Example sentences of "not [verb] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Markham received help for two years , but with new applicants coming along it was felt he could not receive a third grant . ’ |
| 32 | She has also decided not to have a second baby . |
| 33 | And Football League president Gordon McKeag said : ‘ When the Premier League was formed the FA said they would not sanction a second division . |
| 34 | Waves can not exceed a seventh of their length in height without breaking ; but they can stretch to as much as a thousand feet . |
| 35 | OLDHAM Athletic , who had not beaten a First Division side since they dropped into the Second Division in 1923 , made up for 66 years of not altogether patient waiting with a pulsating victory over the League champions Arsenal at Boundary Park last night . |
| 36 | The third and cheapest method , Carbonation , does not involve a second fermentation . |
| 37 | Turkey was not in a state of war and would not open a second front against Iraq unless its own territory was attacked . |
| 38 | As a result , when classes were announced , he had not obtained a first , only a good second . |