Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have enough honour not to tell that lie . |
| 2 | I told her no messages had been sent and suggested that if Uncle was a businessman — I thought it better not to mention that we already knew he was a multi-millionaire businessman — he might naturally tend to be secretive and that he might also be reluctant to broadcast the fact that he had lost his yacht through what might have been his own fault . |
| 3 | ‘ Only thanks to me and try not to forget that the corp ‘ ere also witnessed everything what ‘ appened . ’ |
| 4 | The particular problem with many ageing people is that they do not recognize that they are capable , and have the energy to deal with their own problems and feelings . |
| 5 | Some moralists say that if we regard immediacy or physical nearness as relevant , we must be failing in rationality or imagination ; we are irrational if we do not recognize that those starving elsewhere have as big a claim on us as those starving here . |
| 6 | If you do not recognize that the question is implying that something has been selected , you will only answer a part and not the whole of it . |
| 7 | If companies do not recognize that they are applying the model incorrectly ; it is not the model which is at fault , |
| 8 | Although viruses have such a simple structure , biologists do not conclude that they are necessarily ‘ primitive ’ ; that is , that they evolved a very long time ago as precursors of more complex organisms . |
| 9 | The naturalists do not admit that they are referring to rules of genre ; their writings must be true , not just likely . |
| 10 | It is a sophisticated illness in as much as sufferers do not admit that they have a problem . |
| 11 | With no exceptions these results have been based on poorly controlled trials which , although they do not show that herpes vaccines do n't work , certainly do not prove that they do . |
| 12 | They do not show that punishment has no deterrent effect on offenders , or that no offender is ever deterred . |
| 13 | these figures do not show that black people are more prone crime , but they do suggest that black people who offend are more likely to go to prison . |
| 14 | I do not dispute that if I chose to instruct that the payment be made , it could be made . |
| 15 | I do not recollect that we ever tried it , although my father did bring me home a bottle containing two or three sticks of white phosphorus , at the same time showing me the mark on his thigh where , so he said , a piece of phosphorus has fallen while he was attempting to write on a wall with it . |
| 16 | Many of us , however , do not realise that we unwittingly induce Pavlovian-type responses in our own dogs by establishing a rigid routine for feeding . |
| 17 | I imagine that the brunt of this will be borne by younger voters , many of them voting for the first time , who possibly do not realise that in addition to voting they must also pay poll tax . |
| 18 | They say that social workers who attend seminars and lectures on the subject do not realise that these ideas are being promoted by Christian Fundamentalist extremists who believe that all abuse is demonic in origin . |
| 19 | Many people do not realise that the ancient bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are not actually part of the United Kingdom , though they have chosen to be part of its air traffic control and aviation legislation systems . |
| 20 | It is a tribute to the smoothness of the operation that many private pilots do not realise that they have effectively moved into another country 's airspace when they enter the Jersey zone . |
| 21 | We all want to do a mighty work for God , but do not realise that we are living on privatised religious estates on the outskirts of the city of the world . |
| 22 | ‘ British tourists do not realise that most muggers here carry guns and do not hesitate to use them , ’ says Barry Jolly , chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Orlando . |
| 23 | He conceded many Czechs still do not realise that copying and selling software is illegal , and appeared slightly uncomfortable about the decision to prosecute . |
| 24 | We are poor guardians if we do not ensure its unalterable right to childhood , to mystery , to dreams , to tenderness and to love ; if we do not realise that by ceasing to provide authority we may also cease to care ; if we do not conscientiously maintain the spiritual foundations without which the young can not build anew ; if we do not teach that there is a third way , neither reactionary nor libertarian , which still waits to be explored . |
| 25 | Many students do not realise that they can negotiate alterations to assignment deadlines if they run into difficulties . |
| 26 | They do not realise that to make a discovery of some magnitude requires not only great ability and a bit of luck but also a considerable investment of time and effort in mastering a demanding discipline . |
| 27 | We might argue for a logical ordering between Levels 1 and 2 on the grounds that it is not possible to measure differences between people if you do not realise that they vary . |
| 28 | Some do not realise that they are pregnant at all , like Lorraine , who had never even started her periods . |
| 29 | Attempts by trade unions to organise such temporary workers might well make little headway , as much because the latter do not perceive that they need unions to protect them as because they are a transient population . |
| 30 | But do not pretend that people become great by doing great things . |