Example sentences of "not [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Will you not stay a little while , Miss Abbott ? |
2 | In the economically more advanced countries , however , there does not exist a close relationship between age at first marriage and birth of first child , owing mainly to postponement of first birth through contraceptive use . |
3 | Caspar managed not to breathe a huge sigh of relief , because this sounding very promising indeed . |
4 | I can hear them telling the architect not to spare a single sou . |
5 | ‘ I want directors to use black actors and just portray them as ordinary people , not make a big deal about it . |
6 | Although it was initially believed that lowering mucosal prostaglandin values in ulcerative colitis would be therapeutic , and that the beneficial effect of therapeutic agents sulfasalazine and 5-ASA analogues is through their ability to inhibit cyclo-oxygenase , it isnow believed that a simple decrease in prostaglandins does not elicit a beneficial effect in ulcerative colitis and may even be harmful . |
7 | You would not think a broken shoe . |
8 | With this lot , we 've got A add B , that 's one number , take away A minus B. That 's going to come to A add B , A take away A or A minus A and then take away A minus B , taking away A minus B is the same as adding a B. So the A take away A go out and this comes to two B. Now this is not using a long way , a long way round to do it . |
9 | ‘ Not to see a mad woman . ’ |
10 | v. Henn and Darby , where the Court of Appeal held that the term ‘ quantitative restrictions ’ in Article 30 of the EEC Treaty did not cover a total prohibition on imports on the grounds that such a restriction was not related to a quantitative measure , whereas the case law of the European Court had clearly established that the term in question covered both outright bans and quotas on imports . |
11 | In such situations , Peter Shilton 's frame can not cover a whole multitude of sins . |
12 | While this might seem to be stating the obvious , the fact is that this issue has not received a great deal of systematic ( as opposed to post hoc ) discussion in the literature . |
13 | The UFD , claiming that the government had not received a popular mandate , warned President Taya that its supporters would not accept the result . |
14 | Ecalpemos , after all , was not Greek and did not even sound so to Rufus who , unlike Adam , had not received a classical education . |
15 | A Downing Street spokeswoman said later they had not received a formal request from Mr Rushdie for a meeting . |
16 | As for making up and imposition , the tasks most often cited as barred to women , they could certainly not be carried out by anyone who had not received a proper training , and were rightly regarded as skilled work . |
17 | He described himself as a victim of a US plot to turn his country into a colony , and alleged that he had not received a fair trial . |
18 | Councillor Malachi Curran , the chairman of the Down Economic Development Agency , claimed the area had not received a fair share in the past and there was an onus on the government to ensure Down was not neglected . |
19 | Diplomats asked Buckingham Palace to warn her against any trip to the island , which has not received a royal visitor for many years . |
20 | However , we were able to obtain the results for 1989 through 1991 , and they do not paint a pretty picture . |
21 | Troops will now be offered to the UN to aid mercy missions — but not to combat a bloody guerrilla war . |
22 | My understanding is that a small group need not prepare a consolidated cash flow statement , even if the holding company of that group prepared group accounts . |
23 | Much as he desired to make cuts , Eisenhower in the end decided not to risk a general crisis in the Atlantic alliance by precipitate unilateral action . |
24 | It was a sad but inevitable outcome of not maintaining a proper balance between productivity and personality . |
25 | On March 19 the federal Cabinet decided not to implement a planned amnesty for former East German agents of the Ministry for State Security ( " Stasi " ) [ see p. 37828 ] . |
26 | This issue was followed up in qualitative interviews with a panel of young people , for while we can not make a simple equation between aloneness and the experience of social and psychological difficulty , young people do seem to need to interact with friends in resolving some of their conflicts . |
27 | In direct criticism of Wolfenden , he argues that one can not make a simple distinction between public and private morality . |
28 | He also said that the Prince and Princess of Wales would not make a planned visit to China in November ‘ so long as those responsible for the atrocities over the past weekend remain in control of the Chinese government ’ . |
29 | Rule 5 – 43 provides that a firm must not make a personal recommendation to a private customer to deal , or arrange a deal in the exercise of discretion for any customer , if the dealing would reasonably be regarded as too frequent in the circumstances . |
30 | STALEMATE : when a king is not in check and when his side can not make a legal move , the position is called a stalemate and the game is a draw . |