Example sentences of "not [vb infin] a [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 In 1949 Beryl found that she was pregnant again , but did not want a second child .
2 Maybe he did not want a second game on their pitch . ’
3 He and Jenny were sufficient for each other ; they did not want a third person , especially a person whose tastes were so dissimilar and who did not fit in with their lives or their friends .
4 The hon. Gentleman said that he personally does not want a fourth boat .
5 The internal management rule does not assist a third party which has dealt in good faith with an organisation which then defaults on its debts .
6 He will recall that , when British Rail proposed that Waterloo should be the first channel tunnel station , not only did it say that one station was sufficient and that it did not need a second one but , in the case which it put to the House of Lords during the discussions , it said specifically that King 's Cross was not an appropriate location for a second station .
7 All three do their best under Penny Ciniewicz 's rather heavy-handed direction , but they can not beat a first play that has just got too much to say .
8 They could not exclude a fourth person nominated by the company .
9 After a week on the superb white sand beaches of the Maldives , why not spend a second week discovering the beauty of Sri Lanka ?
10 It could be asked if Mary Leapor , Henry Jones , James Eyre Weeks , Joseph Lewis , and George Smith Green do not constitute a third wave since their first works appeared around 1750 .
11 But the series of cardinals can not have a last member .
12 The mountain before them was the birthplace of mankind ; and he referred the ladies , while excusing himself with an ingratiating laugh for mentioning an indelicate subject , to the authority of Our Saviour 's words to Nicodemus , where it is stated that a man can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born once more .
13 He can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born , can he ?
14 An unregistered treaty remained valid under Article 18 , whereas an obligation does not bind a third party unless it has manifested its consent .
15 ‘ Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it and it means that the athletes from Durham and Cumbria will not get a second chance of achieving the English Schools qualifying standards . ’
16 and what they wanted was the easiest ones and they came up with the answer economics Gerald simply , we Ge Gerry and I put our heads together and went bib bib bib bib bib , you know as good parents do and we both presented him with a fait accompli you either take an engineering degree , we do n't care what sort or you go out to work in a bank because economics you will not get a first because you are not reader and t to get a first in economics , which is what you 'll need if you 're gon na make any money out of it
17 Members may not put a second account number on a card .
18 Rebleeders who did not receive a second injection with the same solution were defined as failed cases .
19 In other words , if you do not receive a first grading , that is as far as you go although you get a written critique , so that you at least know why you did n't make the placings .
20 Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment .
21 ‘ Markham received help for two years , but with new applicants coming along it was felt he could not receive a third grant . ’
22 And Football League president Gordon McKeag said : ‘ When the Premier League was formed the FA said they would not sanction a second division .
23 Waves can not exceed a seventh of their length in height without breaking ; but they can stretch to as much as a thousand feet .
24 The third and cheapest method , Carbonation , does not involve a second fermentation .
25 Turkey was not in a state of war and would not open a second front against Iraq unless its own territory was attacked .
26 She really did n't want a fifth child .
27 With something as desirable as the Bölkow 207 , I did n't need a second offer , and on a thunderstorm-laden day ‘ TE turned finals onto Bourn 's Runway 19 to rendezvous with an eager air-tester and an equally impatient photographer .
28 Isabel did n't need a second invitation , quickly finding the meat and dividing it between them .
29 ‘ But I would n't do a fourth movie .
30 ‘ We were very alarmed when Sean told us that they needed to look at you again , and you did n't ring a second time … so we were afraid … . ’
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