Example sentences of "not [vb infin] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that she could n't handle him , but it was so much better if the situation did not arise in the first place . |
| 2 | Payment has never been demanded and it is possible that the provisions are not necessary because the liabilities they cover did not exist in the first place . |
| 3 | As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place . |
| 4 | This technique is one of the prominent syntactico-semantic features of the first part of the novel , and it does not disappear in the second and third sections . |
| 5 | A story in Numbers 25 which we did not consider in the last chapter ( for it is not a complaint story ) makes it even more readily understandable . |
| 6 | This means the voter marks his second preference on the ballot paper ; and , if his first choice candidate does not finish in the first two , his vote is transferred to one of those who is still in with a chance . |
| 7 | However , X does not appear in the first place as a response to some specific stimulus ( as in the case of a reflex ) , but more or less spontaneously . |
| 8 | I AM one of those ‘ stupid idiots ’ who did not vote in the last election ( Letters , September 6 ) . |
| 9 | MB 's is wearing clothes that do not fit in the first example eg. This time he refers to the good opinions that people have of him as new clothes and killing the king would be like throwing away hardly worn clothes . |
| 10 | The opportunity that they now have is to become independent production companies , an opportunity that they did not have in the last round of licence decisions . |
| 11 | If a prisoner did not apply in the next term after execution to receive the benefit of the Act , he lost it . |
| 12 | The hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) associated himself with the sentence : ’ I 'll be surprised if budget holding does not collapse in the first year . ’ |
| 13 | These meetings were often passionate affairs : the deadening decorum which in the twentieth century has come to be identified with religious gatherings did not prevail in the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | William realised he would have to handle the unloading alone if the van did not arrive in the next few minutes . |
| 15 | On this he comments : " Since lābō ( or its equivalent in meaning ) does not reappear in the second colon , the longer expression is used instead of simply one word ( e.g. ) " . |
| 16 | For most months I have included titles that I think are worth ‘ having a go ’ with , although they may not figure in the first rank . |
| 17 | The pace did not slacken in the fifth . |
| 18 | There 's a further point that the effects of the policy may not strike in the first generation anyway , it may be long-term before er equalization of property has the effect and other things so these people might , might vote in their own class interest against the interest of future generations . |
| 19 | If you want a half-hearted approach I may as well not start in the first place . ’ |
| 20 | Does it not say in the first Sura of the Yasa that the Kha-Khan is above all the servant of his people ? ’ |