Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ So the Campbell is not bang to rights at all . ’ |
| 5 | Specialist publications do not exist on articles and news that is exclusive of everything but one subject . |
| 6 | Just as a leader can not exist without followers , so too strategic vision can not exist without being so recognized by followers . |
| 7 | Eukaryotes could not exist without bacteria , toiling away in the background ; and the lives of all organisms , including bacteria , are profoundly affected by viruses . |
| 8 | That right will not exist for workers within a company . |
| 9 | Needless to say , dislocations can not exist in glasses because glasses are not crystalline . |
| 10 | But many of the present-day problems in schools are the result of factors which did not exist in years gone by . |
| 11 | There is no reason to think that similar conditions would not exist in animals . |
| 12 | Nicholson has always strongly denied the view that his films could have influenced anyone in their decision whether or not to indulge in drugs . |
| 13 | As she hurried upstairs to the bedroom , which still seemed to hold Leo 's presence , she tried not to indulge in daydreams that would in all probability prove to be no more substantial than the rainbows she 'd witnessed earlier . |
| 14 | The rain had not stopped for days on end . |
| 15 | Throughout this book , I have emphasized that we must not think of genes as conscious , purposeful agents . |
| 16 | May it sometimes be better , from a utilitarian point of view , that people should not think as utilitarians ? perhaps it is best for the general happiness that people should believe that a certain obligation to keep promises holds independently of its effects on happiness ? |
| 17 | When he did not think in terms of Val . |
| 18 | Furthermore , the fans themselves , although recognising the different types of football supporter , will not think in terms of a career structure . |
| 19 | Ruether does not think in terms of a God who is transcendent above history and acts as an agent in history ; and this we might say lets her off the hook as far as the theodicy question is concerned . |
| 20 | We do not think in terms of capitalist shoes and socialist shoes . |
| 21 | This is not to say that R&D should not think in terms of processes that do not currently exist , but it emphasizes the need for discussion and agreement on how they shall be provided , in time for them to be in place when they are needed . |
| 22 | ‘ We can not think in terms of locations until we know more about what kind of attraction is planned . ’ |
| 23 | Let us be worthy of that lesson , and not flinch at deaths which are needful to protect a thousand billion other mortals . |
| 24 | It is adaptive for animals not to mate with members of other species . |
| 25 | ‘ Let's not rush into things here . ’ |
| 26 | And , unlike Mrs Thatcher , he did not rush to conclusions . |
| 27 | She relates how she , like many other miners , wives , sells foodstuffs in the street in order to make up for what her husband 's wage does not cover in necessities . |
| 28 | However , works produced in only a small number of copies are often not received in terms of the Copyright Act , and instead are purchased to ensure that a copy is added to the collection . |
| 29 | Population turnover is high , large numbers are not registered with GPs , high proportions are from other cultures or homeless , refugees are common — in the North Thames regions an estimated 120 000 — and AIDS causes many deaths . |
| 30 | Their fears were not allayed by restrictions on the Polish language , since the Prussians made no distinctions between Kaszubian and Polish . |