Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [noun] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The health authority has for years not shown any signs of so doing , I have to say . |
| 2 | Restaurant boss Torbjorn Olsson , who sells the stuff in Soho , London , said : ‘ When they get home , their breath stinks of garlic not beer . |
| 3 | Erm , the first point relates to erm affordable housing targets in York , and the consequences that that has in relation not only to York but other areas , on the on the assumption that that there is , there has to be an overspill to adjou adjacent areas . |
| 4 | And in saying this , one has in mind not the Cantos but the much more straightforward and generally serviceable forms which Pound put into currency in collections like Ripostes ( 1912 ) and Lustra ( 1916 ) . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the collaboration of the secular arm in bringing excommunicates to heel not only continued but apparently gathered pace . |
| 6 | Although this proposal has at present not the slightest chance of being implemented , nevertheless as the rate of inflation and growing unemployment prove to be intractable problems so people will be forced to seek solutions which work in practice even if that means constraining both government and its officials . |
| 7 | But calling it wages for housework not only simplifies the solution , it also simplifies the problem . |
| 8 | But in Germany , citizenship depends on ancestry not on place of birth or residence . |
| 9 | ‘ The Whistler kills at night not in daylight . |
| 10 | There is also a section devoted to the polite ways of ‘ playing around between the classes ; you do n't have to be British to know that a great sexual attraction exists between people not like us ’ . |
| 11 | One of these effects can be what Britton ( 1981 ) refers to as the phenomenon of re-enactment as an unwitting professional response to the dynamics of a child 's situation , the difficulty that exists for professionals not to re-enact — and thereby aggravate — what the child already experiences , and the ease with which they may collude with his sense of hopelessness and negative feelings . |
| 12 | All Church assemblies should perhaps have the motto , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ inscribed above the door to remind them that the Church exists for outsiders not insiders . |
| 13 | The head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger , sees in America not the ‘ final , rational form of society ’ , but ‘ a world where money and consumption appear to be the measure of everything ’ . |
| 14 | It amounts to amendment not so much under pressure from third states , but by parties which are concerned at the identity and power of the non-parties . |
| 15 | Dr Prendergast , of Birmingham Children 's Hospital , said : ‘ Once the epileptic label sticks it often does n't get reviewed and leads to people not being able to do certain jobs or drive . |
| 16 | There is one passage in which she erm pleads for women not to be kept in such narrow confines , social confines that their matters |
| 17 | To look at Christian dualism in this way is actually to advance an argument against God , not the Devil , and some people feel that in discrediting God such a view calls into question not only the Devil but the whole of Christianity . |
| 18 | But the Commission takes into account not only the behaviour of customers , but also the importance of regulatory factors of transport costs or national buying preferences . |
| 19 | The brief introduction to Piaget 's ideas in Chapter 2 , and our realization that as adult readers we can not read , say , an Ordnance Survey map , a machine drawing , or art forms from cultures not our own with anything like total understanding , should cause us to be cautious and questioning when presented with these assumptions . |
| 20 | The directive also applies to objects not returned at the end of a lawful temporary export . |
| 21 | Yes she belongs to time not long past . |
| 22 | You may appeal under rule six , my branch was told , this is the appeal procedures that refers to members not branches , but it will be well understood you are making the appeal on behalf of the branch , which obviously means we 've got ta borrow one to do something else . |
| 23 | To the character Alhadra , a moorish woman in Osorio , he gave a lovingly-observed soliloquy which speaks of Somerset not Spain : |
| 24 | But 20 years on , things seem to be much the same or even worse — Cosmopolitan now subsidises its middle-of-the-road feminism with ads for depilatories and cosmetic surgery and my daughter , now a Famous Five fan herself , identifies with Anne not George . |
| 25 | Mayfest strives for quality not quantity |
| 26 | ( 2 ) If the lessee pays into court not less than 5 clear days before the return day all the rent in arrear and the costs of the action , the action shall cease , and the lessee shall hold the land according to the lease without any new lease . |
| 27 | Let us suppose a less hurried traveller who is flying to Bali with the intention of staying who wants the life he expects in Bali not for some business or educational purpose but for its own sake , as his vision of the Good Life . |
| 28 | The ‘ offset ’ policy extends the bubble concept so as to allow interfirm trading of emission permits among activities not located in the same plant or not owned by the same firm . |
| 29 | Wells were precious to the herdsmen in the dry climate of southern Palestine , and disputes about ownership not infrequent ( see 26:17ff . ) . |
| 30 | Kaleidoscope thinking begins with experience not associated with one 's own field or department . |