Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] that we [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That being so , I do not think that we ought to attempt beforehand to classify all the occasions upon which it may be proper to make such an order … |
| 2 | ‘ The Commission does not think that we should expect an increase of prices … |
| 3 | For reasons to which I shall refer later I do not think that we should do that . |
| 4 | Clem Attlee nationalised the Bank of England because he did not think that we should have rule by central bankers . |
| 5 | I do not think that we can achieve more in this forum . |
| 6 | I do not think that we can turn back the tide of secularisation altogether in the area of dying , but we can call a halt to it by giving some serious thought to practices within our society and churches . |
| 7 | With regard to the need for direct and close contact , I do not think that we could have had a clearer example of that than the visit of President Yeltsin and the very straight talking between my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the president . |
| 8 | So she smiled on and stood there and in exasperation Mrs Browning said , ‘ I do not know that we should continue this discussion , Wilson . |
| 9 | A spokesman for Telecom Eireann said : ‘ The law does not provide that we can do anything to stop this . |
| 10 | We had the opportunity to make a fundamental change , and I could not believe that we would allow that opportunity to slip away . |
| 11 | I do not believe that we should cast aside at all lightly the all-party support for these methods . |
| 12 | But I do not believe that we can assemble a majority for anything as negative as ‘ get the Tories out ’ . |
| 13 | Whilst recognising that the worship of a small , dispirited congregation is of importance to God , it does not believe that we can acquiesce in despair or even discouragement . |
| 14 | Rommetveit does not believe that we can understand meaning by paring an utterance down to its ‘ core meaning ’ and then following up variations on it , as the formal linguists are attempting to do . |
| 15 | I certainly do not believe that we can win anything by a formal arrangement with the Liberal Democratic Party . |
| 16 | Admittedly most of us become egoists in a struggle for mere physical survival , — starving men fighting for food , drowning men climbing into an over-weighted boat ; but it does not follow that we can become egoists from principle in conditions where basic human needs are satisfied . |
| 17 | William the Conqueror was a cruel and harsh ruler , and I do not suggest that we should harry the north ; but during his reign , although people were fearful of the monarch , they were not fearful of their fellow citizens . |
| 18 | The convergence I have been exploring does not suggest that we should collapse materialism and psychoanalysis into each other . |
| 19 | This does not mean that we shall shy away from tackling difficult subjects that may cause offence . |
| 20 | When I say we must accept " the general outline of Darwinian theory " I do not mean that we must accept the dogma of gradualism which Darwin felt to be crucial but which is now becoming increasingly suspect . |
| 21 | But that does not mean that we should make it even more likely that he or she commit the act by reducing the punishment . |
| 22 | This does not mean that we should act out the ‘ dark ’ side of our nature . |
| 23 | Evaluation , then , may require prior criteria against which the evaluation can be made ; but that does not mean that we can give a full and detailed account of those criteria . |
| 24 | However , she warned , " the fact that we are entering the path of economic development does not mean that we can expect a quick jump in living standards " . |
| 25 | However , this comparative assessment of the respective merits of two bodies of work does not mean that we can regard the hyperpluralist perspective as an adequate explanation of British politics . |
| 26 | Our success in Europe means that we can reassess what we need to do to defend ourselves ; it does not mean that we can lower our guard . |
| 27 | ‘ That does not mean that we will purchase OTC products from another company , and it does not mean that we will purchase another company purely for its OTC products , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ That does not mean that we will purchase OTC products from another company , and it does not mean that we will purchase another company purely for its OTC products , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Let's not pretend that we can escape from our responsibility to these old people by pretending that the community will take care of them , that 's not the way it 's gon na be . |
| 30 | I do not say that we should pull up the anchor and take the United Kingdom somewhere else . |