Example sentences of "not [vb infin] a [adj] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | You would not think a broken shoe . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In such situations , Peter Shilton 's frame can not cover a whole multitude of sins . |
| 7 | However , we were able to obtain the results for 1989 through 1991 , and they do not paint a pretty picture . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In direct criticism of Wolfenden , he argues that one can not make a simple distinction between public and private morality . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A similar effect of , on the one hand , challenging the reader to take up an alert and interpretative role , and , on the other , gratuitously creating an amorphous but strong atmosphere peculiar to the fabliau through the text , is achieved by extensive use of the homonyms vit and con , and com-/con- as a common suffix in the Romance languages : ( I can not make a long tale : in this castle there was a count and with him the countess , his wife , who was a very beautiful and worthy woman ; and there were [ or she had ] more than thirty knights . |
| 15 | Teller went to extreme lengths to rescue Part I , but in the words of Robert Oppenheimer , ‘ The programme we had in 1949 was a tortured thing that did not make a great deal of technical sense . |
| 16 | ‘ While any loss of business is not good for us , it would certainly not make a great deal of difference , ’ he added . |
| 17 | In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose . |
| 18 | ‘ A contract does not make a great deal of difference . |
| 19 | ‘ I did not make a great job of that , did I ? ’ he asked . |
| 20 | He did not make a great impact beyond his own office . |
| 21 | and their Parliamentary advisors took a long hard look at the powers which they held and decided that the 1902 Act as it stood , could not make a viable tramway system , even when grafted onto the existing Corporation system . |
| 22 | He accepts that he can not make a categorical statement about innocence or guilt , but he feels that his constituent has not been given a fair hearing . |
| 23 | In the late 1980s developers knew that they would not make a decent return on their investment on a pay and play basis . |
| 24 | Unlike his rivals , he will not make a final TV pitch for support . |
| 25 | The FIA court of appeal did not make a final decision in Paris on Thursday after a three-hour hearing to consider Mansell 's evidence . |
| 26 | The evidence presented above does not make a strong case tor substantial changes in Britain following the episode of Magnentius , but there is a sufficient number of indicators , at least , to suggest that the proposition can not be dismissed . |
| 27 | ‘ He did not make a strong impression , ’ says Tony Rex . |
| 28 | There is another rule , equally old and equally well-established — that you can not make a mere witness a party in order to get discovery from him ’ . |
| 29 | Without such a juxtaposition , you can not make a rational assessment of twentieth century design . |
| 30 | Even professional studs do not make a regular practice of covering mares that are under four years old . |