Example sentences of "not [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just occurred to me that not everyone got a chance to see the FA Youth Cup Final ! |
| 2 | But not everyone owns a radio telephone , or a way of contacting the shore . |
| 3 | So why , if the bugs that the sneezing man spread about the bus were the cause of the illness , did not everyone get a cold ? |
| 4 | Granted not everyone has a PC to use it on , but if someone in the family does use one , I thoroughly recommend purchasing this software . |
| 5 | Not everyone has a marriage like mine and for that , many women will no doubt be very grateful . |
| 6 | Since they are objective the question of whether or not someone possesses a concept does not arise . |
| 7 | no she 's not I have a picture of her somewhere , she 's nice him , his , there , there she is |
| 8 | Donald , who describes himself as a Friend of the Earth , does not himself hold a driving licence , but has taken it upon himself to publish a list of prominent men and women who have had the misfortune to be caught driving over the limit a judge , a chief superintendent , various footballers , actors , television personalities — in what he chooses to call his Hall of Shame : It is the number of celebrities we have discovered that is so shocking . |
| 9 | Can not you pay a woman to come in ? ’ |
| 10 | More often than not you get a refund cos of course you have personal allowances for a whole year but you 've not er not er lived a whole year as often as not and therefore there usually spaced over the twelve months and you 've paid a bit too much tax if you 've died in the course of the twelve months . |
| 11 | Whether or not you get a loan depends on many factors including a credit assessment . |
| 12 | What happens depends on whether or not you made a will to start with . |
| 13 | Whether or not you have a dog , display a sign on the front gate that says ‘ Beware of the dog ’ . |
| 14 | This has not only created severe problems for the national parliaments , who are finding the huge quantity of legislation difficult to scrutinise , it also represents a seepage of power to Brussels , since the best way of attaining power is simply to grab it , whether or not you have a mandate . |
| 15 | Top beauty therapist Janet Filderman , author of Perfect Skin ( Vermilion , £8.99 ) recommends letting your own skin be the judge of whether or not you need a moisturiser — do n't just apply it out of habit . |
| 16 | Not one to miss a plug , I asked him what he thought of our latest issue . |
| 17 | A combination of justified annoyance , guilt and weeks of overwork blew John McLeish 's temper to shreds instantly , and Francesca , seriously over-stressed and not one to duck a quarrel at the best of times , responded in kind . |
| 18 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 19 | A hymn should be an act of worship in its own right and not something to dispel a silence . |
| 20 | But George Bartlett , QC , for the NGC , said : ‘ The inquiry 's time and cost would not be saved , because whether or not we express a preference for one of them , they will remain as alternatives before the secretary of State . |
| 21 | And Kollerstrom is quite mistaken in supposing that this part of the study could show whether or not there exists a threshold below which no effects occur . |
| 22 | This bad news had come through , and of course nobody had television then ; not everybody had a radio . |
| 23 | Not everybody believes a profusion of summits are a good investment of prime ministerial time : the results do not always justify the hours and the nervous energy spent . |
| 24 | Not everybody has a brace you know . |
| 25 | You know but there again not everybody has a garden ! |
| 26 | It is the essential but usually overlooked fact that in any psychophysical experiment when , for example , subjects are asked whether or not they perceive a stimulus , their responses , verbal or otherwise , can not be relied on as accurate accounts of their conscious experiences . |
| 27 | Whether they knew George Pittendrigh or not they felt a need to be solemn , to show at least an awareness of mortality . |
| 28 | As Leader of the House , does not he have a responsibility to the whole House ? |
| 29 | And when the great gentleman detective got hold of the village postman and subjected him to an interrogation which ranged from what he had eaten for breakfast to whether or not he possessed a wireless set and if so what he had listened to on the previous morning , Sergeant Bramble maintained a stoic countenance . |
| 30 | Engineers in managerial positions should therefore recognise that they have enhanced responsibilities in three important respects : the introduction and operation of a proper risk management programme ; the effective discharge of their broader duties , so that they do not themselves become a source of risk ; and in the making of judgements relating tot he tolerability of risk . |