Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ May we not lend you a mount , Miss Abbott ? ’ |
| 2 | They should not think her a woman who had let herself go . |
| 3 | Making passing references to the poor , the black and to women does not make one a radical or even a liberal . |
| 4 | But that support , which the Nobel committee acknowledges , does not make her a guerrilla . |
| 5 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |
| 6 | That did not make him a criminal under section 14 . |
| 7 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
| 8 | ( I may believe Jesus ' teaching to have been exemplary , or that he was a man singularly in tune with God ; but this , as I would argue , does not make me a Christian . ) |
| 9 | But again this does not make me a Christian . |
| 10 | ( This is obviously correct ; one does not make something a business secret by simply describing it as such . |
| 11 | Student union leaders at both Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores Universities stressed that students should not make themselves a target by going out alone . |
| 12 | ‘ These will not make you a courtier , Roger , but at least you wo n't be a beggar ! ’ |
| 13 | You may enjoy talking but this does not make you a wizard at verbal presentations . |
| 14 | This may sound impossible , but if there is a distinct possibility that this will eventually be needed , why not make it a goal to begin establishing such a fund now ? |
| 15 | The condition may be upheld if the plaintiff had previously disclosed his reports or offered to disclose them in exchange for the defendant 's reports ( Clarke v Martlew [ 1973 ] QB 58 ) but even that is in doubt since Megarity v DJ Ryan & Sons Ltd [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 832 in which it was said that the plaintiff can not make it a condition precedent to granting a medical examination that the defendant must produce the ensuing report , since to do so would pre-empt the court 's power to give directions as to expert evidence . |
| 16 | Merely exhibiting a sample during the negotiations will not make it a sale by sample unless the parties agree that it is a sale by sample . |
| 17 | Although he was wary of commenting on a specific meeting , Mr Hyde said the company ‘ would not make it a matter of policy to say we have been in contact or received authorisation , if that had n't been the case ’ . |
| 18 | Blacks need to realise that affirmative action can not solve their most serious problems , whites need to remember that affirmative action does not make it an advantage to be born black . |
| 19 | A " customer " is a person with or for whom a firm carries on , or merely intends to carry on , " regulated business " or other business carried on in connection with that regulated business ; the reference to " other business " does not make someone a customer if he would not otherwise be but seems merely to extend the scope of the activities covered by the COB Rules . |
| 20 | WHATEVER the home unions committee may care to think , the team who performed with great distinction in Paris are Lions to a man — and if the powers-that-be will not grant them the honour with a large ‘ L ’ they can hardly begrudge it with a small one . |
| 21 | Catalogues and mail order services share the disadvantages of offering a limited selection , and , more importantly , not allowing you the chance to examine the item until it arrives at the door . |
| 22 | The local ombudsman found Lancashire SSD had not given her the support and counselling she needed . |
| 23 | No Alan 's not given me the go ahead really to , to do . |
| 24 | Theseus would still be blundering around in the labyrinth where he went to slay the Minotaur , if Ariadne had not given him a ball of thread so that he could retrace his steps when the deed was done . |
| 25 | We must also recognise that we have not given them the support and management guidance on practical recruitment that they , as volunteers , need . |
| 26 | If the police had not given us the benefit of the doubt , I should have been more than a little proud to go to jail in his company , together with the Cup . |
| 27 | It was clear that Holmes ' cleverness with the telegram had not given us the proof we needed . |
| 28 | Now I 've not given you a lot of chance to speak because you said you do n't want to go and to , but I want |
| 29 | If your lecturer has not given you a book list , get one of your larger colleagues to persuade him to do so . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't you know God has not given you the spirit of fear but of love and a sound mind ? ’ |