Example sentences of "not give the impression " in BNC.
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| 1 | The students from that time remembered a man with a sharp sense of the ridiculous ; who ragged them but was too shy to be intimate with them though they liked him much for his friendliness and his humour ; who was famous for long , sudden , and embarrassing silences ; who was so eccentric that none of them believed that he could later be a man of distinction in England or his Church ; a man who loved theology — they never met anywhere else a man who so loved theology , and who regarded theology as the highest intellectual activity for humanity ; a fierce defender of liberty of opinion , for Marxists as for anyone else ; whose principal theme was the glory of God , and who was evidently touched by his ideas of Plato ; who did not give the impression of a mind of exceptional ability — there was not enough knife in the mind — but who gave the impression of being an exceptional person ; who disturbed other people 's prayers in chapel with convulsive fidgets and sudden face-rubbings — they regarded him as tense in his devotions and were afraid of a nervous breakdown ; who had a manifest and rare mystical sense of the immediate presence of God , a presence so brilliant that it could almost overpower . |
| 2 | And although Bryan Forbes made a stab at backing British filmmakers as head or production for EMI , the company that had taken over ABPC in 1969 , announcing 14 projects within months of taking over his new post , the line-up did not give the impression that he was in touch with any new sources of cinematic excitement . |
| 3 | In these circumstances there was much to be said for sticking to forms that were known and accepted ; and in spite of the great list of possible wordings in PS , the Digest does not give the impression that the more obscure terms were much used . |
| 4 | I must not give the impression of being without sin . |
| 5 | He did not mention his family and did not give the impression of a man with marital problems . ’ |
| 6 | It should not give the impression that tomorrow , next Monday or the end of the month is soon enough . |
| 7 | The Anonimalle Chronicle 's account of de la Mare 's selection does not give the impression that it was usual to choose a speaker , though it is possible that the small groups which had appeared before the lords on behalf of the commons in earlier parliaments had chosen one of their number to speak on their behalf . |
| 8 | Men did not give the impression that their sexuality was at all vulnerable . |
| 9 | They could not give the impression that they doubted the validity of their king 's claim to the crown of France , for by so doing they would have thrown doubt upon the symbolic and legal importance of Henry VI 's French coronation , rendering illegal the very authority ( the royal one ) upon which the validity of the grants made to Englishmen ( and others ) in Normandy depended . |
| 10 | A British official observed that , ‘ The truth is that Mr Yoshida , although able in his own way , does not give the impression of being particularly well-qualified to cope with the intricate political and economic situation in which Japan now finds herself . ’ |
| 11 | 1 Be friendly and helpful throughout ; do not give the impression that it is all too much trouble . |
| 12 | Aethelbald 's association with these councils does not give the impression of a king so totally outside contemporary conventions as Boniface 's letter to him seems to imply . |
| 13 | This does not give the impression of a Mercian king in control of the south-eastern provinces from the mid-760s . |
| 14 | I hope that I did not give the impression that a Bill could be amended in any way at all as that is not so . |
| 15 | While he was careful not to give the impression to the Beavis family that his work was anything out of the ordinary , he nevertheless made sure it was not open to even the most casual glance . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps aliens have taken her , ’ suggested Joe , not giving the impression that it concerned him very greatly . |
| 17 | Certainly did n't give the impression of having anything to hide . |
| 18 | It does n't give the impression of staff muddling on regardless : differences in theoretical perspectives are made explicit . |
| 19 | ‘ Certainly he does n't give the impression that history is where his main interest lies . ’ |
| 20 | Her almost violet eyes were a bit startling , maybe , set as they were in such dark lashes , but certainly her hair did n't give the impression of ruthless determination ; it sprang every which way , totally unsuppressed . |