Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stirling 's decision not to continue writer in residence is ill-advised |
| 2 | It said the family of Mr Johnson must feel they have not received justice in respect of the death of their son . |
| 3 | As shown in Figure 5 , treatment with cyclosporin A ( 5 or 10 mg/kg for eight days ) did not affect synthesis of prostaglandin E2 , 6k prostaglandin F1a , and thromboxane B2 by pancreatic tissue ex vivo . |
| 4 | Those who claimed a break-even or loss situation did not make allowance for home produced food . |
| 5 | In addition , from a purely practical point of view it would not make sense for judgment creditors to be afforded preferential treatment in insolvencies . |
| 6 | JACKEY : Why , aunt , if they are actually married there 's no help for't and we must not make mischief between man and wife . |
| 7 | 5.12.4 Unless the Landlord shall otherwise direct to carry out and complete before the expiry of the Term any works required to be carried out to or in the Premises as a condition of any planning permission which may have been granted during the Term irrespective of the date by which such works were required to be carried out It is understandable that a landlord will wish to ensure that the tenant not only complies with planning legislation but also does not make application for planning permission without the landlord 's consent . |
| 8 | It does not want intimacy in order to love , in order to grow . |
| 9 | Otto Reinhold , an East German ideologue , reinforced this gloomy view by insisting : ‘ We do not want reform for reform 's sake , but changes which will help the further development of socialism ’ . |
| 10 | Hercule Poirot did not spring fully-formed into life on Page 34 of his first adventure , The Mysterious Affair at Styles . |
| 11 | I refer to your letter dated 6 July 1993 and would advise that after consideration , I have decided that I can not grant permission for day release . |
| 12 | I have not given way to Opposition Members — |
| 13 | People 's view of building is often somewhat different , and many feel savings can be made by not expending money on architect 's fees . |
| 14 | Those persistent but slightly fattening habits which are the key to your weight problem could be : having ‘ densely packed ’ calories at meals ( that means having a lot of fat , either visible such as butter on your bread or invisible like butter in a cake ) ; snacking in between meals , especially if those snacks include cream , alcohol and sugar ; and not expending energy with exercise to use up the calories . |
| 15 | Physically he is unusually sturdy and has not fallen prey to illness during his long confinement . |
| 16 | People do not build resistance to tetanus with time or age . |
| 17 | That being so , why not eliminate lead from petrol ? |
| 18 | Bogwood requires some weeks if not months , of soaking to remove the bulk of the tannins it contains — one does not varnish bogwood for Uaru tanks , as then eat the varnish and then die . |
| 19 | He has been careful to confine his biggest tax penalties to those ‘ trapped ’ salaried employees who can not substitute leisure for work , while giving the self-employed special dispensation from higher National Insurance contributions . |
| 20 | As this temperature rise occurs after ovulation has already taken place , it can not predict ovulation in advance . |
| 21 | I wanted to meet Marius Durance — I 've always especially admired his work and it seemed crazy to be so close and not come face to face with him . |
| 22 | In this case , then , to write about reality is not to relate word to thing , but text to text . |
| 23 | I replied to Ms Chevannes through the same newspaper thus : ‘ Generally , black kids do not demonstrate interest in school work and do not sink much enthusiasm into their efforts . |
| 24 | People whose parents or early carers have not enjoyed contact with infant bodies nor valued their bodily functions may find it difficult to enjoy either their own body and its sensations or the body of another . |
| 25 | The development corporation is a creature of the Conservative Government , who clearly do not trust democracy in operation in Wales . |
| 26 | The commercial , scientific and industrial world of capitalism ( or socialism ) does not need religion in order to go about its business . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're twenty-seven , you 're beautiful — oh , yes you are — ’ she 'd dismissed Shannon 's laughing denial with the airy wave of a hand — and you should be sharing your life with some gorgeous hunk by now , not returning night after night to a cold and empty flat . ’ |
| 28 | He was not like her own father ; he would not discuss business in front of women . |
| 29 | It had to succeed in selling , against Japanese competition , the product left to it by a conventionally organised British motor cycle industry which had already admitted defeat ; and sales were not keeping pace with production . |
| 30 | And he did not promise government by principle ; a politician to the core , Mr Clinton prefers to work by consensus and compromise . |