Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pron] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother and lots of other people would say we were too young to love truly , they would have us wait for our ‘ years of discretion ’ ; at what age one is supposed to be abnormally discreet I do not know , all I know is that I have not arrived there yet , and I hope I never will . |
| 2 | So high you do not hear the crash , only the wind |
| 3 | Thus you and the employee may jointly search for standards which are mutually acceptable which do not lead to hours of argument about whether or not they have been achieved . |
| 4 | He did not know Dinah 's handwriting ; there was so much he did not know about her , he told himself , tearing the envelope open urgently . |
| 5 | They parted nine years ago and the split distressed him so much he vowed not to get seriously involved with another woman for a very long time . |
| 6 | His eyes were cold water and he spat , which distressed Melanie so much she did not take in what he said . |
| 7 | However , it is axiomatic that if such successful strategies have been so developed they have not been published and therefore can not be commented upon here or in any other similar text . |
| 8 | In the example above , Smith would have a laterality coefficient of 0.20 while/ones would have a coefficient of only 0.14 It does not matter whether the score for the left side is larger or smaller than the score on the right since the sign of the coefficient , negative or positive , indicates the direction of any lateral advantage . |
| 9 | A crowd of farm workers had seen the fire and run into the field to help save the wheat , but they were so confused they did not know what to do . |
| 10 | On the basis of this evidence , it has been suggested that poverty is the primary cause of the failure to seek legal advice , and it has been proposed that the failure is due to a lack of ‘ legal competence ’ among the less affluent who suffer not only from lack of money , but also from lack of influence , lack of energy and lack of awareness . |
| 11 | Thus the ghastly memories brought back to him by an egg ; or his feeling , so terrible he does not express it , when 20 years after Maidanek his friend Michael has forgotten his name . |
| 12 | Perhaps one of the most important groups for the stimulation of change is that which falls between these two poles : those teachers who I would see as belonging to the 25 to 35 year-old age group , or perhaps those who have not been teaching for more than six , or less than three , years . |
| 13 | Perhaps those who do not receive their regular dose of culture at the Barbican are more likely to betray a vivid and honest reaction to a performance of Hamlet , whatever their ‘ pathology ’ happens to be . |
| 14 | She was so angry she dared not thrust herself to speak above a whisper . |
| 15 | He often relived the war years and still remembered his many comrades , especially those who did not return . |
| 16 | Does it have a negative and disproportionately large influence on those who are not selected , especially those who do not wish to be considered for selection ? |
| 17 | By contrast , more discriminating observers have often found room for praise ; and Englishmen themselves , especially those who have not dwelt for long elsewhere , or have resisted the seductions of lands nearer the equator , are evidently very proud of their climate . |
| 18 | Mr Alan Williams , prosecuting , told the jury the girl was so ashamed she did not tell her parents until April and a ‘ hurried termination ’ was arranged . |
| 19 | ‘ But as the driver was being so grumpy I decided not to mention it to him . ’ |
| 20 | He knew , instantly ; his gaze went to the girl who had so intrigued him and he was only amazed he had not seen it right away . |
| 21 | Because they are highly volatile they do not leave a permanent mark on paper , and unlike fatty vegetable oils , essences have the consistency of water or alcohol and are not greasy . |
| 22 | ‘ Sometimes you are so nice I do not want to kill you , Mr Wilson ! ’ he said . |
| 23 | At half-past eleven the house was so quiet they decided not to wait until midnight . |
| 24 | The truth was that they were just jealous they had not thought of it before and made all of that money . |
| 25 | Officials are already concerned he does not spend enough time there to qualify for the 12 per cent tax laws . |
| 26 | He should have the option of rejecting either all the goods or just those which do not conform to the contract . |
| 27 | However , despite some change in secondary selection , it remains the case , most remarkably , that though wartime and free education made the arguments of economy , fairness and impartiality more applicable they did not make them universally acceptable . |
| 28 | There are various publications of etchings after this date — many of buildings and views around Keswick and Ambleside — but although the drawing is more accomplished they do not , for me , have the poetry or imagination of the aquatints of 1815 . |
| 29 | The scheme is available , free of charge , to employees under 65 who have not had a test in the last three years . |
| 30 | There is a defence for a young man under 24 who has not previously been charged with a similar offence and who believes that the girl is 16 years old . |