Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not stopped looking at her , though . |
| 2 | Our telephones have not stopped ringing with calls from readers eager to find out more about the Cellulite Roadshow , and from experts eager to praise our unique idea . |
| 3 | My telephone has not stopped ringing with colleagues accusing me of changing my allegiance and forsaking my birthright . |
| 4 | The truckers ' strike during July and August 1973 was also largely motivated by controls — the shortages of spare parts for their trucks , official discrimination against them in favour of state-run firms , and the fact that the charges which they could make were fixed by the government but not adjusted to take into account the rapid rate of inflation . |
| 5 | They are not intended to serve as illustrations of something more general . |
| 6 | The two tiers are not intended to exist in a hierarchical relationship to each other . |
| 7 | I had not intended to intrude on my hon. Friend 's speech , but does he consider that a schoolteacher , whose salary is fixed through national wage agreements by the independent pay review body for teachers and who lives in my hon. Friend 's or my constituency in the south-east , is better able to afford the council tax on a higher band than a teacher who lives in Darlington or elsewhere in the north ? |
| 8 | It is not intended to go into them in any detail here . |
| 9 | The work can be at various levels from initial reconnaissance to diamond drilling but is not intended to go beyond the discovery stage of a mineral deposit . |
| 10 | The few reservations I have expressed about the encyclopedia are not intended to detract from its excellence . |
| 11 | Not all planning authorities , however , are of the opinion that odour pollution is best dealt with by planning controls , many considering that ‘ planning ’ is not intended to deal with such problems being the responsibility of the Health and Safety Executive and the District Environmental Health Department . |
| 12 | Granada 's defence that the words were not intended to refer to the plaintiff and would not have been so regarded by reasonable viewers was rejected by the jury , after hearing that the officer had received " unpleasant and damaging " comments afterwards . |
| 13 | The report is not intended to lead to new regulations but to establish an agenda for HSE work . |
| 14 | More recently some Universities and Polytechnics developed courses for ethnic minorities — but these when they were focused on developing multilingual skills were not intended to lead to a specialism in minority languages but simply to serve support strategies which fall far short of teaching the languages as such . |
| 15 | We agree with the judge that the Code simply was not intended to apply in such a context . |
| 16 | A purchase notice is not intended to apply in a case in which an owner is simply prevented from realising the full potential value of his land . |
| 17 | These expressions may constitute either a promise , by which the maker of the statement intends that he should be bound , or a representation which is not intended to operate as a promise but is made with the intention and does have the effect of persuading the other party to enter into the contract . |
| 18 | Although I had not intended to work on her aura , my hands began to scan the energy field surrounding her physical body . |
| 19 | There is a long-standing presumption that Acts of Parliament are not intended to derogate from the requirements of international law . |
| 20 | A contract of hire is a species of bailment and although it is readily distinguishable from sale in that general property is not intended to pass to the hirer , there are important public policy issues in a consumer hire context , which dictate that the owner be subject to similar liability to that visited upon the seller . |
| 21 | ‘ Having regard to the terms of the contract , the conduct of the parties and the circumstances of the case , I have no doubt that the property was not intended to pass in this case on contract but only in exchange for a valid building society cheque , but even if it may be regarded as intended to pass in exchange for a false , but believed genuine , building society cheque it will not in my view avail the insurers . ’ |
| 22 | The decision by a court that a particular situation was not intended to come within the ambit of a statute , though within its words in what may be their most obvious meaning , does not deny the supremacy of Parliament , for if Parliament disagrees with the decision it can pass another Act dealing specifically with the type of case . |
| 23 | She had not intended changing for the evening , country inns being the right setting for good tweed suits ; but now she took her time about dressing , and chose a very austere frock in a dark russet-orange shade that touched off the marmalade lights in her eyes . |
| 24 | The Munn Report , therefore , started with an analysis of the present situation , which considered such issues as certificate versus non-certificate courses , the problem of lower ability children being pushed into ‘ O ’ grade examinations which they were not intended to cater for , the need to prepare pupils for life in a modern industrial society , and the importance of analysing the content , teaching methods , learning milieu , and informal aspects of the curriculum . |
| 25 | I had not intended to contribute to the debate but the hon. Member for Keighley ( Mr. Waller ) , who introduced the motion , was asked several questions during his introductory speech and he failed stoically to produce any answers . |
| 26 | This is not intended to demean in any way the at times very fine lithographs that Redon produced , but rather to imply that they are directly connected in his mind to the literary and visual sources that interested him , including Edgar Allan Poe , Charles Baudelaire , Gustave Flaubert , Stephane Mallarmé , and Goya amongst others . |
| 27 | I had not intended to speak on the motion , but I feel that I must bring to the attention of the House certain points made by the Select Committee on Procedure in two reports to the House on the passage of legislation . |
| 28 | The pianist was Roger Bluff , who seemed able to draw a singing tone from the Festival piano that I have not heard matched for some time . |
| 29 | The Tsar has not heard tell of him and wo n't know him ; maybe he will be allowed to join the wedding procession . " |
| 30 | Had this village really not heard tell of the miracle-working Gabriel ? |