Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [verb] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Monica , in apparently wanting the ITF to change the Olympic eligibility rules to suit top players who did not want to qualify by playing in the Federation Cup , said ‘ without Gabriela , Martina or I in the Olympics , they would n't really be the Olympics and Steffi could win the gold medal playing left-handed . ’ |
| 2 | There is , however , plenty of help in the documentation and the QuickStart chapter guides you through creating your own first presentation and if you do not want to bother with typing in all the data for yourself the file for this presentation , QSTART , is available for inspection . |
| 3 | And if a woman is tackling strenuous , dirty , physical tasks , she does not want to bother about presenting a pleasing picture ; clothes suitable for the job are a priority above a glamorous image . |
| 4 | At the end England did not want to know about coming forward . ’ |
| 5 | A large vertical shaft plunges suddenly and without prior warning at the bottom of a steep-sided and unfenced crater ; a slip could not be checked and a falling body would be swallowed by the black gulf and not come to rest until hitting the boulder floor 340 feet below . |
| 6 | By which he means people in the power elite mix in the same social circles and do not need to rely on lobbying within political institutions . |
| 7 | However , because the customer does not need to state in writing that he wants to be treated as a private customer , it is best to have an express written consent . |
| 8 | The people who possessed the skills to make metal might not need to work at producing their own food — someone else could grow food for them . |
| 9 | None of the components in this design get unduly hot during operation , we do not need to worry about leaving ample space for a heatsink . |
| 10 | Any potential buyer of such a business would not choose to buy without getting the management on side and locked-in first . |
| 11 | Baldwin lanced this boil fairly quickly and quietly by an announcement to a party meeting on 11 February : ‘ I do not feel justified in advising the party again to submit the proposal for a general tariff to the country except on the clear evidence that on this matter public opinion is disposed to reconsider its judgment of two months ago . ’ |
| 12 | For Robert Thornton , Mrs Gaskell 's honourable industrialist , this indifference is almost a matter of principle : ‘ The masters would be trenching on the independence of their hands , in a way that I , for one , would not feel justified in doing , if we interfered too much with the life they lead out of the mills . ’ |
| 13 | Some teachers told the evaluators that they did not feel justified in talking to pupils about the girls and science problem , and gave the impression that they felt to do so would be tantamount to propaganda . |
| 14 | Mike Pumfrey did not feel called upon to reply . |
| 15 | He had not felt justified in making an arrest ; apart from the possibility of a scene , there was no hard evidence of her complicity in the murders . |
| 16 | That he had not had to think about paying a bill or buying food for God knows how long . |
| 17 | However , as long as he makes sure that he does not become dehydrated by having regular fluid intake I ca n't see what harm this will do him . |
| 18 | Owners and vets rarely like to consider the possibility of psychosomatic problems with horses , in much the same way as people do not like to admit to suffering from them themselves . |
| 19 | Although their dress was not equipped to deal with soaking weather and although they may have been expected to turn back at the sight of such greyness , they continued and even displayed some sense of enjoyment at the discomfort each was experiencing . |
| 20 | As we said when introducing an earlier case , managers have to learn to make sense of all kinds of technical documents , so we are not going to apologise for making you wade through a selection of press releases , offers and the like . |
| 21 | Appraisals , you appreciate that we 're not going to talk about processing appraisals . |
| 22 | ‘ Any company which has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on developing and testing a drug is not going to wait before bringing it out . ’ |
| 23 | The effect on her temper was mercurial , but he was not going to succeed in getting to her , she decided . |
| 24 | As I argued , given the holism of the mental , we are not going to succeed in analysing these conceptions in terms of some complex causal interplay between determinate representations . |
| 25 | Even so the kids not going to learn without making a few cock ups . |
| 26 | Without a clear military objective , and a principle strong enough to hazard lives for , America can not hope to lead by hassling . |
| 27 | Although the forecast wind did not materialise to assist in drying out the field , a further six aircraft were ferried to Abbotsinch on April 9 . |
| 28 | Not wishing to think about dying is a natural response for those who wish to direct their care and attention to the living . |
| 29 | Check that you 've not become over-involved in running marathons — your family , friends and workmates could probably do with some of your attention . |
| 30 | You 're not getting tested on working out premiums at all . |