclosures on its reorganisation plan thoroughly before leaping in , and to consider carefully the many uncertainties over the value — if any — of its present classes of common shares outstanding . |
| 15 | been attacked over the last few months of not wasting time on the hunt I spend an awful lot of time relieving heavy goods traffic in my area , concerned totally about the environment , about mineral extraction quarries , mining , open cast , things of that calibre . |
| 16 | Carry over : Try not to carry part of a sentence over to the next page and if at all possible leave paragraphs intact as well . |
| 17 | Although there may be heavy rainfall during the winter , a deciduous tree 's roots can not absorb water from the cold soil quickly as water evaporates from its leaves . |
| 18 | The idea does not reap the success it deserves , however , since among other things Wulstan does not make allowance for the fact that even within the corpus of vocal music the performing medium was not uniform . |
| 19 | The County Council also accepted as part of this oral approach that there was a need for an alteration to the structure plan , because the approved structure plan did not make provision for a new settlement as an element of approved North Yorkshire strategic policy , and we 've progressed that erm alteration through to the examination er in public er today . |
| 20 | ( ii ) Changing house — Most court orders relate to a specific property and do not make provision for the wife moving house and occupying another property upon similar terms and conditions . |
| 21 | The child can not make sense of the world without pattern , without events that repeat . |
| 22 | The sceptical argument therefore claims that you can not make sense of the idea of a subject of experience other than yourself . |
| 23 | If the Z88 can not make sense of the string or the day/date is impossible , a " Bad syntax " error will be reported . |
| 24 | Thus many techniques for analysis and reaction presented through in-service training as ‘ cut flowers ’ , have failed to grow in schools because they do not make sense to the teachers once back in their schools . |
| 25 | Masculinity is defined by what it is not ; the term ‘ masculinity ’ does not make sense without a knowledge of the term ‘ femininity ’ . |
| 26 | They agree that theological discourse does not make sense in the terms of ordinary language , but whereas for one this effectively consigns theology to the dustbin , for the other it gives it the same sort of status as speaking in tongues . |
| 27 | This was said to be ‘ the first Peruvian book of poetry that does not make tribute to a colonial aesthetic . ’ |
| 28 | Although the Act does not make reference to the current climate of opinion about sexual explicitness , juries in obscenity trials are enjoined to keep in mind the current standards of ordinary decent people . |
| 29 | So long as the animals can not make contact with the nets there is no problem . |
| 30 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |