Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Will you not stay a little while , Miss Abbott ?
2 Certainly he did not stay the full course which was seven years for the qualification of a Master 's degree , the necessary precondition for further study of law , theology and medicine .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 You would not think a broken shoe .
6 I do not think the Prime Minister imagines that this country 's future would be secure if we remained outside .
7 Nor did it impress the Arab states , which pointed out that if Israel was able to absorb hundreds of thousands of Jews it could certainly absorb more than 100,000 Palestinian returnees ; or the United States , which did not think the Israeli offer ‘ provide[d] a suitable basis for contributing to solution of Arab refugee question . ’
8 If he were to reflect on that , I do not think the hon. Gentleman would want it to happen .
9 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 .
10 In such situations , Peter Shilton 's frame can not cover a whole multitude of sins .
11 In November , 1991 , Lord Prosser dismissed the actions raised by Mrs Hamilton and Mr Watson after holding that ‘ person ’ did not cover an unborn child .
12 Lord Prosser decided that ‘ person ’ did not cover an unborn child .
13 Before any evidence was heard at the Court of Session on the issue of negligence , Lord Prosser dismissed the action after holding that ‘ person ’ did not cover an unborn child .
14 ( g ) Section 3 does not cover the moonlighting tenant .
15 But there will come a point where productivity gains alone will not cover the necessary wage increases .
16 Von Frisch ( 1967 ) is the classic account of the dance language of the honeybee ; but does not cover the recent controversy : Gould ( 1976 ) is the best source for that .
17 In the general theory of relativity the natural frame anywhere is chosen to be a frame in free fall , but we can not cover the whole Universe with one frame .
18 A pattern need not cover the whole board ; thus in Os & Xs , a pattern may cover just a row , or just a diagonal .
19 The chantry certificates of 1545 , even if one accepts their record of communicants in the parishes as accurate , do not cover the whole country , and again there is uncertainty as to the proportion of the population below communicant age .
20 Occupational Welfare is not evenly distributed , and does not cover the whole workforce .
21 Referring to Moser 's three sources of sampling bias mentioned earlier , it is clear that the sampling frame used ( two general practice records ) does not cover the whole population of housewives ; yet there is no evidence that these records represent a particularly unrepresentative sub-sample of the population .
22 You also find Marian that we were talking about that this morning as well we can not cover the national curriculum without more homework
23 The Fund does not cover the overseas branch offices of MNPs with fewer than 75% solicitor principals .
24 Although CBT may not cover the full range of expert decision support facilities such systems incorporate additional , purely training features such as teaching , practice and checking .
25 Even so , this did not cover the full cost of the project , confirming that some form of subsidy was essential .
26 Preincubation of neutrophils for 30–60 minutes at 37°C with colchicine ( 2.5×10 - 5 M to 2.5×10 - 4 M ) ( Sigma ) before carrying out the indirect immunohistological labelling did not affect the staining pattern .
27 Secondly , preincubation of neutrophils with anti-myeloperoxidase antibody did not affect the staining pattern of PSC sera .
28 The Stock Exchange 's exoneration does not affect the Serious Fraud Office 's investigation into Maxwell share-support schemes and the report does not cover transactions outside the period named .
29 The legislation would not affect the flat-rate State pension .
30 Aideen Rogers won her match 5 and 4 and Tracy Eakin got home 2 and 1 but defeat for Eavan Higgins , Power and McCool meant Mary McKenna 's half in the last match could not affect the overall result .
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