Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] it [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hank was so used to being deserted by his mother that he did not think it odd that she should go out on the first evening in ten weeks that his father had been able to spend at home . |
| 2 | Furthermore , while it may well be correct to say that the implied licence doctrine ( so long as it survived ) itself involved the " adaptation " of the literal application of the statutory provisions " to meet one special type of case " , I do not think it correct that the [ old ] decisions … authorise or justify an application of the statutory provisions otherwise than in accordance with their ordinary and natural meaning … |
| 3 | The artist 's widow did not think it appropriate that the work should have ended up on the commercial circuit and has therefore refused to sign the document . |
| 4 | I do not think it possible that datura , Indian or British , or deadly nightshade invaded our menu . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Do you not think it insane that Man shrinks from his Maker ? |
| 6 | Although be knew that this happens , he did not think it plausible that all differences between cells could be caused in this way , because he could not see how a sufficient number of specific external stimuli could be brought to bear during development . |
| 7 | I do not think it fair that only two , or any ad hoc number , should be allowed to participate . |
| 8 | Given the comments of the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) , when he was Secretary of State for the Environment , that national parks were the jewels in the crown , does the Minister not think it fair that that should apply to the entire United Kingdom , not least to my constituency which contains Loch Lomond which is facing ecological disaster as a result of the political intransigence of the blockheads in the Scottish Office in Edinburgh ? |
| 9 | This does not make it certain that the West will do nothing about other ethnic cleansers ; but it does raise the cleansers ' hopes . |
| 10 | We have to wait patiently a little while longer yet to determine whether the new generation Alpha RISC machines have turned Digital Equipment Corp around or whether the company is pursuing the same downward curve as IBM Corp , because the company has still scarcely started shipping the machines in real numbers — but it does not make it clear whether that is a function of supply or demand . |
| 11 | The headmaster did not make it clear whether this was because Hasan might , at any moment , start chucking thunderbolts around the place . |
| 12 | We did not make it clear that the table showed not the banks ' actual ratios but a hypothetical estimate of what they would have been had the banks not borrowed subordinated loans to boost their capital ( as Japan 's finance ministry let them do after June ) . |
| 13 | It did not make it clear that the impulse to take the peach is a continuing reaction in awareness of its anticipated taste , so that I have chosen rightly only if I continue spontaneously to welcome the awareness right up to the savouring of the juice on my tongue , in other words if I do relish it , enjoy it . |
| 14 | They may have done so , but they did not make it clear that they had . |
| 15 | However , the book does not make it clear where the information about the existence of the letters came from . |
| 16 | This unflinching march to the brink does not make it inevitable that war will begin the moment the deadline expires . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's unproven technology , and Microsoft has not made it clear that it wants it as a server ’ . |
| 18 | This was a separate transaction from the auction and the auctioneers had not made it clear that the exemption clause was being incorporated into it . |
| 19 | The court held that the covering letter had not made it clear that the seller was intending to contract on his own terms and conditions , and that he had merely mentioned the offer by way of reference for its main terms ( eg quoted price and delivery ) . |
| 20 | He had not thought it possible that an innocent girl like Cora-Beth could think about such things , let alone voice them . |
| 21 | That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately . |
| 22 | " He was convinced " , wrote Tupper , " that the German man-in-the-street was participating in this senseless and savage struggle because the Prussian system forced him to ; the ordinary subject of the Kaiser might be misled into believing his cause just — but he could not conceive it possible that the German sailormen who had been part of our Merchant Service could have anything but hatred for this catastrophe " . |
| 23 | The resolution was ambiguous in not making it clear whether the ROK was being recognised as ‘ South Korea ’ or as the government of the whole of Korea . |
| 24 | He did not find it awkward that his own father was the tutor of the college and so responsible in a double sense for his pastoral care . |
| 25 | Whatever , I do not find it surprising that Lacan admired Augustine , and credits him with foreshadowing psychoanalysis ( Ecrits , 20 ) . |
| 26 | Those who are mentally alert may not find it easy or pleasant to take help from the very ones they have supported and cared for over the years . |
| 27 | The music finally chosen helped greatly in creating a sombre mood , but John did not find it interesting or easy to work with . |
| 28 | He says no , but he , he , he still half owns it , he says his name 's on the lease , I said but it still do n't make it right that if he , if he earned half of it then half the bills are his |
| 29 | I do n't make it blatant but when he makes that deal at the end of the film you know what he 's doing . |
| 30 | Even Weick does n't make it clear that this dilemma is not found only at the action level . |