Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those firms which get caught in the middle appear not to do so well . |
| 2 | Now the illusion is well and truly shattered and the only reason the share price has not plunged much further than it has is the hope that some brave soul will put the group out of its misery with a takeover . |
| 3 | Primitive , that is pre-literate , societies of the present period also exhibit restrictions on the instincts , but have less physical security because technology has not developed so far . |
| 4 | Since the opening of the Sterling Commercial Paper ( SCP ) market in 1986 , there have been regular issues but the market has not developed as quickly as national ( as opposed to euro ) commercial paper markets in many other European countries . |
| 5 | EASE is the biggest operation by a long way , although electronic selling has not developed as quickly as the ANM Group hoped when it introduced the idea from Canada . |
| 6 | Yet in spite of this physical transformation , the statistics of unemployment and homelessness , which of course are not cited by the LDDC , show that LDDC-led ‘ regeneration ’ has not trickled down very far into the working class communities of East London . |
| 7 | The rapidly rising birth rate is only part of the explanation , since the birth rate has not risen as fast as urban populations have increased . |
| 8 | In The Groove , who runs at Phoenix Park on Saturday , has not achieved nearly as much as Dead Certain , but Elsworth rates them on a par . |
| 9 | Chris Lewis is another contender , not least in the field , but he has not achieved quite enough at this early stage in his career . |
| 10 | And what mother of young children , whether she owns a family pet or not , has not felt even more frightened of neighbourhood Rottweilers and Dobermans when she reads of the horrific savaging and killing of children by uncontrollable animals ? |
| 11 | However the government has not gone as far as it might have . |
| 12 | In some areas , mechanisation is replacing labour although in the countryside this has not gone as far as on North American farms . |
| 13 | It has long been clear that IBM Corp 's latest restructuring into 13 somewhat autonomous business units has taken too long and has not gone far enough , and the company has called an extraordinary board meeting for this Tuesday to decide what cuts need to be made to meet 1993 targets . |
| 14 | ‘ How are things at 6 Commando area , Piper ? ’ he enquired , ‘ The attack by the Black Watch has not gone too well judging by the number of wounded passing through here ! ’ |
| 15 | The good news is that the most common infestation , by the woodworm — or anobium punctatum or furniture beetle , call it what you will — can be treated , so long as it has not gone too far into the timbers , at a cost of a few hundred pounds . |
| 16 | If the work has not gone too far , there is often some blank page , or part of one , where these can be noted ; otherwise they will normally be printed on a special slip or leaf which can be ‘ tipped-in ’ ( lightly attached by glue or paste at the inner edge ) . |
| 17 | Stressing the need ‘ to behave in a manner which is neither racist nor sexist , ’ ‘ to uphold individual rights , ’ and ‘ to cooperate and consult with the community and other agencies in pursuing our purpose ’ has not gone down well with conservative officers . |
| 18 | This has not gone down too well with the Torinese , who want a more prestigious side to inaugurate their new stadium . |
| 19 | The Welsh Health Planning Forum has developed differential targets along these lines for the NHS in Wales , but in general the rest of the United Kingdom has not progressed so far . |
| 20 | FOR reasons that go deep into its past , Hungary has not done well out of the twentieth century . |
| 21 | You ca n't please everyone all the time , but the Catholic church has not done too badly , over the years . |
| 22 | If the hon. Gentleman believes that there is evidence of criminality , he should draw it to the attention of the police , if he has not done so already . |
| 23 | He has not done so either in his evidence to the Committee or on the Floor of the House . |
| 24 | The Department of Health has not decided yet how much general practitioners will be paid for work that exceeds their contractual obligations , such as attending care management meetings and performing certain assessments . |
| 25 | This sector of the market has not expanded as rapidly as expected . |
| 26 | Though the 39-year-old Briton has not appeared there previously , it is similar to the Australian Grand Prix circuit in Adelaide , where he competed only four months ago . |
| 27 | It is whether the pendulum has not swung too far in the other direction , so that the vitality , resourcefulness and dynamism of the modern corporation is sinking under the weight of excessive regulatory controls . |
| 28 | Good garden compost will prevent the appearance of weeds in the first place , though badly-made material which has not heated up well will still have live weed seeds in it . |
| 29 | Public opinion , though skewed to the right on many issues , has not moved further right between 1979 and 1989 , and may actually have moved in a contrary direction . |
| 30 | I think for a lot of people , yes , it does , and though the pile of bricks obviously comes under Art with a capital A , crafts perhaps has not suffered quite as much , but I think there is the feeling amongst people that if they get a pot which is , shall we say non-function and wo n't pour , then is it art or craft ? |