Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] they [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this does not disqualify them from using the word , any more than the English who displaced the ancient Britons are disqualified from continuing to use the name ‘ Britain ’ ( no doubt to the irritation of their southern neighbours , the Bretons of Bretagne ) . |
| 2 | Each side of the politician-media professional partnership is striving to realize certain goals vis-à-vis the audience : yet it can not pursue them without securing in some form the co-operation of the other side . |
| 3 | Ants , like moths , only produce silk during their larval stage , but this does not prevent them from using it for nest-building . |
| 4 | By a letter dated 23 October 1991 they stated that they did not intend to intervene or be heard and that , since the paragraph applied only to disclosure by the defendants in compliance with the order it would not prevent them from using any material which they had already obtained or which they might obtain independently . |
| 5 | Marx claimed that bureaucrats typically lacked initiative and imagination , though this did not prevent them from trying to expand their powers and privileges . |
| 6 | Will Thorne — MP , trade unionist and patriot — declared that the patriotism of West Ham socialists would not prevent them from taking a strong political stance on relief questions ( SE 15 August 14 ) . |
| 7 | There was a warm welcome from the people of Barbados , but their sympathy did not prevent them from preparing a pitch to suit the fast bowlers when the Test took place . |
| 8 | But the existence of these functions does not mean that the towns depended on them exclusively and it did not prevent them from acquiring others from the normal expected range . |
| 9 | Unless one presumed to know God 's purposes , how could one know that He might not achieve them by varying the quantity of motion ? |
| 10 | Parents may shun sport , but one could not accuse them of doing the same with education and , as Haringey 's Clarence Callynder pointed out : ‘ Some overdo it ; they push their kids too much at school . |
| 11 | Before Jos could knock at the door , it was opened by a tiny old woman bent at such an angle that she could not see them without straightening up , her head cocked to one enquiring side . |
| 12 | But that should not stop them from checking all the same . |
| 13 | The emergency services have said while the restrictions will make their response time slightly slower the humps will not stop them from carrying out their duties . |
| 14 | This did not stop them from associating together nor did it stop the spread of a vague common ideology . |
| 15 | People who have felt severely betrayed by the birth of a younger sibling may find they have more difficulty in handling a second child than the first , but this does not deter them from bearing that second child . |
| 16 | The English could use these at will , and looked to do so later ; the Scots could not approach them without coming into close range of archery they had learned to respect . |
| 17 | and that acceptance would not preclude them from running a Unionist next time , promises that caused trouble later . |
| 18 | I do not criticise them for getting it wrong in the first place . |
| 19 | I hope the new approach of the BDA does not mislead them into thinking that all is well with their speech . |
| 20 | Similarly , if they are generally very optimistic about the future , high interest rates will not discourage them from investing . |
| 21 | ‘ You can take them off the instant you do n't need them for reading . ’ |
| 22 | And er the people just accepted that , and they did n't keep them from coming , because at most of the time , er the |
| 23 | Levi , the fellow whose clothes are so ordinary that Payne Stewart would n't use them for dusting his furniture . |
| 24 | I 'm glad , he reminds me of me dad , you put door handles on doors to open em you do n't use 'em for shutting |
| 25 | They were not the illegal so we could n't stop them from delivering them . |
| 26 | you ca n't stop them from using everything in time |
| 27 | But , no matter how much Steven made his camera swoop and glide and giddy-up around the sets , he could n't stop them from looking like boring old panto scenery , especially since the galleon never put out to sea ( which would have been too mega-expensive ) , and the Lost Boys ' camp was crammed full of Starlight Express -style skate-boarding tracks . |
| 28 | No , must n't stop them from working |
| 29 | If one runs out of the latter one can use paper tissues instead , though I would n't recommend them for pressing fragile flower heads as the tissues can leave a slight pattern on the petals . |
| 30 | They may not have mastered the Mad ones ' darkly comical undercurrent , but the Franks ' cheery exterior need n't preclude them from participating in some sussed ponderings . |