Example sentences of "not therefore " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I think that there is an argument of sorts for saying that a computer of the kind described does not have a theory of the external world , does not have mental states which refer , and does not therefore have thoughts in any significant sense . |
| 2 | Rhythm in ballet is not therefore a mere time-keeper as it is in such social ballroom dances as waltzes and fox-trots . |
| 3 | But for the moment , that 's not the point — which is rather that those who have been , legitimately or at least understandably , affronted by the pretensions of Olson as poet should not therefore write him off as anything but what he was : an exceptionally earnest and magnanimous man , and a man moreover who knew , as few poets since John Milton have known , what the polity looks like from the point of view of those who administer it day by day . |
| 4 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 5 | I can not therefore deny that in this context a settled and preponderant public demand ought to be taken into account or that at a certain point it would have to prevail . |
| 6 | The table makes it clear that the bulk of overseas government expenditure was incurred within the rest of the sterling area ( RSA ) , and did not therefore add directly to the dollar problem . |
| 7 | The last thirty years have not therefore established precedents for the future . |
| 8 | Ideas and concepts held by people are not therefore simply a reflection of how nature is at any particular time ; they are the historical product of the need to organize society so that human beings in society can produce and reproduce . |
| 9 | The pattern revealed by kinship terms can not therefore be used as evidence of marriage systems in the way that Morgan believed . |
| 10 | Such investments were not therefore available to trustees , without specific authorization . |
| 11 | Radiocarbon results can not therefore give a true measure of age and we need some method by which to convert them to calendar dates : this is the process of calibration ( seep.124 ) . |
| 12 | Wear can not therefore be simulated by just sand-blasting the whole object , nor even by concentrating on the vulnerable parts with a coarse file . |
| 13 | To use the nature-culture dichotomy for a greater understanding of a particular situation is not therefore to promote principles of immutable ( socio- ) biological determinism . |
| 14 | I did not therefore expect to be invited here and was resigned to being by myself yet again and sure my spirits would once more be lowered . |
| 15 | On the other hand , others , like Joseph Parker , to whom Gladstonian Liberalism and Protestant Christianity were one faith , were not therefore accused of preaching the ‘ social gospel ’ . |
| 16 | The Hungarian monarchy is not therefore held by divine right , but by election by the whole nation . |
| 17 | All those whose contributions are accepted for oral or poster presentation will not therefore be asked to pay a registration fee to attend the meeting . |
| 18 | ‘ Where there is a danger of eutrophication in this country , ’ says the government , ‘ usually the limiting factor is phosphate , and not nitrate ; if confined this would mean that zones would not therefore need to be designated to prevent eutrophication . ’ |
| 19 | This is not therefore the place to discuss alternatives in these areas yet again , but simply to acknowledge that they do and will affect our response as managers within the education service . |
| 20 | Meat-sharing among chimpanzees should not therefore be ascribed totally to altruism . |
| 21 | Special schools are not therefore designed to isolate mentally handicapped children but to provide them with the specific form of education they require . |
| 22 | The public is not therefore antagonistic towards the mentally handicapped or especially afraid of them ; the emotional responses are generally to feel sorry for them and uncomfortable in their presence . |
| 23 | On the other hand , the Polish bourgeoisie was of mainly foreign origin ( it did not therefore identify with the nationalist tradition ) and constituted the leading segment of the empire 's industry , dependent upon the markets of the whole empire , not a lesser Poland . |
| 24 | The state of cleanliness is not therefore just a problem for the cleaning staff . |
| 25 | Mrs Thatcher 's identification of the ‘ inner cities ’ as the focus of her third term 's agenda was not therefore a new conversion to the need to do something about urban poverty , squalor , and alienation . |
| 26 | Or do they say that , because the police behaved badly , the confession is , as a result , unreliable or unfair and it should not therefore be entered in evidence ? |
| 27 | If it is true that no man knows what may befall him , nor how he may make himself safe against all future evils , is it not therefore the wisest course to make no provision , but to live in the present experience only ? |
| 28 | Once more , the question of what is morally or ideologically correct is not at issue here : political rectitude is not a consideration since the politics of ‘ race relations ’ are not articulated and can not therefore be interrogated . |
| 29 | The planning officers ' report considered by the district council 's northern area planning subcommittee on March 24th stated : ‘ Initial comments indicate the council have not considered the current proposal in detail and have not therefore as yet decided to support the scheme , indeed some of the council have strong reservations ’ . |
| 30 | Different types of library have different needs , and it is not therefore possible to suggest any one system as a model . |