Example sentences of "not [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Patients with severe cardiorespiratory , renal , hepatic , neurological , or malignant disease were also excluded , together with women of childbearing age not using a reliable means of contraception . |
| 3 | It was a sad but inevitable outcome of not maintaining a proper balance between productivity and personality . |
| 4 | NEXT time you have a craving for yet another chocolate bar or long for a stream of passionate sexual encounters , be careful you 're not nursing a potential addiction . |
| 5 | INFERTILITY — A status of not producing a live-born child either for voluntary or physiological reasons ( voluntary infertility and physiological infertility respectively ) . |
| 6 | While Louise Newman 's cataloguing continues set the standard for European auctions , Christie 's Plc should be chastised for not producing a single owner catalogue that will become a standard reference . |
| 7 | We are not suggesting a sharp break at the turn of the nineteenth century or at the accession of Queen Victoria or whatever . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not suggesting a wholesale restructuring , merely that a few of the top ladies could benefit from participating at a higher level of competition ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ How can I understand it , how can I understand it ? ’ he went on and on accusingly , as though scientists are to blame for not inventing a magic serum that would give him instant knowledge . |
| 10 | While not representing a complete list of provisions these sections map out the range of professional social work services which should become available at the local level to deal comprehensively with difficulties that might arise in the life of a young person . |
| 11 | ‘ I hope I 'm not interrupting a feminist discussion , but I want to ask you something . |
| 12 | He said the Red Cross was being petty and that it was clear that he was not driving a Red Cross vehicle . |
| 13 | He spoke after Bronson 's owner appeared before York magistrates and admitted not keeping a dangerous dog under proper control . |
| 14 | He received a dressing down for not keeping a proper guard . |
| 15 | He breathed a sigh of relief as he heard Corbett begin to play gently on the lute he always carried , a sign his master was content , reflecting on his own secret thoughts and not keeping a wary eye on him . |
| 16 | A may not terminate the contract on the ground that B has committed a breach by not opening a confirmed credit — but he may insist that B opens a confirmed credit within a reasonable time and , if B does not do so , he will then be in breach of contract . |
| 17 | Lucas , 25 , who returned home early from Great Britain 's summer tour Down Under with concussion , is upset at not gaining a regular place in the Wigan front row . |
| 18 | They were catching up with an interrupted past , not forestalling a proletarian future . |
| 19 | On the other hand , for women not wanting a permanent job was the single most important reason given , and a considerably smaller share said they were working on a temporary basis because permanent work was not available . |
| 20 | Agency workers , too , were more likely to give not wanting a permanent job as their reason for working on a temporary basis . |
| 21 | For people over pension age on the other hand , not wanting a permanent job was the most common reason . |
| 22 | For women , on the other hand , not wanting a permanent job was the single most important reason given ( 37 per cent ) . |
| 23 | In each of these cases , the proportion of temporary workers who could be described as " voluntary " temporary workers ( i.e. not wanting a permanent job ) was much higher than the proportion who could be described as " involuntary " ( i.e. unable to get a permanent job ) . |
| 24 | No-one minds a few Greenpeace loonies demonstrating , but when you get nice middle-class housewives not wanting a nuclear station in their back-yard , you 're in trouble . |
| 25 | Kemira is not seeking a complete ban of imports from the East . |
| 26 | Kemira is not seeking a complete ban of imports from the East . |
| 27 | Barr , in what used to be a general policy for museum curators , was not writing a passionate defence of the work his museum exhibited . |
| 28 | The response of those engaged in the arduous labours which led to the conclusion of the Convention is no doubt not dissimilar to that of the scholar who writes a book on the doctrine of unconscionability in contract law and is then taken to task by a reviewer for his failure to cover breach and termination — in other words , for not writing a different book . |
| 29 | Sudanese People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA — a southern guerrilla movement , led by Col. John Garang de Mabior , estimated strength 20,000 , committed to overthrowing Bashir , but not advocating a secessionist solution to the country 's north-south division — see pp. 37114 ; 37174 ) . |
| 30 | I am most certainly not advocating a local income tax , more an income-related property tax . |