Example sentences of "not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also make sure that cisterns are well insulated with a proper insulating jacket ( or one constructed from loft insulation blanket ) , but do not insulate or put loft insulation under the cistern , so that some heat can pass through the ceiling to the water inside . |
| 2 | In real life you will not have this limitation , but it will still be important not to ramble and repeat yourself . |
| 3 | Corbett did not stay but pushed through the throng of people and walked on . |
| 4 | Finally Carol Jones , arriving in a great hurry , apologized but could not stay as she was doing the payroll . |
| 5 | No it 's not sit and watch somebody else do it it wo n't hurt her |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't imagine even the most rabid antiscience apes not seeing that — ’ |
| 7 | On the Labour side , what seemed to be a golden opportunity was not taken , nor was it when it first arose , namely to pin responsibility for the Gulf war , and the sufferings of British hostages in it , on the government 's blunder in not seeing that Saddam Hussein would invade Kuwait . |
| 8 | Branson had fully intended to keep his word on not seeing or communicating with Joan for three months . |
| 9 | ‘ Not seeing as how politely the young feller asked an ’ all . ’ |
| 10 | Not seeing as yer … |
| 11 | He made pressure of work into an excuse for not seeing as much of her as usual . |
| 12 | Now that type of exception would mean that the practical difficulties to which he referred would not arise except in the comparatively few cases that arise of the particular type . |
| 13 | In my view on the facts as found by the judge this issue does not arise since she was not able to make a genuine decision . |
| 14 | Adverse meteorological conditions should not be considered the fundamental cause of smogs since high concentrations of pollution would not arise unless the general level or baseline of pollution in the urban atmosphere was relatively high anyway : there is a limit to the peak pollution value that the atmosphere can produce . |
| 15 | This may well be the reason why the rebound hunger problem does not arise when carbohydrate foods are consumed in their natural fibre-rich form . |
| 16 | In the end each successive British government was obliged to trust the Americans , and to hope that circumstances would not arise when it disagreed with American policy . |
| 17 | In former days this emotional moment could not arise because archbishops had little say in the choice of bishops and no say at all in the choice of their successor . |
| 18 | The idea of comparing wages did not arise because ( in the small holdings of Punjab , for example ) the question of wages hardly ever arose . |
| 19 | The need did not arise because the man referred to would be here himself before long . |
| 20 | This does not arise because of failure , but , rather , the use of Total Communication offers both spoken and signed stimulation which provides a range of alternatives for the deaf child . |
| 21 | The chance did not arise because Pascoe left in a purple-faced fury . |
| 22 | However , that charge does not arise because of the provisions mentioned above . |
| 23 | The question of unregistered land does not arise because any such purchase is subject to compulsory registration of title ( Housing Act 1985 , s154 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ It may not arise because I may not be staying . ’ |
| 25 | My own opinion — for what it is worth in view of the two cases above referred to — is that trustees are the proper persons to be assessed in all cases in which the income of the trust estate received by them , or to which they are entitled , is not tax-deducted at source ; and that — in the case of income of the trust estate which is tax deducted at source — they could not be heard to ask repayment of the tax on the plea that the income did not arise or accrue to them but to others , whether such others were income-beneficiaries or capital-beneficiaries . |
| 26 | There are certain other circumstances in which this problem of unduly encouraging an authority to reach a particular decision does not arise and in which a scheme of compensation might be feasible and desirable : where there is no question of a decision being re-made , notably where the time-limit for challenging an allegedly illegal decision has run out ( through no fault of the applicant ) ; or where a citizen has suffered loss by relying on a representation by a public body that it will act in a particular way , in circumstances where the law will not require the body to make good its representation because it has undertaken to act illegally ; or where a court exercises its discretion not to quash an illegal decision In such cases the problem of causation does not exist because the decision in question will not be reconsidered . |
| 27 | There must , in fact , be few marriages in which temporary sexual difficulties do not arise and , as we have seen , at any one time they exist for a fair proportion of married adults . |
| 28 | If that is right , the difficulty to which we have referred does not arise and we need not grapple with the implications of sub-rule ( 3 ) . |
| 29 | In view of the answer that I have given to the first question this second question does not arise and it would be unwise for me to attempt to answer it on a hypothetical basis . |
| 30 | Let us hope that this situation does not arise and VAT is not imposed on books . |