Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not think identity cards would have changed things — I suspect they would not have deterred people from travelling without tickets . ’ |
| 2 | It does not cover capital gains tax . |
| 3 | It can not cover newspaper announcements , private burial plots or memorials . |
| 4 | While this article does not cover research issues , it becomes obvious from this brief literature review that evaluations of empowerment interventions require study of a multiplicity of individual and community variables , and of both the processes and outcomes of change ( Wallerstein , 1992 ) . |
| 5 | When it finally ratified the Protocol in 1975 the USA further expressed its ‘ understanding ’ that the Protocol does not cover control agents and herbicides , although for itself the USA agreed to limit their use . |
| 6 | The policy does not cover war risks , self-inflicted injuries or disabilities caused by pregnancy , alcoholism or drug abuse . |
| 7 | ‘ Aid to promote culture and heritage conservation may be viewed as compatible with the single market where such aid does not affect trading conditions and competition in the Community to an extent that is contrary to the common interest . ’ |
| 8 | Other clues to a general theory of addiction have led researchers to focus on the dopamine system — even when looking at drugs which do not affect dopamine receptors . |
| 9 | But this time lag , combined with dilution by water already in the aquifer , means that if a pollutant enters the ground , it may not affect water supplies for many years . |
| 10 | In addition the tax on petrol was increased by 50 per cent but the government insisted that this rise would not affect industry costs , would encourage the more efficient use of private cars , and would preserve a plan for annualized inflation of 18 per cent for 1991 . |
| 11 | It found that while high stress levels and depression did not affect mortality risks , socially isolated patients were 49pc more likely to die following recovery from a heart attack than those with social support . |
| 12 | Each consumer and each producer is a price-taker and knows that he or she can not affect market prices . |
| 13 | Article 3 of the Directive does not prevent the employee refusing to transfer , but the Court is equally clear that ‘ the Directive does not oblige Member States to provide that the contract or the employment relationship is continued by the transferor ’ ( point 35 ) . |
| 14 | However , in the intensive lobbying prior to the vote in both houses , Bush had agreed to concessions on his policy of unconditional renewal of MFN status , including " strong action " if China did not lower import tariffs , end illegal textile shipments via a third country , and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights . |
| 15 | Bush had pressed for an unconditional renewal of MFN status , but after intensive congressional pressure Bush agreed to take " strong action " if China did not lower import tariffs , end illegal textile shipments via third countries , and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights . |
| 16 | It is assumed that the UK group satisfies the small group criteria in s 249 and since it is not an ineligible group for the purposes of s 248 , it need not prepare group accounts . |
| 17 | They know that luring foreign investors will be impossible if foreigners can not make telephone calls . |
| 18 | The new philosophy said that we should not make value judgements : you ca n't think in an Aristotelian way ; no value judgements , no good and bad . |
| 19 | The actual tensile strength of ordinary glass and ceramics can be quite high ; the reason why we do not make motor cars , for instance , from them is not that they are weak but that they are far too brittle . |
| 20 | Another 23% did not make duty periods overlap to ensure continuous monitoring . |
| 21 | On the other hand , there 's no reason why you can not make material gains , particularly if you follow the suggestions earlier to break out of old patterns and courageously go forth into new and uncertain territory . |
| 22 | On the other hand , although in recent years the regulation of the financial services industry has generated a lot of judicial review applications against regulatory bodies , the courts have discouraged these largely because they do not want court proceedings to be used as tactical weapons to delay financial transactions by parties disappointed by the failure of a regulatory body to give the applicant the protection it sought from financial predators . |
| 23 | He does not want opinion polls banned , as is the case in Australia and some European countries . |
| 24 | The banks have been holding off up till now , because they did not want loan losses further to dent their earnings , already hit by the stockmarket fall , in the current financial year . |
| 25 | More recently , however , it has been found that bright light at other times of the day — in the evening , which also mimics the light in summer-time , and at noon , which does not lengthen daylight hours — has an effect also . |
| 26 | While people in Scotland are flattered that in Battersea they think of nothing else but the protection of the people of Scotland from excessive expenditure , I fancy that the people of Scotland are mature enough to elect or to refuse to re-elect Governments who do not conduct taxation affairs in the way in which they wish . |
| 27 | It is an established rule in intelligence circles that a country should not conduct intelligence operations on the territory of an ally without informing its government . |
| 28 | The FUT president Fausto Dután warned that an indefinite general strike would be called if the government did not grant pay rises to offset price increases resulting from the economic austerity measures announced on Jan. 24 . |
| 29 | This structure of serious road-traffic offences was recently examined by the North Committee , which came to the conclusion that the criminal law does not treat traffic offences with the gravity they deserve , given the potential consequences of any deviation from proper standards of driving . |
| 30 | Of 60 fund managers asked last year , 55 did not regard IR officers as their primary company contacts ; 33 thought that British industry did not need any more IR consultants . |