Example sentences of "not [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not demanding that every subject which has a technical vocabulary or which employs concepts other than those employed by common sense should be rendered simple , and fit for consumption by every man or woman in the street . |
| 2 | The Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran radio station accused the West of double standards for not demanding that the IAEA be permitted to mount a similar inspection visit to Israel . |
| 3 | The faculty could not think that a young man of 35 years , who had written one book which not everyone thought wonderful , could hold a candle to his predecessor . |
| 4 | I do not think that a single critic noticed that it was any different from the customary ‘ rum-te-tum ’ , but if one of them did he evidently did n't think it was worth a comment . |
| 5 | Elisabeth did not think that a life sentence of Bo-Bo 's knitting was the harshest a man might serve . |
| 6 | He did not think that a ‘ good artistic work can be the joint production of two minds ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I do not think that a single relative should ever have the sole care of senile dependent . |
| 8 | He did not think that a state in which a rich majority governed could be properly called a democracy : " suppose a total of one thousand three hundred ; one thousand of these are rich , they give no share in government to the three hundred poor , who also are free men and in other respects like them ; no one would say that these thirteen hundred lived under a democracy . " |
| 9 | I do not think that a defined solution can be provided for all cases . |
| 10 | It is not certain , therefore , whether the rule in Quenerduaine v. Cole would apply , though on the whole I think it would , because I do not think that a court would speculate on the reasons that moved B to telegraph rather than write . |
| 11 | In addition the learned judge did not think that a nationalised industry can be said to accumulate a substance for its own purposes . |
| 12 | As I said earlier , I do not think that a register is necessarily bad . |
| 13 | He did not think that the then bench in the Church were all well qualified to this end . |
| 14 | As a backbencher , his mind changed : ‘ Do you not think that the tone of England is more liberal than the policy of the government ? |
| 15 | [ New ] Wolverton has now been modernised and , apart from a pleasant public library and some flower beds in the narrow residential streets , I do not think that the result is a great amelioration . |
| 16 | Judging by our previous experience , I do not think that the Home Secretary would have refused to renew it thereafter . |
| 17 | However , the therapist did not think that the situation had improved and therefore offered further open access . |
| 18 | The therapist did not think that the overdose had been associated with serious suicidal intent , nor that David was suffering from a psychiatric illness . |
| 19 | I do not think that the speakers are totally to blame for the lack of picked note definition either . |
| 20 | But with most of the enemy leaders undoubtedly caught in the castle , he did not think that the surprised army would be in a position to counter-attack swiftly . |
| 21 | Do you not think that the people deserve to know what threatens them on their very doorstep ? |
| 22 | There is no need to say more here about Anselm 's primatial activity : he certainly thought that the evidence was sufficiently strong for him to make a most uncompromising claim to primatial authority over the whole of the British Isles , and it is quite clear that he did not think that the Canterbury claim to this position rested on a series of specific grants by popes after Gregory the Great . |
| 23 | He did not think that the house was watched that day . |
| 24 | Such is 67 : The detail in much of this poem remains enigmatic , but here as in 68 I can not think that the references to false ornament and cosmetics ( including wigs made of hair taken from the scalp of corpses ) are favourable to the Friend , who seems to be encouraging corruption by his own example or presence in this milieu . |
| 25 | She regards these sessions away from the routine work as some of the most interesting aspects of the job and does not think that the mundane elements of a house officer 's post could be ‘ dumped ’ on another person without some such perks to ‘ relieve the boredom . ’ |
| 26 | The main point was , did she or did she not think that the whole ghastly superstructure should be brought down and got rid of , root and branch , once and for all ? |
| 27 | I do not think that the one is an extension of the other but that they are qualitatively different , with a different aetiology . |
| 28 | Having considered the evidence before the justices and Mr. Marston 's submissions upon that evidence I do not think that the argument underlying ground ( 4 ) is sustainable . |
| 29 | ‘ For my part I do not think that the House of Lords in that case had in mind the special position in the administration of justice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosecution Service or would have been prepared to extend the effect of the orders of a civil court in such a way as indirectly to bind them in the performance of their duties in relation to the criminal law and before the criminal courts in circumstances in which they had not sought and may not have wished for an order for discovery . |
| 30 | ‘ I do not think that the mere fact of a payment under protest would be sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to succeed ; but I think that it affords some evidence , when accompanied by other circumstances , that the payment was not voluntarily made to end the matter . |