Example sentences of "[subord] [not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Locke , although not opposed to corporal punishment as a final sanction , nor indeed for very young children of an age too tender to be reasoned with , in order to instil the necessary fear and awe that a child should have for an adult , strongly disapproved of beating once formal education had begun , just as he was equally opposed to bribing the child to work through material rewards . |
| 2 | The strikes and kicks , although not delivered with maximum power , as speed is more important , do land on the body with a certain amount of force . |
| 3 | If not appeased with sufficient food , the Ogres attack the adventurers if they think that they can beat them . |
| 4 | Above them loomed densely clad peaks of mountains , often as not shrouded by swift-moving cloud . |
| 5 | MacLauchlan never married , lodging in the Lambeth and Clapham areas of London when not engaged on archaeological work . |