Example sentences of "[adj] and [noun] [verb] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout its history , the Auld Alliance had worked best when French and Scots did not try to live together , and particularly when the French kept out of Scotland . |
| 2 | There are certain advantages to the PC version ; it is menu-driven and people do not have to learn any computer system to be able to use it . |
| 3 | Surely the British and Prussians had not fed ? |
| 4 | Reality was different and George did not like reality . |
| 5 | The Russians for their part promised to recognize the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary when it seemed appropriate and Austria agreed not to oppose the union of Bulgaria and eastern Roumelia , if circumstances brought it about . |
| 6 | PERT and CPM do not permit loops to be formed and can not accommodate repetition of a job . |
| 7 | PERT and CPM do not permit loops to be formed and can not accommodate repetition of a job . |
| 8 | Being medieval , she thought it was unsuitable for the church to be visibly glittering , but , if the pews and the brass were n't polished , it quickly looked sad and Anna did not like it to look sad . |
| 9 | Alice 's rejection of the idea was instant and Jules did not question it . |
| 10 | She was sounding terse and McLeish decided not to ask her any more details over the transatlantic phone . |
| 11 | Marley never stood still and reggae did not die with him , but it has changed . |
| 12 | It was peaceful with the plop-of the gas fire and the dark sky outside through the window , for like many old people Doris did not draw her curtains till late and Linda did not feel like going back to the bustle of tea-time , but she could n't keep them waiting for their tea . |
| 13 | Put simply , the meanings of black and bird do not add up to the meaning of blackbird , but do yield that of black bird . |
| 14 | Politically the situation was contentious and Rhee had not shown the correct touch in tackling domestic problems . |
| 15 | I was weaned on a regular diet of Hollywood fantasy at my local cinema , The Grand , in a remote , windswept North-east village during the war years and my passion for Snow White , Grumpy , Happy and Mickey has not dimmed with the passage of time . |
| 16 | If she feels something is terribly important and others do not show similar concern , she tends to see their response as stupidity . |
| 17 | Items in angle brackets are not specified in the target text but they are not ruled out either since Chinese and Japanese do not have a category of number . |
| 18 | Without silicon , plant growth is retarded and animals do not grow properly ( they also suffer damage to their bones and cartilage ) . |
| 19 | In trauma to a cartilage or periosteum ( the lining of a bone ) especially near to the skin where pain is excessive and Ruta has not relieved within 24 hours . |
| 20 | Scarcity limited its purchase to the wealthy and quinine did not become available generally for the treatment of malaria for another two hundred years , when the Dutch successfully transplanted trees to the East Indies . |
| 21 | She was charming and gentle and life had not fitted her to cope with the forty assorted females now in her care . |