Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disputes that arise when a sale is not completed often centre around allegations by the vendor that it has incurred costs such as commissioning an accountant 's report on the express understanding that the purchaser would reimburse the cost if the transaction failed . |
| 2 | At this stage , Browns Lane has not given up hope of getting rear seats into the convertible , but it is proving a hard task , and it is probably that only the coupe will be a two-plus-two . |
| 3 | United have not given up hope of signing the England international despite having a formally faxed £3.5 million offer for the striker thrown in the bin by Sheffield Wednesday last Friday , after a verbal offer had been refused the previous week . |
| 4 | IPSWICH Witches have not given up hope of 23-year-old Pole Miroslaw Kowalik riding in tomorrow 's Star of Anglia meeting at Foxhall Stadium ( writes Elvin King ) . |
| 5 | He had not given up hope of reshaping it along the lines he had already supported in the abortive Fouchet Plan . |
| 6 | Lord Owen and his new UN colleague , Thorvald Stoltenberg , Norway 's former foreign minister , have not given up hope for the Vance-Owen peace plan . |
| 7 | But Mr Kelly has not given up hope . |
| 8 | Police in the Irish Republic have been alerted but the RUC has not given up hope of finding the chestnut thoroughbred which romped to victory in the all-Ireland derby two years ago and up to 100 other races . |
| 9 | Although the buoyant Lewis camp have not given up hope of staging the Holyfield fight here , they estimate that it would cost them a massive £17.5m purse to do it . |
| 10 | He has not given up hope that he can recover in time , saying : ‘ I 've not ruled myself out of it yet I 'm just looking forward and hoping I can be out there . ’ |
| 11 | But housing experts and governments just have not given enough thought to the type of building materials that developing countries need . |
| 12 | He wished his voice had not come out piping and shrill . |
| 13 | Similarly in Britain , a party can win several thousand votes in each constituency yet not come out top of the poll in any ; in consequence , it amasses a large popular vote but no seats in Parliament . |
| 14 | But it should be news based on fact , not conjured up disinformation designed to damage estranged spouses or commercial competitors , ’ he added . |
| 15 | By a notice of appeal dated 29 November 1991 the debtor appealed on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction to make the bankruptcy order because she had not carried on business in England or Wales within three years prior to the presentation of the petition . |
| 16 | The debtor says that she has not carried on business in this country since 8 May 1987 , the date upon which the business was sold . |
| 17 | Whilst it might be unusual for , probably unique in fact , for a to thank a , can I reassure all delegates we are not related so rumour has it . |
| 18 | Whatever the merits of these arguments , there can be little doubt that for much of its existence the LDDC has not sought out partnership arrangements with elected local bodies — it has pursued market-led strategies whose impact on local communities has proved far from advantageous ; it has largely ignored local planning procedures ; and there has been little public accountability of its Policies and spending . |
| 19 | If this is not done then defence against the hazards or management of the risk arising from them can be seriously impaired . |
| 20 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 21 | The confused picture was not helped yesterday morning when Miss Widdicombe was asked in an interview whether this was surely a special case for extra payments and replied : ‘ Why is it special ? ’ |
| 22 | In places where the RCN is not recognised then representation can only be given as a ‘ friend ’ . |
| 23 | Not if I dare say so , if it is an opinion expressed by an onlooker who has not experienced either hearing loss or the unhelpful reactions of the unenlightened . |
| 24 | In spite of all the grandeur that surrounded it , there was no one to call it creator ; for it had not brought forth creation . |
| 25 | For instance , people have long known that squeezing lemon juice on sliced fruits prevents them from turning brown , but until recently it was not known why lemon juice has this effect . |
| 26 | It is not known how lithium salts work . |
| 27 | A UNION representing workers at Stockton Borough Council has still not ruled out action over plans to cut jobs . |
| 28 | If you are not too fat you will be able to eat more and not put on weight . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm one of those people who can eat and drink what I like and not put on weight , so I had to do it by weight training and build up the muscle weight , ’ he adds . |
| 30 | The woman who had just walked into the sitting room had most decidedly not put on weight ; nor had she let herself go … anywhere . |