Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In curing a Gentile , Mark is stressing the fact that Jesus ' power over evil is not witnessed by Jews alone , but extends to all people . |
| 2 | This is because most male clerks do not stay as clerks for all their working lives . |
| 3 | Three-quarters of Scotland 's top companies believe the Government has no effective economic policy and the same proportion believe Mr Lamont should not stay as Chancellor , according to a poll by the accountancy firm Pannell Kerr Forster and BBC TV in Scotland . |
| 4 | By the Tuesday of the first week , Cassie knew that she could not stay at Rose Cottage any longer . |
| 5 | I could not stay at home and write a novel because I feel too tired and run down , and need a break from mental activity . |
| 6 | ‘ Why not stay to lunch ? |
| 7 | You must forgive me , Mrs O'Dell , I fear I can not stay for coffee — I have many other calls upon my time . |
| 8 | She did not stay for coffee . |
| 9 | He did not stay for coffee but left the hotel and walked down the almost deserted main street . |
| 10 | I shall not stay for coffee . |
| 11 | There were seventy- five paintings in the exhibition and by the time I left , which was quite early as I did not stay for dinner , most of the pictures had a little red sold label . |
| 12 | ‘ One thing is certain — we can not stay with Queen Margaret 's party . |
| 13 | He could not stay in London until the end of the session as he had intended to do . |
| 14 | • If you feel tired when it is time to get up — indeed , you might just be getting off to sleep ! — do not stay in bed , but get up . |
| 15 | The patient should not stay in bed without a special reason , such as feeling ill or exceptionally fatigued , or having a headache . |
| 16 | The tour is based in Kaprun , and you can choose from any of the hotels in the village in the normal way , where you can leave your heavy luggage on the nights that you will not stay in Kaprun . |
| 17 | Because Miyagi did not stay in Japan for long periods , it was Yamaguchi who made a great headway with his own system of goju-kai . |
| 18 | Many of the animals swim so quickly that they do not stay in sight for long . |
| 19 | Needless to say we did not stay in Aberdeen longer than necessary . |
| 20 | Old-fashioned or external sanitary towels , as anyone who has had the misfortune to make use of them will know , are dreadfully uncomfortable : they will not stay in place , they leak , and they chafe . |
| 21 | So the question of the soundness of Atkins L.J . 's dictum did not arise for decision in that case . |
| 22 | What the position would have been if , say , half of the contents including the signature had been written on one occasion and the rest of the contents on another , later , occasion , with the deceased indicating on the later occasion to the two witnesses that he regarded his signature as authenticating the whole of the contents , does not arise for decision and need not be decided now . |
| 23 | One reason for the apparent failure of whooping cough immunization may lie in the ability of the virus to mutate to new forms which evade destruction until a new vaccine can be devised and introduced ; this problem does not arise with diphtheria and measles . |
| 24 | ( This problem does not arise with input channels because these are all , by assumption , distinct in ALT patterns . ) |
| 25 | Ceauşescu knew that revolutions do not arise from despair but hope . |
| 26 | Similar trends are apparent in the series for cumulated inflows , suggesting that the observed changes in the stock do not arise from revaluation effects alone . |
| 27 | This has two purposes , firstly to illustrate the above assertion about the pervasiveness of layering and secondly to act as a reminder that there are important double diffusive flows that do not arise from instability of vertical gradients . |
| 28 | When any major change occurs , provided it does not arise from events beyond our control , you will have the choice of ( a ) accepting the changed arrangements , ( b ) purchasing another available holiday from us at is advertised price , or ( c ) cancelling your holiday . |
| 29 | It was held in Chamberlain v IRC 25 TC 317 that where assets settled by X were invested in shares in a company controlled by the settlor , the whole of the capital of which was held by the trustees themselves , the income arising in the company did not arise from property comprised in the settlement within the meaning of TA 1988 , s672(1) . |
| 30 | The same problem could not arise in Germany , according to Vogts , because of the ‘ wonderful relationship ’ which exists between the Football Federation and those who look after the national team . |