Example sentences of "not [vb infin] that [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He added that while the evangelicals had their part in the Church he did not think that on the whole they had the qualities suitable for being bishops . ’
2 I understand the hon. Gentleman 's concern , which is shared by my Department , but I do not think that on reflection he would want the defence industry to be singled out for particular treatment from our other manufacturing industries .
3 Well — the argument goes — it must be because we do not think that behind the parrot 's utterance is the thought ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ .
4 I do not think that in either case there has been any failure in interpretation of the ideas proposed , but rather that accommodation has been too readily accorded .
5 Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure .
6 This means that he did not consider that by taking the brahmacārya vow he was necessarily withdrawing from the life of society , which was one reason why he resented being called an ascetic .
7 ‘ Secondly , we do not consider that in circumstances such as those alleged in the present case section 2(1) ( b ) has any application ; nor that it can provide the basis for any defence .
8 If the Secretary of State does not recognise that as an example of two-tier lists , what will he recognise as such ?
9 If he is really concerned to increase the number of homes available to rent , why will he not recognise that of the 700,000 empty properties , 100,000 are in the council sector and 600,000 are privately owned ?
10 The answer on the calculator is four point seven O five double eight two three hours but we do not need that as that
11 This supposition is mistaken , according to the argument of this book ; the imperative to become equally aware from different spatial , temporal and personal viewpoints is independent of moral traditions and habits , and we need not doubt that under any conditions spontaneity will continue to channel itself in selfish or unselfish directions with inequality or equality of awareness .
12 I do not doubt that over the next 20 years the Community 's evolution will be as marked as it has been in the nearly 20 years since we joined .
13 He did not know that in his last months he had developed a fatal heart condition .
14 But they did not know that in the beginning , as Mrs Irving expatiated in her cracked and gracious voice on the high brick wall which dated from the Civil War , and earlier still , which had formed one boundary of General Fairfax 's lands when Putney was a separate village , when Cromwell 's Trained Bands assembled there , when the Putney Debates on liberty of conscience were held in St Mary 's Church on the bridge .
15 They looked as if they had been arranged by some cleaner who had been sent in to tidy up and who did not know that in this room Ernest Jarvis had hanged himself .
16 Mr. Burgess did not know that in fact the deceased 's investments were worth about £105,000 .
17 For example , the program did not specify that in the year 1815 a battle would be fought near Waterloo and that the French would be defeated , but only that man is aggressive by nature , that he is condemned to wage war and that technical progress would make war more and more terrible .
18 I do not expect that in the short-term we will see our industry producing 200,000 new houses a year , but I do expect that Wimpey Homes will take an increasing market share of a more stable total market .
19 As the hon. Member for Livingston can promise his hon. Friends nothing about money , he could not prevent that from happening if he returned to the old system .
20 I felt and this is the bit I like , I , I some I , I used to set this at one point in the examination question and ask people to guess which American president said it I 'll read , I 'll read it to you measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation just , I 'll just get the essence of that , measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation ninety percent put Richard Nixon er no one put Abraham Lincoln er cos he was one of the good guys right or wrong I assume this ground I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the if to save James Buchanan is essentially the Pontius Pilate of American politics he says yes these are very acute problems er and very difficult er and I 'd like to help but I 'm sorry I ca n't and I really do have to go off and wash my hands now erm and , you know , you carry on and when you 've resolved it tell me what you want me to do and I 'll ,
21 A considerable amount of freedom — I do n't think anybody would dispute that — but you are actually using public resources , you 're using erm highly expensive equipment , do you really not feel that in that situation some measure of at least financial control is essential ?
22 ‘ Do not believe that for one second , ’ he grated .
23 I do not believe that at the end of a week in which we have honed a new policy we are going to even contemplate bargaining that away in smoke-filled rooms with Paddy Ashdown , David Owen , or anyone else . ’
24 I do not believe that at any time , and certainly not at any time when I knew them , was there any emotional relationship between Harold Wilson and Marcia Williams .
25 Could we hear from the director of administration the of the year because I had n't known things could be , it seems to me exactly what I had advised the Chairman because I could not believe that on the basis that you want this referred to the full Council .
26 The Gnostics could not believe that in Christ the eternal God could have polluted himself by taking flesh and enduring crucifixion ; in the first epistle of John this denial is directly combated .
27 First , even though different people differ in their conception of the good , it does not follow that in a given culture ( and Rawls ' theory claims validity only within our culture ) there are no common elements in their varying conceptions of the good .
28 It does not follow that in owning a funboard you should only learn funboard techniques .
29 As the transcript of the judgment reveals , the Crown of Appeal was of the view that even if the appellant 's assertion of a right to be informed of the solicitor 's calls had been upheld , it does not follow that in all the circumstances of the case fairness would have required that the confession should have been excluded under section 78 .
30 ‘ Nevertheless , the converse does not follow that in this type of action the court in granting an interim injunction ought always to require an undertaking as to damages from the Crown .
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