Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more serious problem with Deffenbacher 's approach in terms of the ability to generalize the results to other settings is that his distinction between studies which did and did not successfully manipulate violence level or personal threat can be argued to be post hoc . |
| 2 | It follows that in our judgment C.N.L. can not successfully bring themselves within the ratio of Peach v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 3 | That Sri Lankans were involved in much litigation and that the judicial system was based on alien principles can not be denied , but contemporaries did not successfully explain the link between these two facts . |
| 4 | One profession can not successfully isolate and combat infection . |
| 5 | Despite joint ventures in Europe with Philips and Olivetti , and in Spain , AT&T did not successfully achieve the same status as the existing ‘ foreign legion ’ telecoms equipment suppliers ; Siemens of Germany and Ericsson continued their traditional success as equipment suppliers in many countries , and ITT largely held on to its foreign markets both under its US ownership and when it came under majority French ( Alcatel ) control in 1986 . |
| 6 | And Alex Stewart seemingly can not successfully combine wicket-keeping and batting . |
| 7 | Stewart does not successfully refute the statement that the principal reason for the difference between the 1988 and 1990 forecasts was the reduction in HIV transmission among homosexual/bisexual men in the mid-1980s , the extent of which only became apparent between the reports . |
| 8 | The warmer the climate the more they are in evidence , because the living reptiles are ‘ cold blooded ’ ( without their own internal heat regulator ) and they can not successfully live in very cold climates . |
| 9 | Jasmine was like many horses : sold as a three-year-old because her owner had found that he could not successfully train her . |
| 10 | Ability alone was clearly not the only factor influencing the promotion of naval officers , and it is not surprising that some of those promoted did not successfully fill their new posts . |
| 11 | Many do not successfully complete this journey as anemones are often a limited resource on the reef and most of the fry are eaten by predators before they can reach protection . |
| 12 | Thus , the exploration of a present-day divergent state of language resembles the exploration of a historically attested state to the extent that we can not successfully describe either of these in terms of an external ( and usually superordinate ) variety . |
| 13 | But if politicians can not successfully steer the agenda , then that reflects a professional failure for which the price may be high . |
| 14 | Such a correspondence would ensure that no political party exercises undue influence and control over the means of communication or that the means of communication do not overwhelmingly support one political party . |
| 15 | Fortunately , tribunals do not altogether ignore the interests of the affected employee when adjudicating upon the fairness or otherwise of a company 's actions . |
| 16 | When a Devonian stage in Canada may be 10 000 feet thick and a Jurassic stage in Sicily may be thinner than its characteristic ammonites , we can not altogether ignore sheer size . |
| 17 | It is important that we do not altogether ignore videodiscs aimed at the consumer market . |
| 18 | If our constitution does not altogether submerge us in wishful thinking , that is because pain and misfortune force themselves on attention from outside . |
| 19 | That night the man did not altogether fail his fine motto . |
| 20 | Thus when the HMI team says of Danish heads that ‘ some see themselves as curriculum leaders , others do not ’ , they are in reality applying a British idea to a situation which it does not altogether fit . |
| 21 | For example , the period 1945–51 has come to acquire a retrospective glow which it may not altogether deserve . |
| 22 | I could see that Aunt Louise did not altogether rule out nuns . |
| 23 | Charles Russell also found much to admire in his Manchester Scuttlers , seeing in their violent gang fights a ‘ sense of comradeship ’ which he could not altogether disapprove of : ‘ The ‘ Scuttler ’ ’ was not wholly bad ; he would rather be a blackguard than a dullard . |
| 24 | Yes , it does seem pedantic , but we can not altogether blame Companies House . |
| 25 | Although she kept Alison so firmly , as in some austere yet not malevolent discipline , at a distance , she could not hate her , even felt a companionable pity observing the discomfort and guilt which proud Alison could not altogether dissemble . |
| 26 | I can not altogether agree with Ruskin . |
| 27 | Some , as you will see , I do not altogether agree with . |
| 28 | Although they had been told to counter this objection with the fact that this was a single instance or two of older machines and new machines could be serviced almost immediately , this did not altogether convince a potential customer and it was felt that many sales had been lost . |
| 29 | I do not altogether share her regret at the loss of such places . |
| 30 | From some remarks in Sir Alfred Ayer 's autobiography ( Part of my Life Vol. 1 , 1978 ) , it seems that the two met infrequently and perhaps did not altogether get on . |