Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are other reasons for owls not hunting in the rain — it hampers both vision and hearing , and limits vole activity , too , so there 's less prey even for those owls that do choose to venture out . |
| 2 | The binding of items emerged as the second most important reason for their non-availability , accounting for around one in five ( 21% ) of unsatisfied requests , while the Library 's inability to locate items when they were requested ( 10% ) , and a tendency for some readers to submit requests for items not appearing in the Library 's catalogues ( 10% ) were additional reasons which occurred with some frequency . |
| 3 | When Paul ( or the writer ) in I Timothy 2 tails about women not teaching men he makes this an absolute because he was reflecting Jewish society at the time . |
| 4 | Unclear guidance on this point could cause confusion over what information should be made available , and give rise to demands for information not covered by the disclosure provisions . |
| 5 | to provide opportunities for members not attracted to committee work to make a useful contribution . |
| 6 | These Working Groups would undertake tasks of a practical nature and they could provide opportunities for people not attracted to committee work to become involved and make a contribution . |
| 7 | This was the contention that the court ought not to entertain the action ‘ because to do so would be detrimental to national security ’ , the defence referring to the long-established practice of Secretaries of State not to disclose or discuss the existence of a warrant . |
| 8 | The Headmaster expressed his concurrence with the suggestion as the Technical School could supply subjects of instruction not dealt with at a Grammar School , and stated that he had under consideration a scheme as to classes and fees having this object in view . " |
| 9 | Do such images of England not lie buried with Rupert Brooke in some corner of a foreign field ? |
| 10 | WARNING — Aspects of play not covered by the rules will have to be fought out between the parties . |
| 11 | Also the room designs of pupils not using scissors generally had more unacceptable features . |
| 12 | Those who had come by carriage had dismissed their drivers with instructions not to return until early evening and now they were stranded , having to decide whether to wait or walk . |
| 13 | Correspondence between the optimized conformations and the NMR data of the CRE oligomer for steps with phosphates not resonating at low field . |
| 14 | Certainly headteachers in schools not included in the project entertained doubts about the openness and justice of the procedures employed , and this seems to be linked to their ignorance of the principles and processes of the project . |
| 15 | Over 1,000 elephant , together with several species of buck , zebra and crocodile , are to be herded onto private game ranches in areas not affected by the drought . |
| 16 | Hall replied to Cowley on 4th November that the premiums could not be altered , but designs from architects not residing in Britain could be submitted up to 4th April , 1857 . |
| 17 | Luke , a 4-year-old boy , would sit on his heels in order not to pass a motion . |
| 18 | The project describes and appraises the policies and practices of institutions associated with the CNAA concerning the admission to first degree and DipHE programmes of applicants not holding standard entry qualifications and , where possible , to investigate arrangements made for the admission of such students with advanced standing . |
| 19 | They will also report to Conservative Members of Parliament within the area of their responsibility the views of constituencies not represented by a Conservative Member of Parliament . |
| 20 | In fact , the column has provided an invaluable reflection of grassroots medicine , while encouraging successive generations of doctors not to take themselves too seriously . |
| 21 | The stretching frequencies of bonds not involving hydrogen are generally lower . |
| 22 | Therefore , there are part areas of towns not covered , and where a particular use is not considered appropriate in these areas other valid reasons must be found for refusal perhaps on the lines suggested below : |
| 23 | Such descriptions may have represented incorrect initial perceptions , confabulations , memories for previous drives , confusions between events at two or more similar junctions or correct descriptions of information not captured by the video camera . |
| 24 | The measures addressed ( i ) restoring peace in the region of Sarajevo ; ( ii ) re-opening the Belgrade-Zagreb motorway ; ( iii ) the security of humanitarian convoys ; ( iv ) the situation of " pink zones " in Croatia ( Serb-populated areas in Croatia not covered by the UN peace plan , but still patrolled by the UN Protection Force in Yugoslavia — UNPROFOR ) ; and ( v ) placing Croatia 's Prelavka peninsula under UN forces . |
| 25 | ‘ It is impractical to repeat the same unchanged dose of a remedy once , not to mention its frequent repetition ( and at short intervals in order not to delay the cure ) . |
| 26 | Local authorities were given powers and responsibilities for children not receiving proper education , or in need of care and control . |
| 27 | An example of the first type is found in Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 where the defendant was bound for seven years after employment not to work in the UK or Ireland in the sale or manufacture of pulley blocks , hand overhead runways , electric overhead runways or hand overhead travelling cranes . |
| 28 | Therefore at 31 December there were 77 days of sales not paid for , or in other words your DSO was 77 . |
| 29 | In every street in Kuwait there is a resistance , there are young guys , women , kids , you know there are many different kinds of resistance not to carry their weapons , but to say no to them . |
| 30 | Memorandum on classes of business not regarded as appropriate for Cabinet discussion ’ is a minute from Brook to Bridges dated 21 April 1950 , two months after Labour had been returned to power with a slim majority of six and two months before the Korean War stimulated a huge increase in defence spending . |