Example sentences of "not [verb] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In some cases this may even mean not using a page makeup package at all but rather a high-powered word processor like Lotus Manuscript , Word or WordPerfect 5.0 .
2 Thirteen were recorded as not using an intelligence test as a determinant , though some of these used one in a few individual cases or as a qualifier .
3 In In re Leighton 's Conveyance [ 1937 ] Ch. 149 it was held by the Court of Appeal that a statutory provision providing that ‘ a poor person shall not be ordered to pay any costs ’ did not affect a mortgagee litigant 's right to add his litigation costs to the mortgage security .
4 For another , the overall effect depends on the relative importance of income and other motives as determinants of management behaviour : a positive relationship between income and profitability may not counteract a growth motive inspired by a quest for prestige or security .
5 If an animal does not eat a food item at one moment but does later , it may only be because it was not hungry before , not because it has learned to see it .
6 You will not know the precise balance until you have prepared a completion statement , and you can not prepare a completion statement until you have worked out your own firm 's costs and disbursements ; and indeed until you have taken into account the costs and additional fees or charges that may be relevant to the particular transaction .
7 Governments argue that they can not make a development omelette without breaking heads .
8 The court will not make a bankruptcy order unless it is satisfied that the individual can not pay his debts .
9 On the hearing of a debtor 's petition , the court must not make a bankruptcy order where the total of the debtor 's debts would be less than the " small bankruptcies level " , currently £20,000 , the minimum value of the debtor 's assets would be equal to or more than the " minimum amount " , currently £2,000 , the debtor has not been adjudicated bankrupt nor entered into any composition with his creditors or scheme of arrangement within the last five years and it would be appropriate to appoint an insolvency practitioner to prepare a report ( s 273 ) .
10 The court must not make a bankruptcy order unless it is satisfied that the debt , or one of the debts , in respect of which the petition was presented has not been paid nor secured or compounded for , or is a debt which the debtor has no reasonable prospect of being able to pay when it falls due ( s 271(1) ) .
11 I will not make a Second Reading speech now , but simply say that a safety culture built around individuals and the operating companies ' involvement and responsibilities is the only way to ensure the safest possible working environment .
12 The amendment requires the court to give reasons if it does not make a compensation order in circumstances where it has power to do so .
13 There can be few of us who can not make a daisy chain with our eyes closed — and who could forget the daisy-spangled downs and pastures where we loved to picnic ?
14 When you show the results of your labour to a friend or relative they do not make a minute examination of every component .
15 ( 2 ) Where the licensing board decides to hold a hearing as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above : ( a ) the clerk of the board shall serve on the holder of the licence , not less than 21 days before the hearing , a notice that the board proposes to hold the hearing specifying the grounds on which the board proposes to hold the hearing ; ( b ) the board shall not make a closure order without hearing the holder of the licence unless , after receiving due notice of the hearing , the holder fails to appear .
16 The choice of a tie will not make a dullard shine at work or help him get the girl of his dreams .
17 To summarise , it moves independently in the same way as a large monster or individual character model , can not make a march move , but is obviously unaffected by penalties for wheeling or turning as such manoeuvres are unnecessary .
18 In the afternoon , when only her mother was with her , she stated spontaneously to a nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she had been a Jehovah 's Witness and retained some beliefs .
19 At 5 p.m. a staff nurse joined Miss T. and her mother and Miss T. told the staff nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she used to be a Jehovah 's Witness and that she still maintained some beliefs .
20 Shortly afterwards Miss T. told the midwife that she did not want a blood transfusion .
21 Dr. F. said ‘ Does that mean that you do not want a blood transfusion ? ’
22 On the present facts Miss T. did not want a blood transfusion but she did ask whether there was a substitute treatment and was told , erroneously , I believe , that there was .
23 President Bush said yesterday that he did not want a trade war with European countries .
24 Israel did not want the refugees back under any conditions and Jordan did not want a refugee body acting independently .
25 ‘ I do not want a health service of spot markets and predatory hospitals and product lines .
26 He wondered why Tate had not joined a group practice like most of his colleagues .
27 The more impressive the animal the greater the feud ; the fights between Professors Cope and Marsh in the last century over the dinosaur remains of North America include examples of double dealing that would not shame an oil tycoon .
28 The disadvantages , however , are that it would be much more expensive to construct , requiring the construction of several bridges , and the fact that while it straddles two council areas , there will be no possibility of support from Ards Borough Council as their Tourist Officer has an agreement with Down District Council not to support a tourist railway in the Ards area as there is already one under way in the Down District area at Downpatrick .
29 you not got a driving lesson this week then ?
30 Is it still SWEG policy not to issue a membership list : I am in total sympathy re problem(s) of misuse , but other groups I belong to do have lists e.g. IPR , BAIE , ESBW , EICG .
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