Example sentences of "not [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if some did , the answer was No — or Not for more than a week . |
| 2 | Nobody has spoken to him in the way that you have , not for more than a year … |
| 3 | Article 11 can hardly be said , therefore , to ‘ weaken ’ the Convention it allows States who wish to be more generous to a claimant than the minimum standards set out in the earlier articles to do so , but not for more than minimum standards to be imposed by a requesting State on a requested State . |
| 4 | You may use your valid national licence or international driving permit but not for more than 1 year from the date of entry into the UK . |
| 5 | So I put very little energy into my criminal case partly because I did n't think I would go to prison , and certainly not for more than a month or two . |
| 6 | Not for more than a few minutes ; just time enough to look around with his eyes , around and back at things that had happened to him . |
| 7 | Gordon Owen , the managing director in charge of Mercury , says the group is anxious not to more than double the network in a year as it is a case of ‘ how fast you can go without falling over ’ . |