Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if my body has not reacted as it is supposed to do , and that my mind is not as strong as it was in 1991 . |
| 2 | I understand that another television programme , dealing directly with what the Home Secretary chose not to reveal although it was known to him , is to be broadcast on Thursday . |
| 3 | I refer the hon. Gentleman to his hon. Friend the Member for Derby , South ( Mrs. Beckett ) who , if I have understood her words , made it clear that she did not think that it was a very good idea for people below the lower earnings limit to pay small amounts of national insurance . |
| 4 | He said that he did not think that it was a high priority to ask the Home Secretary to take £40 million out of his budget and put it on to the Secretary of State for Transport 's budget . |
| 5 | Maggie did not answer because it was true . |
| 6 | The fact that Black Fury had been too controversial and yet too muddled to scoop up the prizes did not mean that it was time for Warner Bros to stop being ‘ sociologically-minded ’ . |
| 7 | But this did not mean that it was impossible for the House of Commons to exercise some influence . |
| 8 | The fact that Suragai clearly believed what he was saying did not mean that it was true . |
| 9 | He did not specify whether it was the mother of Osbern or the mother of the baby Waltheof who had died . |
| 10 | The inquiry would show the American at the listening-post in the basement apartment did not move because it was not his job to move . |
| 11 | It did not matter that it was the Rose they had grown to like . |
| 12 | As there were always numerous staff and porters available , it did not matter that it was extremely heavy to carry even when empty . |
| 13 | It did not matter that it was only the fourth time they had met ; she knew this moment was exceptional in her life and that , while their physical passion might be impulsive and unplanned , it was inescapable . |
| 14 | It did not matter whether it was the oil pressure gauge or anything else . |
| 15 | He did not succeed but it was not for lack of trying . |
| 16 | It was important that this strategy did not succeed and it was also important that the tactics of intimidation seen in 1979 did not win through in 1982 . |
| 17 | There is also a marked convenience element in the use of the product , Respondents , typically Stated that cotton wool is : " economical " or " works out cheaper " , but did not say that it is more convenient than washing and reusing facial flannels or cloths . |
| 18 | They did not say that it was over , neither of them . |
| 19 | Morpurgo — Harry did not doubt that it was Morpurgo — was a tall , awkward-looking figure in beret , muddied boiler suit and galoshes , feeding the incinerator with needless energy , forcing the rake-held bundles down into its smoking contents with disquieting relish , with an intensity , indeed , which warned Harry from the first that something was amiss . |
| 20 | But he did not disagree that it was a life of tiny incidents , of often petty crime and indiscretion , of being an integral part of the community . |
| 21 | v. McAlpine , where vibrations from pile-driving caused structural damage to a large hotel on adjoining land , Astbury J. held it to be a bad plea that the vibrations had this effect only because the hotel was so old as to be abnormally unstable ; but he found also that the evidence did not establish that it was in such a condition . |
| 22 | ( Even so , Valentin 's marriage did not survive and it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that its atmosphere must have been far from normal . |
| 23 | She did not believe that it was going to change the world or that every minute detail was worth the drama and emotionalism that the others seemed to want to pour into it . |
| 24 | I did not believe that it was a sensible way of making policy . |
| 25 | Sri Lankans did not believe that it was morally wrong to convict a known cattle thief on false evidence , and officials often complained that true cases were spoilt by complainants who added additional false evidence . |
| 26 | I used to view the European Community as being an economic and political bloc confronting the East and COMECON , and that is why I did not believe that it was uniting Europe . |
| 27 | ‘ I consider that in enacting the Damages ( Scotland ) Act , parliament did not consider that it was making any change to the right of parents to sue for damages for the death of a child who had sustained injuries prior to birth , had been born alive and had subsequently died in consequence of these pre-natal injuries . ’ |
| 28 | It follows from these passages from the coroner 's affidavit that he did not consider whether it was appropriate to hold an inquest to investigate whether this was a case in which the cause of death was aggravated by lack of care . |
| 29 | She did not wonder if it was right , and she knew there was no hurt ahead for her . |
| 30 | Marx and Engels did not foresee that it was possible for capitalists to find new markets or cheaper supplies of raw materials and labour in the colonies of the Third World . |