Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] that [pron] [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 To prove contrary evidence it was necessary to have either positive proof that the document was returned to the sender or , if sent by recorded delivery , that there was no acknowledgement of receipt , or if there was evidence of the document having been received by some person , there was proof that the person was not the intended recipient and that he had not brought the document to the notice of the person required to be served .
2 The point is clear : if the hon. Gentleman feels that he is totally committed to his mandate and that he has not changed his opinion , he should ask the electors of Dunfermline , not me .
3 It is not just the owners who turf out their dogs daily , it is also those who blissfully believe everyone is a dog lover and that we do n't mind the unpleasant and unhealthy filth their pets create in every park , play area , beach and common , nor the way many out-of-control large dogs are allowed to harass the hapless walker who crosses their path .
4 Our problem is not that we have the wrong answers to particular doubts but that we do not have the right attitude to doubt in general .
5 As Wildavsky ( 1975 , p. 42 ) states : ‘ It is not so much that traditional budgeting succeeds brilliantly on every criterion but that it does not entirely fail on any one that is responsible for its longevity . ’
6 We explained that we had not realized their boat was part of the Coast Guard and that we had not heard them aright in their orders to stop .
7 Men who took such actions clearly felt that they had a secure prospect of work and that they did not need to be particularly submissive to their lords .
8 The Church throughout the world received orders and instructions which it obeyed willingly enough , though sometimes it regretted that there were no arrangements for dialogue and that it had not been invited to collaborate ; the result was that unity had to be lived out in passive acceptance rather than celebrated in fraternity ( Pensiamo al Concilio 9 ; see Hebblethwaite , 1984 , p. 409 ) .
9 It was only then that George Shultz , Reagan 's secretary of state , learned the president had actually signed an order authorising the arms shipments on 17 January and that he had not been consulted or told .
10 We think that it conserves services , that it has searched out the vast majority of efficiencies that we can find within this council and that it does n't pass on to the poll tax , council tax payers the fruits , I mean it does pass on the poll tax or council tax payers the fruits of how we have achieved savings and efficiencies over the last couple of years .
11 I told the computer about visiting my parents and that they did n't believe me .
12 The only grass that 's well cut is where people cut it themselves outside their own house but , in particular , erm , th I would like to see the supervision of the contract and that we do n't cough up the money unless the job 's done properly because I think we 're paying for a job that 's not being either done at all , or when it is being done it 's not being done well .
13 Provided that volunteers are not allowed a watch and that they do not use television or radio then they are in an environment which combines some of the comforts of home with the more exacting requirements of free-running experiments .
14 Yeah well I mean with all this noise and that you do n't feel like doing much do you ?
15 Combined with my relief that a resting-place had finally been found was satisfaction that I 'd had him with me for those first few hours and that he had not been whisked from his bed by complete strangers and reappeared , repackaged , at the crematorium a week later .
16 I am sorry that we did not manage to pin the overspending of Labour authorities on those authorities and that we did not have a chance to repeat across the country the electoral triumphs that we enjoyed in Trafford , Southend , Brent , Hillingdon , Ealing , Wandsworth and Westminster .
17 We contend that audit adjustments were made properly to reflect the situation at 31 March and that they do not come under TR720 , which the Inspector is contending .
18 Najaar claims that it does not have any side-effects and that it does not affect the taste of food .
19 ‘ The trial lasted six days and in his summing up , the judge said that it was too difficult to determine the age of the dogs and that he did not believe a breeder would know her own stock — so basically the ‘ coincidence ’ was too strong .
20 The problem is not that parents want to spike the afternoon but that they do not think .
21 There is no law on emotional damages , for instance , if it has never been decided by any statute or precedent or other procedure specified by convention either that people have a legal right to compensation for emotional damages or that they do not .
22 the stating of the price without making it clear , if it is the case , that it applies only to cash customers or that it does not apply to part-exchange deals or applies only in certain circumstances or does not apply in certain other circumstances ;
23 He found that survey respondents did not make unbiased predictions and that they did not efficiently exploit the information contained in past interest rate movements , and concludes that his results are ‘ mixed to unfavourable ’ to the hypothesis that expectations are rational .
24 Applying these principles to the facts of this case , the central allegations were that Savory Milln knew that £23m of the sub-underwriting was being arranged through Mr Ferriday , knew that he was personally responsible for £7.5m and that it did not believe he had sufficient funds to cover his obligations .
25 Keith Sinclair and Gordon Lucking claim they have not been kept in touch with club affairs and that there has not been a board meeting since May last year .
26 Women did not qualify for a ‘ family wage ’ since it was assumed ( erroneously in some cases ) that they lived at home with parents or relatives and that they did not have dependants to support financially .
27 Erm er I was concerned when my Noble Friend said that he 'd looked up Hallsbury but that it did n't contain the right words , er er I rather wonder whether he looked up so to speak the right version or the last version .
28 I said they were to write notes on large pieces of rough paper and that it did n't matter ( I always say this now ) about spelling .
29 The moment was complete when I realised that the action had also cured my arthritis and that I had n't needed the strategically-placed piece of double-sided sticky tape .
30 Goldreyer has always maintained that he meticulously applied up to 2 million dots of paint and that he did not repaint the canvas .
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