Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv prt] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have smiled at the Kafkaesqueness of the situation , had I not broken out in a cold sweat and had I at that stage not been ignorant of Kafka 's existence . |
| 2 | The British constitution is not written down in a single legal document which enjoys a special political status above ordinary law . |
| 3 | The fire did not break out in a deserted building in the middle of nowhere in the wee small hours of the morning . |
| 4 | ‘ We inhabitants of the post-historical world ’ , he trumpets , ‘ will have to keep in mind that the truly fundamental transformation in world politics are not going on in a desolate Middle Eastern desert , but back in cette vielle Europe which was the cradle of the idea of human freedom ’ . |
| 5 | I very much regret that both the Syrians and the Lebanese stayed away from the multilaterals and that , although present , the Palestinians did not join in in a positive way . |
| 6 | If Britain is not to end up in a technological cul-de-sac , with a technical solution to managing nuclear waste confronted by massive political opposition , it must tackle a number of problems . |
| 7 | They reach a length of 1m ( 39″ ) and are nocturnal , not settling down in a brightly-lit tank . |
| 8 | The evolutionary advantage of this is that the animal need not lie around in a torpid state , vulnerable to attack . |