Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun pl] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paragraph 610 of the Bar code provides , first : ’ Counsel must not make statements or ask questions which are merely scandalous or intended or calculated only to vilify insult or annoy either a witness or some other person ; counsel must if possible avoid the naming in open Court of third parties whose characters would thereby be impugned ; counsel must not suggest that a witness or other person is guilty of crime , fraud or misconduct or attribute to another person the crime or conduct of which his lay client is accused ’ |
| 2 | Do not leave gates open when crossing fields , and do not damage crops or frighten animals . |
| 3 | In order not to obstruct gangways or take up rack space , dry powder systems would have to be designed with extensive pipework feeding nozzles located in the racks or gangways from a centralised , pressurised storage unit . |
| 4 | Apart from the wish not to annoy members or waste money on postage and printing , the Trust does not want to be anti-environmental in its use of paper . |
| 5 | By telling himself that trees and night birds and the moon could not pluck feathers or write notes , he decided ; and that the best defence might lie in attack . |
| 6 | They did not ruin crops or attack living things . |
| 7 | Certain vegetables do not have seeds or go to seed so this method of determining ancient people 's diet is an important source of historical information . |
| 8 | The Italian government had earlier announced that it would repatriate all Albanians who had not found jobs or obtained political refugee status by July 15 , the deadline for a new immigration law . |
| 9 | In March 1989 Hungary became the first East European state to accede to the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ( under which states agreed not to expel refugees or return them to their homeland if they would face persecution there ) . |
| 10 | They attempted to increase the supply of low-cost housing through , for example , shared-ownership schemes , but did not encourage developers or housing associations to build accessible housing . |
| 11 | ‘ The ferry operators undertook not to reduce services or increase fares by more than inflation during this period . ’ |
| 12 | Responses , ranked in order of frequency ( with more than one response per subject possible ) , were : ( 1 ) avoid people who ‘ have it ’ or are ‘ infected ’ ( 36% ) ; ( 2 ) avoid ‘ risky ’ environments ( subway , crowds , jail ) ( 18% ) ; ( 3 ) avoid people who are coughing ( 13% ) ; ( 4 ) do not share cigarettes or crack pipes with anyone ( 13% ) ; and ( 5 ) do not share drinks or food with anyone ( 13% ) . |
| 13 | Hence although corpus analysis will play an increasingly important role , it is Briscoe 's belief that it will not supplant others or render more theoretical work irrelevant . |
| 14 | Fiddly things that those great fingers ca n't do … but not paint flowers or mend their shoes … |
| 15 | When I 'm not making programmes or writing articles about food , I run a very busy pub from early in the morning to the wee small hours — and the last thing I want to do then is cook a meal . ’ |
| 16 | With these factors in mind , it can be seen that , if drafting for the supplier , the drafter 's objectives are : 1 To ensure that the buyer accepts the goods/services supplied and does not reject goods or terminate the contract . |
| 17 | Do not cook supplements or pour boiling water over them . |
| 18 | Nor that we should not form opinions or make evaluations . |
| 19 | Not only will the vendor covenant not to compete with the business , but it will also covenant separately not to solicit customers or solicit employees . |
| 20 | But in the Epilogue , as opposed to the body of Crime and Punishment , people do n't torture animals or bear the mark of Peter the German . |
| 21 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 22 | They could n't make judgements or try to inflict order on their world , but simply flowed with it . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's no good looking round , you do n't make excuses or look for other people to help you . |
| 24 | People ca n't keep telephones , they ca n't indulge in the little white collar thefts of stamps , stationery and phone calls from work , they ca n't buy newspapers or maintain friendships . |
| 25 | Inside , Virgin 's pilots are landing on runway twenty seven at Heathrow , in the simulator they can take off and land as often as they like at this the world 's busiest airport , but in real life Virgin says it has to fight for slots to take off and land at the times to suit business travellers , it blames B A. B A says it does n't allocate slots or monopolize Heathrow Airport . |
| 26 | Now I 'm so thin I ca n't do sports or swim because I look awful in a swimsuit . |
| 27 | For all its strengths , the game has a few flaws — you ca n't drop objects or give them to another character . |
| 28 | ‘ But they do the easy part — they do n't take orders or stock a wide range . ’ |
| 29 | Like , you could n't have pianos or sax because it was n't hardcore . ’ |
| 30 | We ca n't hold meetings or travel freely . |