Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly he did not stay the full course which was seven years for the qualification of a Master 's degree , the necessary precondition for further study of law , theology and medicine . |
| 2 | The reliance of elderly people on walking as a mode of transport increases their exposure to risk whilst their failing faculties raise the likelihood of them not seeing the striking vehicle . |
| 3 | not seeing the only point of being there |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Tessa , trying not to breathe the sweet-sour air into her lungs . |
| 5 | Just because some of them do n't know their arse from their elbow does n't mean that we 're not bringing the whole thing under control . ’ |
| 6 | Therefore , if we can not detect a particular coded message in an animal , there is no reason to say that they are not transmitting the particular message by some other means . |
| 7 | In a comparison of the administration of AZT to infected people before and after the appearance of AIDS , early treatment was found not to affect the eventual outcome , but merely to postpone the rapid decline of CD4 cells in the blood . |
| 8 | However , CITES ' attempts to regulate the trade have not stopped the illegal trade . |
| 9 | Section C is taking the basic feel from A and making it a little busier ( this is a good technique to use over a middle 8 section in order to build it dynamically , but not lose the original direction for the song ) ; it then repeats to A and goes to the coda . |
| 10 | I do not think the Prime Minister imagines that this country 's future would be secure if we remained outside . |
| 11 | Nor did it impress the Arab states , which pointed out that if Israel was able to absorb hundreds of thousands of Jews it could certainly absorb more than 100,000 Palestinian returnees ; or the United States , which did not think the Israeli offer ‘ provide[d] a suitable basis for contributing to solution of Arab refugee question . ’ |
| 12 | If he were to reflect on that , I do not think the hon. Gentleman would want it to happen . |
| 13 | Not using the above sequence . |
| 14 | Due to the way VMS handles privilege allocation , the entire command procedure must leave all the privileges set until the Exit option is selected — and this means not using the lexical function F$SETPRV , as this will remove a privilege which is default but not authorised . |
| 15 | He must get this right , not make a fool of himself by stumbling over the words , not using the correct terminology or not knowing which fish he wanted . |
| 16 | If you are not using the original version , you should say so ( e.g. by noting " second edition " or " reprinted version " or " facsimile " ) . |
| 17 | She knew it annoyed Mrs. Mott , which was why she had agreed so peaceably to the girls not using the main staircase and the hall of the house to get to their sessions . |
| 18 | She hurried forward with her head down so as not to see the diesel-and-hemp-smelling boathouse where she and Francis had once kissed and kissed ; or the two canvas shoes pushed on dock posts to dry and which she was certain had belonged to Francis . |
| 19 | He clenched shut his eyes so as not to see the pale oval of her face through the shadows . |
| 20 | The early pre-emptive presence of the blue helmets is an earnest of the world 's desire not to see the Bosnian war repeated in Macedonia . |
| 21 | On the other hand , we tend not to see the intense depression in a motionless and unresponsive horse , or the annoyance in one that has turned its back on the horse or person offending it , or the anxiety in the tightened abdominal muscles of the showpony expecting the pain of the spur . |
| 22 | For a moment he seemed almost not to see the bright silver circle that lay in her palm . |
| 23 | The Foreign Office request puzzled him , for it was not to see the Foreign Secretary with whom he normally dealt , but the Home Secretary , Sir Harry Marriott . |
| 24 | It is important , however , not to underplay the political dimension of patronage ; it offers a means of securing the co-operation of key pressure groups and ensuring party discipline-hence ministerial ‘ resistance ’ to drastic pruning . |
| 25 | ( g ) Section 3 does not cover the moonlighting tenant . |
| 26 | But there will come a point where productivity gains alone will not cover the necessary wage increases . |
| 27 | Von Frisch ( 1967 ) is the classic account of the dance language of the honeybee ; but does not cover the recent controversy : Gould ( 1976 ) is the best source for that . |
| 28 | Their relative goodness of fit can not properly be judged because the hypotheses do not cover the same input . |
| 29 | In the general theory of relativity the natural frame anywhere is chosen to be a frame in free fall , but we can not cover the whole Universe with one frame . |
| 30 | A pattern need not cover the whole board ; thus in Os & Xs , a pattern may cover just a row , or just a diagonal . |