Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] [that] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As most average families are in the bottom 60 per cent. , does not that show that the Government have given money to the rich at the expense of ordinary families ? |
| 2 | In La Route des Flandres , the fluctuations between first and third person mean that it is not possible to contend that the novel 's discourse is organized entirely around the consciousness of the central character Georges , who otherwise seems to be re-creating his experiences in the course of a night in bed with the widow of his commanding officer , some time after the wartime conflict . |
| 3 | Merkur Island were not parties to any contract for the supply of towage services , so it was not possible to say that the purpose of the action was to prevent the supply of services between an employer who was party to the dispute ( Merkur Island ) and the employer under the contract of employment to which the secondary action related ( the tug owners ) . |
| 4 | It is not possible to say that the material as to the second audit must be irrelevant . |
| 5 | I fear that the Secretary of State was not right to claim that the Bill is universally welcomed . |
| 6 | Unlike some of his theological colleagues , Bishop Montefiore is not afraid to state that the question of whether God exists is a definite question of fact . |
| 7 | Zuwaya were not prepared to accept that the law is embodied in a person or office , for then it acquires authority , a hierarchy of instances of control and review . |
| 8 | He was not prepared to admit that the universe could have many alternative histories , as in the sum over histories . |
| 9 | It would be arrogant to suggest that the West no longer tells the story , but I think that it is not untrue to say that the Devil is not as central to that story as he was . |
| 10 | In Wales there was not much doubt that the result would be negative . |
| 11 | There is not much sign that the King did in fact profit from the sale of offices ; but others certainly could and did . |
| 12 | For example , it is not uncommon to hear that the carer ‘ cracked ’ when a parent is incontinent immediately after leaving the toilet . |
| 13 | It is also not uncommon to find that the projection used to map a particular phenomenon is altered from time to time . |
| 14 | I am not able to say that the steering group has achieved fair and equal representation of all its members . |
| 15 | If the young adult dog or puppy sees the owner run screaming to the house in terror , it is not unreasonable to assume that the dog will quickly follow . |
| 16 | Indeed , since the 1980 Education Act 's requirement that all schools publish their examination results , it is not unreasonable to surmise that the influence of examinations upon teaching quality ( or its lack ) is likely to grow in years to come . |
| 17 | Because prosecution is a last resort it is not unreasonable to suggest that the offe |
| 18 | In real life it is not unreasonable to expect that the learner may often hear things of which the meaning escapes him . |
| 19 | It was the smart thing to do down Hollywood , but it is not difficult to see that the venom and enjoyment that went into those attacks of the 1920s tell us more about the social values of elites and in particular of intellectuals than they do about movies as such . |
| 20 | It is not difficult to imagine that the impact of the crash caused damage to almost all the various spindles that make up the centre-pieces of many of the sub-assemblies . |
| 21 | It is not necessary to suppose that the design of a body or organ is the best that an engineer could conceive of . |
| 22 | It is not necessary to presume that the progression defined indicates some inescapable order in the way children learn , or some sequence of difficulty inherent in the material to be learnt . |
| 23 | It is , however , not necessary to argue that the severance of the union is illegal or unconstitutional in any technical sense . |
| 24 | With respect to Lloyd L.J. , when the creditor is content to leave it to the debtor to obtain the surety 's signature in circumstances in which it should have been aware that undue influence might come into play , it is not necessary to establish that the debtor was acting as agent for the bank . |
| 25 | This means that it is not necessary to require that the wavefunction is unchanged by the interchange of two identical particles but simply to specify that if it does change it does so in one of these trivial , physically equivalent , ways . |
| 26 | This overlooks the point that , since the decision of the House in Button and Swain it was not necessary to prove that the offence took place in public . |
| 27 | The tenant is not obliged to ensure that the landlord is aware of the defects in the premises or to give the landlord an opportunity to remedy the defects before commencing legal proceedings . |
| 28 | The prosecution are not obliged to prove that the defendant intended to cause some actual bodily harm or was reckless as to whether such harm would be caused . |
| 29 | It is not correct to say that the Government Select Committee on Health has recommended a continuation of the current system of voluntary agreements on tobacco advertising as opposed to an EC ban . |
| 30 | Given the uneven provision of training officers already noted , it is not surprising to note that the extent of planning is uneven , and varies considerably . |