Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , they found that parents regarded care on a voluntary basis as helpful and positive — a service to families in times of difficulty that should be more readily offered , not treated as a last resort . |
| 2 | As soon as the result was announced , however , Heseltine and then Hurd conceded to Major , and despite some initial confusion as to the correct procedure it was decided not to proceed to a third ballot in which a preference system of voting would have obtained . |
| 3 | I doubted not that they were law officers , but did not linger for a second look , being already at the casement windows into the side garden . |
| 4 | Two days before the speech ( i.e. on Aug. 14 ) a petition signed by a group of 58 human rights activists , academics and retired armed forces officers had called on Suharto not to stand for a sixth term as President in 1993 . |
| 5 | In fact , it appears to have been due less to a plot than to a calculation that she could not win in a second ballot . |
| 6 | To maintain this focus , the book does not dwell much on forms of expert determination where the decision is not made by a third party or the decision is interim . |
| 7 | We want to ensure that people are not landed with a second taxation system which is as unfair and unjust as the poll tax . |
| 8 | However , the purchaser should be aware that the effect of the decision by the House of Lords in the recent case of Walford v Miles [ 1992 ] 1 All ER 453 is that the purchaser can achieve exclusivity only in the sense that the vendor undertakes not to negotiate with a third party for a fixed period . |
| 9 | Well no , we got two in the sidelines , we got this Indian guy who was not coming for a second interview until we can say we 'll pay him |
| 10 | With Aquino adamant that she would not stand for a second term , the jostling for position amongst those ambitious to succeed her intensified in late 1990 and early 1991 . |
| 11 | Waldheim , who had been barred from entering the USA [ see p. 35528 ] and shunned by European governments , had announced in June 1991 that he would not stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 12 | Another , compiled in June , stated that no one believed any longer in an early end to the war in Russia , and that soldiers on leave had said they would not go through a second winter there . |
| 13 | This was not maintained after a second night , and after the third night without sleep subjects provided with these incentives could perform no better than those not provided with incentives . |
| 14 | The red was sharp and thin but drinkable , though one would not care for a second glass . |
| 15 | Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third . |