Example sentences of "and not [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For her and others like her it is a question of wanting it sufficiently , being prepared to put in the work and not expecting concessions because they are women . |
| 2 | When life seems ordinary St James encourages us to wait patiently and joyfully for Christ 's coming and not to lose heart . |
| 3 | The Gulf War , the re-alignment of Eastern Europe , the breakup of the USSR , the Middle East and not to mention Africa and South America given little support for anyone to disagree with SwissRe 's view . |
| 4 | As numerous fitted-up Irishmen can bear witness , and not to mention James Hanratty and others , were they able to speak from the grave , hallowed British justice is a myth . |
| 5 | The grant was established two years ago to kick-start developments and not to replace funding of existing services . |
| 6 | He was capable of wanting nothing all day , of sending every meal away and not allowing Teresa in , even to make up his fire or turn down his bed , and then , around midnight , calling for his breakfast and complaining he was cold because the fire had gone out . |
| 7 | As the game progresses , owners should start to win the chase or the tug-of-war so , by the end of each game scenario — before Fido has lost interest — they are in possession of the toy , playing with it and not allowing Fido to have it . |
| 8 | The procedure is only available for proposed and not completed mergers and the merger proposal must have been made public . |
| 9 | This places power in the hands of party managers and not elected representatives . |
| 10 | Bourdillon 's figure for this was ‘ the annual provision of not less than 250 volumes for lending and reference purposes per thousand population ’ , but the figure is not as uncomplicated as it seems , since it refers only to new books and not to stock revision ( for which no standard was given ) . |
| 11 | Alternatively , as adults they may make their own decision to live an ordinary life and not pursue brilliance . |
| 12 | ‘ How can you spend seven years with someone and not remain friends ? ’ |
| 13 | Drinking — and not training weekends — meant my weight stuck on 12 stones ; trying to race on 20 miles a week , plus the drinking , was not on . ’ |
| 14 | Apart from its ease of use , plastic pipe has the advantage of not being so susceptible to frost damage and not causing corrosion with galvanised water pipes and tanks . |
| 15 | Moreover it recognizes its duty to make such publications accessible to the public at large , and not to restrict access on any grounds other than legal . |
| 16 | He was encouraged to resume a normal fluid intake and not to restrict fluids because his bladder felt uncomfortable . |
| 17 | Nell was n't there , but Zak and some of the other actors were , sitting four to a table , drinking pale-looking orange juice and not eating carrot cake because of the calories . |
| 18 | The scheme is said to have the backing of the Royal Warrant Holders ' Association and not to need permission from the Palace . |
| 19 | These rocks are covered in algae after being in a small tank under an ordinary 60 watt bulb and not containing fish . |
| 20 | Fifty seven children ( 63% ) had recovered , defined as no soiling with 3 bowel movements per week and not receiving treatment . |
| 21 | It should be noted , however , that if one million of the three million were back at work and not receiving unemployment and/or supplementary benefits from the Exchequer , it would put less strain on the public purse and make it easier to meet the social security benefits for the expected one million over-85-year-olds . |
| 22 | To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the number of people in the United Kingdom who are economically active , unemployed and not receiving unemployment benefit . |
| 23 | Talk too much , and not let others have their say . |
| 24 | Everything is open to interpretation , usually by the police , and the poor , hard-pressed licensee and his customers are so confused that the usual solution is to avoid the problem and not let children into the pub at all . |
| 25 | Though the head needs to bubble with enthusiasm reasonable requests will sometimes need to be refused solely to keep a balance and not let pressures get out of hand . |
| 26 | He wanted people to get on with the urgent business of living the good life set out in the Eightfold Path , and not to waste time or energy in speculation and debate . |
| 27 | There is a list of new ‘ legal-specific ’ features to make Ami Pro more suitable as a word processor for those working on contracts , case law and other specialised applications but it would be misleading to dwell on those aspects and not mention facilities that are not new but are still exciting extras . |
| 28 | ‘ We should confine ourselves to maintaining safety and not restrict people 's freedom of expression , ’ he said . |
| 29 | There 's new concern about the disease TB after a survey showed some health districts are going against government advice and not vaccinating school children . |
| 30 | In June 1682 Louis XIV , now at the height of his power , explicitly asserted his right to correspond with all foreign sovereigns in French and not to use Latin ; and though the treaty of Ryswick between France and the Holy Roman Empire in 1697 was still in Latin most of the discussion which produced it was in French , as was the Franco-Dutch agreement of the same year . |