Example sentences of "not [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen 's cousin made a public plea to construction giant Trafalgar House not to demolish the last hangar at Brooklands in Weybridge , Surrey . |
| 2 | On second thoughts , she wished she had not uttered the last sentence . |
| 3 | It is unlikely , though , that we can handle all these if we can not make the first distinction systematically ( and the alert reader can no doubt find mistakes of this sort within this book ) . |
| 4 | She would definitely not make the first move . |
| 5 | He started his career at Everton , but did not make the first team and has since played at Bolton , Chester , Lincoln , West Brom and Preston . |
| 6 | not got the second part , anyway , he phoned up about ten to two and said , but , but before that she had said that he had met Mark |
| 7 | Rush out and get one — or at least be sure not to miss the next edition out soon . |
| 8 | In particular , the European Court did not answer the second question posed for its consideration by this House , which was concerned with the criteria to be applied by the national court in deciding whether or not to grant interim protection of the rights claimed . |
| 9 | If the OED were left as no more than a monument to the English of the twentieth century it would not remain the twenty-first century 's dictionary for long . |
| 10 | Indeed Joanne was unlucky not to claim the first set , having served for it at 5–3 . |
| 11 | He had not enjoyed the second half of the show quite as much . |
| 12 | But Paris had not solved the last enigma . |
| 13 | I had not expected the twentieth century to show such a steep decline both in numbers and in quality , though I was less surprised to see the cultural importance of the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | Most Scout and Guide troops did not survive the Second World War . |
| 15 | I am afraid that I could not catch the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I agree with him about the importance that he attaches to the single market . |
| 16 | And not to benefit the first marriage and not to benefit any of the children . |
| 17 | With current policies the Conservatives will not win the next election ; even with better policies they might not win it . |
| 18 | At times , house air waybills use neutral formats that do not identify the first airline . |
| 19 | Tallis 's case is convincing , though he has certainly not said the last word on the matter , and there may well be further arguments from those who are professionally engaged in linguistics . |
| 20 | Memorex reported a $120m net loss for the nine months to December and the New York rating agency says that it does not expect the fourth quarter net outturn to be much better . |
| 21 | to the third year and I might not do the fourth year . |
| 22 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 23 | However good you become at assessing a candidate from your own point of view , you will have failed as an interviewer if you do not keep the second interview objective clearly in mind . |
| 24 | Devoy would surely count her match against Jackman as one of the most demanding she has experienced during her long reign as the world 's leading player , while Jackman , who was unlucky not to win the second game , pronounced herself happy with her performance . |
| 25 | On Saturday , the device did not work the second time . |
| 26 | By the way , do not use the second person in your answer — make the answer impersonal , thus you should say ‘ X is liable , ’ not ‘ You are liable . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I can not remember the last time I had a proper meal without having a nice drop of wine to go with it . |
| 28 | But I really can not remember the last time I went out and bought something new from a retailer — other than test kits and silicon sealant . |
| 29 | This shows Stukeley 's keen topographical eye and fanciful imagination , but whilst the St. Peter 's area is one of the oldest places of settlement and has a regularised street pattern , like the rest of the town it does not predate the ninth century . |
| 30 | Their Lordships accept the ‘ Salisbury doctrine ’ , produced by Lord Salisbury during the era of the post-war Attlee administration , which asserts that the Upper House should not stop the second reading of a bill that embodies proposals which appeared in the election manifesto of the governing party . |