Example sentences of "not [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For example , we would not want two jewellers next door to each other . ’ |
| 2 | How can it make sense not to promote two clubs from the Conference next season to bring the Fourth Division up to 24 clubs . |
| 3 | And we treat emergencies , ‘ urgencies , ’ and also-rans who may or may not survive two years on a waiting list . |
| 4 | They were not to serve two masters . |
| 5 | It did not matter two hoots to him that Blufton was not over-concerned with authentic period detail . |
| 6 | I mean it 's not costing two pound to send that ! |
| 7 | The Bar examinations should , of course , be got out of the way before pupillage commences , for you can not do two things at once . |
| 8 | I could not do two things at once . |
| 9 | Despite the two-child family becoming the average this century , most women married since 1930 have not had two children : three-quarters had at least one child more or less than the average . |
| 10 | If you add a second set of stripes , at right angles to the first but also moving at right angles to their axis , the person will not see two sets of stripes but a set of chevrons moving at 45 degrees to the true directions of movement . |
| 11 | When there is a face-to-face conversation and a third person joins in , the speechreader , who can not see two people at the same time , tends to become isolated while they chat together . |
| 12 | Thus our title does not use two words where one would do . |
| 13 | Pay attention to contrasting colours , taking care not to put two rows of the same item side by side . |
| 14 | We must be careful not to confuse two issues here . |
| 15 | I want to change another ten pound because with not getting two fivers |
| 16 | ‘ Why not have two signatures required ? ’ |
| 17 | The Green Slab should not have two stars — a black spot would be more appropriate for this serious route ! |
| 18 | The context makes it clear that the two cousins are of different sexes ; however , the sentence is not zeugmatic , so we may conclude that cousin does not have two senses ‘ male cousin ’ and ‘ female cousin ’ . |
| 19 | Initially , SEATS will replace the Company Bulletin Board service introduced in April 1992 to permit investors to display their buying and selling orders in securities which ceased to be traded on SEAQ because they did not have two marketmakers ( see ACCOUNTANCY , June , p 44 ) . |
| 20 | Tory Dame Jill Knight said : ‘ Constitutionally there is no reason why you could not have two people crowned who are separated . |
| 21 | Lugh said it would not take two days and it would not even take all night . |
| 22 | And if Gemma had chosen , at the end of the day , to bestow her well-dowered hand upon a penniless stranger then Amabel had no apologies to make for it , since the Queen had done the very same ; her German Albert , although a prince and full of education and charm , not having two farthings to call his own . |
| 23 | Bringing a group of patients together is a useful way of getting patients currently content with one injection a day to enquire why they are not having two injections a day as are the other patients they have met . |
| 24 | It was not surprising that , on his retirement in January 1936 , he was quoted as saying : ‘ A man can not serve two masters , I am a man without a hobby ’ . |
| 25 | Eventually he told them he could not serve two masters and as he had , by then , proved himself to Tiller , he was given complete financial control . |
| 26 | Non-compliance with the licence conditions is a criminal offence and would result in a fine not exceeding £1000 on summary conviction , or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years , or a fine or both . |
| 27 | But what is one to make of a solemn pronouncement in a Companies Act that ‘ an insurance company which contravenes a restriction to which it is subject by virtue of subsections ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years ’ ? |
| 28 | The National Reconciliation Document encapsulating the Taif Accords , which had been ratified by the Lebanese parliament on Nov. 5 , 1989 , had stated that the Syrian forces would assist the Lebanese government " to extend the authority of the Lebanese state within a limited period not exceeding two years after the ratification of the National Reconciliation Document , the election of the President of the Republic , the formation of the Government of Reconciliation and the adoption of the political reforms constitutionally " . |
| 29 | You can not walk two steps here without bumping into a café , being slapped in the face by restaurant smells , or meeting a shop selling something absolutely scrumptious . |
| 30 | " Money , " said Fat Paul pensively , " is not worf two bob , is it , without your fuckin elf . " |