Example sentences of "not [to-vb] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Finally she smiled at her image reflected in her mirror , a small bubble of excitement beginning to build inside as she decided whether or not to wear a gilt necklace with a resin pendant by Pellini which she 'd found at Liberty . |
| 4 | Osborne too felt his viola was mightier than the machine-guns : he used it as his only protection , making a conscious decision not to wear a flak jacket . |
| 5 | Since this case it has been made a criminal offence not to wear a seat belt in the front seat of a car . |
| 6 | The festival 's organisers are appealing against the decision not to grant a music licence and are quietly confident that they 'll win . |
| 7 | Where a child appears before a children 's hearing and the hearing decide not to impose a supervision requirement , the rehabilitation period is six months . |
| 8 | For example , assume that a child is a rehabilitated person within the meaning of the Act : in other words , he has been subject to a supervision requirement and that requirement has been terminated or a year has elapsed since the date of the hearing that imposed the supervision requirement , whichever is the longer , and he has committed no further offences during the rehabilitation period ; or he has appeared before a children 's hearing which has decided not to impose a supervision requirement on him and six months has elapsed during which time he has committed no further offences . |
| 9 | Teachers were asked not to impose a time limit when the tests were taken and to help pupils with reading difficulties . |
| 10 | Mrs Helmsley , dressed in black , had earlier walked to the front of the court and sobbingly begged the judge not to impose a prison term . |
| 11 | The purpose of politics is to govern the country , not to provide a spectator sport . ’ |
| 12 | Ordinary speech is therefore usually a very imperfect representation of the underlying rules of grammar and appears not to provide a sound database for the derivation of these rules . |
| 13 | This need not be the case , for advancements in the use of technology within the catering kitchen have progressed to the extent that it is unusual not to find a catering establishment using high technology within the work-place . |
| 14 | He was " rather calm " , he said , about the decision on whether or not to unleash a ground offensive . |
| 15 | One other decision ( June 1979 ) of passing interest was not to buy a wine bottle cooler because ‘ not enough wine is served to warrant it ’ … |
| 16 | Since the subjects in Study 2 did not expect a recognition phase it was clearly not sufficient to simply repeat the study without subjects making any judgments , instead judgment tasks had to be found that were not related to risk and were still sufficiently engaging for subjects not to suspect a memory test afterwards . |
| 17 | ‘ The brief as far as I was concerned was not to imitate a dancehall record , not to try and pretend it came from Gussie 's Music Works or it was a Firehouse Crew production or something . |
| 18 | Then I remembered Stephen Roskill telling me not to believe a word Mountbatten said or claimed unless it was corroborated from other sources . |
| 19 | But student attendances after Christmas were appreciably lower , as cars stayed at home and public transport was withdrawn , and several branches decided not to start a spring course at all , or to restrict them in length . |
| 20 | Frank Layfield , the inspector who is presiding over the public inquiry into whether or not to build a PWR reactor at Sizewell ? |
| 21 | Tutors were offered little or no training , or even access to fulltime employment , not to mention a career structure . |
| 22 | It was a garden designer 's , not to mention a house owner 's dream . |
| 23 | Second and simultaneously , in order not to release a consumer credit squeeze that would second imports , they should introduce controls on the supply of credit ; restraint in what the banking system is allowed to borrow . |
| 24 | Funny really , not to cash a cheque cheque , you know . |
| 25 | Members should note that the current intention is not to hold a January meeting as the first Friday of the month is New Year 's Day . |
| 26 | He was lucky not to get a prison sentence and claims that since that time he has remained sober . |
| 27 | ‘ I was very disappointed indeed not to get a World Cup game ’ , Aherne says . |
| 28 | He returned to Basle in April to find the hopes he had left there come to nothing : he was not to have a philosophy chair ( nor Rohde his own chair ) , and so he was obliged to remain , at least nominally , a philologist . |
| 29 | It 's better not to have a master plan so you can decide what to do as you go along . |
| 30 | Although C. has no recollection of the fact , Ward J. found that he was present at some time when Miss T. was expressing her wish not to have a blood transfusion . |