Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv prt] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This is the notion of the constituent power ( ‘ pouvoir constituant ’ — because we do not think along these lines , the English translation sounds strange ) .
2 Riven could not make out individual animals , only the shape of the pack .
3 It does not rule out specific industries , but looks for companies in the £l0m to £100m area that are well-established operations with a strong market position ; big enough to support a sensible market structure ; small enough to offer a reasonable growth opportunity ; and where there are likely to be attractive opportunities for exit .
4 A spokesman for IBM France said it had already earmarked 1,500 job cuts for 1993 through voluntary redundancies , but did not rule out further measures if the market deteriorated .
5 However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds .
6 However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds .
7 Kulishov does not rule out some complications in the talks with Germany and Hungary caused by relations between the former republics of the USSR .
8 Unlike other tourists , we must not linger over these delights .
9 For example , he does not seek out chic restaurants that are the haunt of the artistic set .
10 Without any hesitation he said , ‘ Let's not beat around any bushes .
11 This plan was first suggested in a radio forum about three years ago , but unfortunately the subsequent reports did not bring out these points .
12 As ESM equipment does not send out any signals of its own , an enemy does not know that its radar emissions have been detected .
13 His father told him he had never come closer to disobeying an order in his life , but he was finally persuaded to do so because it was pointed out to him that if the British Army did not send back the Cossacks , the Soviets would not send back British POWs .
14 I would say in employment yes , or people that want to get employment example would be yeah at M D secretary suddenly shot into the job of producing the company newspaper now I mean somebody like very quickly has to get to grips with this obviously can not give up six months to go and do it so you do it on a half day release basis .
15 The company does not break down divisional figures , but m.d .
16 The Finance Ministry announced in May 1989 that women would be eligible to enter the Swiss Border Guard from 1990 as a move towards greater sexual equality , although they would not carry out paramilitary duties .
17 As the pain became more intense there was less and less space for his mind to wander over things , undone things that suddenly took on ridiculous and unrealistic urgency , but his thoughts were still churning with his innards and he could not keep out stray fragments of enacted scenes any more than he could stop the brilliant black fish from swimming in the air past his eyes .
18 First , I recall that when I was a theological student , having come from a fairly conservative church , I could not square up I Kings with I Chronicles .
19 He can not see over tall buildings , over hills , or through woods , however .
20 It is primarily an explanatory one , it connects problems and explains why they are problems , and who for , and so does not set up bite-sized problems for the reformer to tackle one by one .
21 Freight does not move over large areas of London and the South East in the four-hour morning and evening peaks .
22 Defence budgeting and procurement do not move along different tracks from defence policy as a whole .
23 The High Court in Edinburgh does not lay down sentencing guidelines , and in a case in 1987 ruled that the practice of giving a discount for a plea of guilty was objectionable , because it involved offering an accused person an inducement to plead guilty early , and disabled the judge from exercising his discretion fully and freely in any particular case .
24 Dips should be fairly thick so that they do not drop off accompanying crudités , and fillings for pastry parcels and buns should be firm if the food is likely to be bitten and not eaten in one mouthful .
25 If the purchaser does not take on such persons and they are subsequently shown to be employees , they will be protected by the Transfer Regulations and the purchaser will be liable for any costs of redundancy or dismissal .
26 ‘ I shall not take on any Hungarians .
27 The report also considers why pupils do and do not take up optional courses .
28 May I also say that the Department 's concern would be taken more seriously if it did not take over three months to get replies from the Secretary of State to hon. Members who draw his attention to accusations that have been made in relation to what goes on in Castlereagh ?
29 Due process is not appropriate in the diagnosis and treatment of crime any more than it is in medicine , since the scientific investigative process does not and should not proceed along legalistic lines .
30 sulphur-bearing smoke shall not pass over urban areas ;
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