Example sentences of "in a [noun] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Job satisfaction is commonly a crucial factor in a decision not to aim high . |
| 2 | A ballot among 200 controllers at Waterloo resulted in a decision not to pass 999 calls through to the police or the military . |
| 3 | Tough it may be , but Washington is one who defied the odds to achieve world status in a sport not known for its liberal representation of blacks . |
| 4 | Jamieson ( 1986 ) in her study of working-class mothers and daughters in urban Scotland in roughly the same period , found that young adult women living in the parental home would take on domestic work to assist their mothers routinely and extensively , in a way not replicated by their male counterparts . |
| 5 | Further , women felt a responsibility to remain locked into that system of kin support in a way not replicated for men , who were more at liberty to ‘ get better jobs , migrate , emigrate and abrogate all responsibility for parents and siblings ’ ( ibid . |
| 6 | Mr. Major said that the inflation figure was remarkable in a way not seen for many years . |
| 7 | I do n't think you , you 've , you 've got to try in a way not to shut it off too much erm and yet it , i you 've just got to sort of be able to not shut it off but sort of create different areas |
| 8 | It can be amended even in a way not covered under the Bill 's title if the amendment is connected with the Bill 's purpose . |
| 9 | Experience seems to evolve from youth in a way not measured by the calendar : more like a river than a canal — which is what we knew but never saw so clearly as in these photographs . |
| 10 | I want you — take me , ’ she whispered , twisting now in a way not designed to keep him away . |
| 11 | John Reith 's part , both in his capacity as the company 's managing director and as the director general of the corporation , in the creation of this ideal model of public service broadcasting , has been amply documented and he was undoubtedly able to exploit such thinking in a way not equalled elsewhere or since . |
| 12 | Along with hope in a future not bound by the rough blankets rubbing at her chin , the cobwebbed ceiling above her head , the tiny window , the table in the corner , the hard wooden chair , the threadbare rug , the wax-choked candlestick , the bucket , the crucifix , the chain trailing from the bed-post to her wrist beneath the covers . |
| 13 | If the state acts in a manner not designed to promote social solidarity then , Duguit argued , this must be resisted . |
| 14 | Pleasantly surprised by the dazzling laser and slide show , the old gits shake their heads in a display not seen in Europe since Syd Barrett hung up his sandals . |
| 15 | In Australia , he rewrote the history books in a display not seen since the days of Jim Clark and Graham Hill — they helped revolutionise Indycar racing with their rear-engined Lotus Fords — when he started from pole position , won the race and smashed the lap record in his debut race . |
| 16 | Petion handed Ace the bottle and advised her in a whisper not to smell the stuff first . |
| 17 | It would probably be better to drop in at The Times ' party , see who he could find to have dinner with and take pot luck in a town not noted for its restaurants . |
| 18 | a small illustration in a book not enclosed in a definite border . |
| 19 | With a move to new premises which would double its audience capacity in a city not noted for enthusiastic theatre-going , the company needed to retain its existing audience while attracting new theatre go-ers to fill additional seats . |
| 20 | The Sheffield Star , in a piece not destined to endear him to the average Brightside voter , wrote of his ‘ ministerial pin stripes and patrician smooth accent . ’ |
| 21 | If we conduct an interventive experiment , and inject a drug which results in an animal not performing some task on which it has been trained ‘ correctly ’ ( I wo n't bother putting that word into inverted commas henceforward ; I have already spelled out that what we read as correct in an animal 's behaviour is interpreted by our criteria , not necessarily by its own ) , how can we be sure that what has been blocked or disturbed is the memory rather than the motor or sensory activity on which its expression depends ? |
| 22 | The effect of using lead free in an engine not designed for it is not instant . |
| 23 | If you use unleaded in an engine not designed for it then premature failure of the exhaust valve seats will result . |
| 24 | Folly stared fixedly at the desk in an attempt not to listen to the one-sided conversation . |
| 25 | Sickened , the memory of violence unnerving her , her mind a traitor , Jezrael twisted her face in an attempt not to cry . |
| 26 | The episode marked more problems for the IAAF president , Primo Nebiolo , who on Thursday had to defend himself against accusations that news of Johnson 's positive test had been deliberately delayed in an effort not to cast a cloud over the Toronto event . |
| 27 | She drew in her breath sharply and bit down hard on her bottom lip in an effort not to cry out . |
| 28 | In an area not covered by the rules , prima facie the common law remains unchanged . |