Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , later transformations tend not to interfere with or undo the effects of earlier ones in the generation of a surface from a deep structure . |
| 2 | The reasons for failure in these projects tend not to lie in the technical side , though the technology is complex , nor in the economic side , though the cost of these systems is very high . |
| 3 | Pleas from the Prince of Wales for corporate help to rebuild the inner cities has not fallen on deaf ears . |
| 4 | The law of diminishing returns has not applied to food production in the countries which have undergone the industrial revolution , although there have been periodic crises , such as the Irish famine of 1845–6 , to remind us that Malthus was not completely wrong . |
| 5 | Such fans tend not to travel on the regular ‘ soccer special ’ bus coaches and trains , preferring to use scheduled public transport . |
| 6 | Such words do not exist in Russian . |
| 7 | He emphasizes that words do not depend on reality for their meaning . |
| 8 | The Court of Appeal in that case thought that the distinction between larceny by a trick and obtaining by false pretences depended on the presence in the Larceny Act of the words ‘ without the consent of the owner , ’ and , as these words do not appear in the definition of theft , the distinction is gone ; all cases of obtaining by deception , contrary to section 15 , are also theft . |
| 9 | There are countless books and pamphlets on chairmanship but the words do not amount to much until you actually take charge . |
| 10 | The language that most of the home computers are used with is BASIC , and although there are a few words in that language which look like English words , like ‘ If ’ and ‘ Let ’ and ‘ Go to ’ and perhaps some others depending on the dialect of BASIC that you have , these words do not work in the way that ordinary English speakers are used to . |
| 11 | Since her words did n't appear to be an invitation to food , he returned his intense concentration to the man . |
| 12 | These traditional guidelines do n't have to be rigidly adhered to — it 's quite common these days for everyone to lend a hand whether on a practical or financial level . |
| 13 | The guidelines do not talk about developing a structure that is crucial to the quality delivery of services . |
| 14 | His lips did not move by a fraction of an inch , but the expression in his eyes said he was amused and prepared to bide his time . |
| 15 | The management want me to put another voice on it so the rushes do n't go to waste . |
| 16 | Piers did n't look in the slightest bit put out by this statement . |
| 17 | Cross-sector links between primary and secondary schools did not seem to be well developed . |
| 18 | Or is it that inside all organizations there are , continuously , small discoveries to be made in order to improve what is being done — and that schools do not differ from other organizations ? |
| 19 | Bats do not fly in the same direction for long . |
| 20 | George Neilson in Scotland [ q.v. ] , and Goddard Orpen in Ireland , she was to prove in a stream of articles and books that motte and bailey castles did not appear in these isles until after the Norman invasion . |
| 21 | In proposing the IBOA motion on Pensions , the General Secretary , Ciaran Ryan said ‘ Manipulation of Pension Funds did not start with Robert Maxwell . |
| 22 | Sufficient funds did not exist for the fast rehabilitation of the railways , for the immediate implementation of mass education . |
| 23 | They pointed out that the information provided by such an analysis of the components of shareholders ' funds did not seem to be useful and was difficult to interpret . |
| 24 | When we hear of a sustained flow of funds ‘ into ’ investment trusts , we must recognise that extra funds do not go into the trust at all ( except in one case we shall come to in a moment ) . |
| 25 | But gun-runners do n't specialize in blowing up planes in flight . ’ |
| 26 | Contraceptives do not grow on trees in doses of which only one would be taken by each deer each year . |
| 27 | Polymer solutions do not behave in this ideal manner even in the dilute solution regime and for accurate molar mass measurements , deviations from ideality must be eliminated . |
| 28 | Keynesians and monetarists do not agree on this . |
| 29 | ( A strange distinction , this , since the KEF arrangement is probably the closest yet to a true concentric — the others are misnomers and should really be termed coaxial. ) claim that their composite driver is essentially free from the dispersion discontinuities in and around the crossover region , which inevitably result when tweeter and bass/midrange driver are physically separated ( because the directivities of the two drive units do not match in the crossover region the perceived tonal balance is modified as the listener moves position ) . |
| 30 | Core and optional units do not have to be studied as discrete units or in a set order . |