Example sentences of "not [verb] [conj] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my view on the facts as found by the judge this issue does not arise since she was not able to make a genuine decision . |
| 2 | The beliefs which , he suggests , play this special role for us now include the belief that I have two hands , that men do not fly to the moon , that the sun is not a hole in the sky , that the earth has existed during the last century and that our hands do not disappear when we are not paying attention to them . |
| 3 | But the ear bones of toothed whales are heavy and quite rudimentary , and we do not think that they are very important in transmitting received ultrasounds . |
| 4 | He did not think that they were adequately prepared for their roles as modern doctors . |
| 5 | Given my hon. Friend 's well-known commitment to productivity , efficiency and careful spending of money in the public sector , I am surprised by her suggestion and I do not think that it is tremendously sensible . |
| 6 | of my households are single-person households — I do not think that it is quite that high — I shall make absolutely certain that every one knows the Labour party 's policy for them . |
| 7 | I do not think that it was entirely the question of the ownership of Nigerian oil ; more likely they genuinely believed that the Biafrans had no chance of success . |
| 8 | All I can now remember of questions and answers is writing a three-hour essay on ‘ Security ’ , and I can not think that it was very good . |
| 9 | Do not think , he wrote , biting his lips in concentration , bending low over the page , blinking to keep the sweat out of his eyes , do not think that it was ever far from my mind . |
| 10 | Everywhere in the Western world social security budgets were under scrutiny , not to see if they were too meagre but to see if they could be reduced . |
| 11 | A letter was considered regarding a tutor whose students were not registered and who were not up to examination standard . |
| 12 | Do not eat mindlessly , do not eat unless you are properly hungry , and do not be afraid to leave food once you are full . |
| 13 | It is expensive to buy food that children do not eat and it is very easy for the mother to fall into the trap of offering the child only what she thinks the child still likes . |
| 14 | Dick was not crushed as he is not a trophy collector ; however he was very pleased that the EAA 's Golden Wrench Award , which honours excellence in aircraft restoration , went to his friends at Blackhawk Aviation in Janesville , Wisconsin , for their work on his Kittyhawk . |
| 15 | But this claim is precisely one which he would not make if he were not certain that p . |
| 16 | Eric 's name was not given but it was not difficult to guess that it was him . |
| 17 | ‘ We have been down to see the plans and were told we were not consulted because we were not affected , ’ she added . |
| 18 | The family connection between Harry and his daughter was sufficiently diffused not to matter and they were very well matched . |
| 19 | She had not realised that they were so young . |
| 20 | I had not realised that it was even more complicated than I had been led to believe originally . |
| 21 | Do these general practitioners not realise that they are about to see a major drop in their incomes ? |
| 22 | There was just because there was n't enough money within all unions , not forget that there was n't such a thing as a T U C then , this was in at the infancy when the unions first started , there was n't such as a T U C , Trades Unions Congress . |
| 23 | He affected not to know that I was terribly poor . |
| 24 | But such sales are important : property bulls have always argued that prices can not fall because there are hardly ever any transactions . |
| 25 | Well not to worry cos we 're nearly there so we can have a sit down |
| 26 | The CAP can not survive because it is totally unrelated to the realities of a free market . |
| 27 | Fortunately the police did not prosecute and she was very successfully treated with medication . |
| 28 | Several times they fell painfully on jagged rocks , so that they learned to move exceedingly slowly , edging forward and feeling for a foothold , and all the time they could not know whether they were not wandering in aimless circles and approaching no nearer to the security of the forest . |
| 29 | At first , Theda did not know whether she was more angry with Lady Merchiston for loaning her out like this , or with Mrs Rosalia Alderley for making such an impertinent request . |
| 30 | The absent members will not know whether I was there or not ! |