Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ST ( who had not received day care in hospital ) was less likely to become disturbed when offered assistance .
2 But seconds later she stopped breathing again — and John , who had not given emergency treatment for three years , had to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation four times until paramedics arrived .
3 But the approach is not adequate by itself : on the one hand , not all of the functions which government consciously decides to perform are public ; and on the other hand , there may well be functions performed by non-governmental bodies which have not attracted government attention , encouragement or participation but which nevertheless are of public importance .
4 In the Abdaly region of northern Kuwait there are some 156 farms which are separated by desert and thus exposed to sandstorms , where metal wind-breaks and shelter-belts have not prevented sand encroachment , largely as Al-Nakshabandi and El-Robee have suggested , due to poor management .
5 If the developer has not sought planning permission prior to the commencement of work and has started work which requires planning permission , he or she may be served by the local planning authority with an enforcement notice .
6 She had not visited Jackdaw Cottage since putting it on the market two months ago .
7 Where broad discretionary powers have been conferred upon public authorities the courts take it upon themselves to review the exercise of those powers to ensure that the body does not make decisions which are so unreasonable that no reasonable body could have come to such a decision ; to ensure that the decision-makers are not biased and that decisions are not made mala fide or for any improper purpose .
8 Some of the more obvious locations , such as Felixstowe ( Suffolk ) were not granted Freeport status .
9 The main psychological effect is improved well-being with a reduced anxiety level and less depression than in the patient who has not undergone exercise training .
10 ‘ The biggest criticism has been over the fact we have not offered season ticket discounts .
11 Have they not had chicken pox ?
12 The fact that Teacher Placement Service has not had supply cover , although causing short term difficulties has improved the long term chances of success , as such additional external government funding would be temporary in nature .
13 I have also reached conclusions as a result of my own extensive viewing of parliamentary , news and current affairs programmes on both BBC and ITV ( I have not watched Sky TV ) and from interviews I had with twelve selected MPs .
14 But she has not got planning permission .
15 Venture capital giant 3i had not used executive search at all in the past four years but mentioned that they had lost a number of people through headhunters .
16 Usually with people , when people get to about sixteen or eighteen , it 's it 's not called child sex abuse any more .
17 Please Now I 've got erm a bottle which is actually contains some chlorine here but it 's not called chlorine liquid .
18 They are often promoted , correctly , as floor cleaners and for cleaning friers and other fat using equipment where the soil has not reached carbonisation stage .
19 Oh no , no , not not reduced policy charge , sorry , no .
20 ‘ I have not known team spirit like the kind which exists in our dressing-room , ’ he says .
21 If they do not know what they want , they know what they do not want : not school , not set college syllabus , not residential home , not training scheme , not assessment , not sheltered employment , not activity centre .
22 This is the authority which has not increased school meal prices for 11 years , since 1981 ; it has been expelled from the Museums Association for selling pictures and using the money for non-museum purposes — and so on , and so on , and so on .
23 As I have said in the local press , my only sadness is that we were not afforded trust status a year ago .
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