Example sentences of "not [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As most women — and indeed , most men — do not stay 40 years with one employer , they usually receive less than this . |
| 2 | They made a big thing about us sort of not using one millimetre holes using |
| 3 | Teacher Teresa 's bitter family said in the seven months since the accident they had not received one expression of remorse or sorrow from Mrs Fenton . |
| 4 | If those pressures exist , as the hon. Gentleman asserts , they are spread evenly across the system and do not affect one institution more than another . |
| 5 | He had not uttered one word during their entire briefing . |
| 6 | The purchaser of a life assurance contract does not make one payment at the beginning of the contract but pays a premium in instalments over a number of years . |
| 7 | ‘ For example , we would not want two jewellers next door to each other . ’ |
| 8 | How can it make sense not to promote two clubs from the Conference next season to bring the Fourth Division up to 24 clubs . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , they 've taken a blood sample , so I understand , on account of her not being able to give a breath specimen , but I 've not heard one way or the other . |
| 10 | I have been listening for hours as our politicians tell us what they intend to do if elected , yet I have not heard one mention of the disabled . |
| 11 | ‘ So give , ’ Steve husked , obviously still feeling his loss and talking about it not helping one bit . |
| 12 | A plea for Tejero 's release was on Feb. 20 , 1991 , rejected by the authorities on the grounds that he had not completed three quarters of his sentence . |
| 13 | She was not laughing ten minutes later when , just as she had sent Jimmy on an errand , the phone rang and she answered it . |
| 14 | Erm the preponderance of our members throughout the length and breadth of the country , er initially was not to accept three year package deals . |
| 15 | Robert Dummett of Bedford Road , Bootle , was also fined £8 for not returning five books , ordered to pay £25 in library fines , £45 compensation and £25 costs . |
| 16 | And we treat emergencies , ‘ urgencies , ’ and also-rans who may or may not survive two years on a waiting list . |
| 17 | I confidently predict that ‘ mission ’ will not survive three years in our general business parlance , so please throw it out now . |
| 18 | He may have more tax to pay if he does not survive seven years ( IHTA 1984 , s7(4) ) . |
| 19 | There may also be a charge to inheritance tax with regard to that property which was a potentially exempt transfer ; it never in fact became exempt in the end because he ( Mr X ) did not survive seven years . |
| 20 | They had set themselves a pace that could not survive 90 minutes and , sure enough , began to sag . |
| 21 | These 108 references do not include 4 references in the petition that constitute meta-analyses or reviews of different aspects of triazolam 's adverse reactions , to which Jonas refers misleadingly as ‘ replications of the same study by Kales . ’ |
| 22 | A disappointing result for United who totally dominated the first half and really after seeing that first forty five minutes , it was so difficult to see how they could not win three points , and this encounter against the Charlton side drew on the same number of points as them in the second division table . |
| 23 | Those blessed with a prophetic vision of soccer 's future , like Mike Channon and myself , are often completely ignored or misunderstood , whereas charlatans who would not know one end of a football from another , the Reg Pybuses and Howard Wilkinsons of this world , suck up to mediocrity and call it talent . |
| 24 | She had done so ; Rachel had not known how to handle it then , and still did not know ten years later . |
| 25 | It seemed Isambard could not wait three days . |
| 26 | What I really could not understand was why the senator did not beat ten kinds of nonsense out of a son who told him to cool it , but telling middle-class Americans to thump their kids is like asking them to burn their flag , so I did not waste my time . |
| 27 | She said quote , I really do n't accept the agency argument , I 've not met one family that has continued with agency care . |
| 28 | They were not to serve two masters . |
| 29 | Barry Trevaskis , who had six stitches put in a horrible wound under his left eye after being stamped on in a ruck , might not agree that the Soviets lacked meanness , but had their half-backs Chapman and Rule not missed six penalties between them , Cornwall could have brought off an unexpected win . |
| 30 | The charter does not specify 14 minutes in urban areas and 19 minutes in rural areas during weekdays ; it sets that standard for seven days a week , 365 days of the year . |