Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [art] kind [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At such moments participants find their ‘ public ’ voice and do not need the kind of protection they may have relied on earlier .
2 Words can not describe the kind of person who would do a thing like this .
3 These remarks concerning If this is a man do not describe the kind of book which runs easily to sequels , and which is easy to live up to .
4 Of course , we know that an income figure for the defence budget could not yield the kind of information that it would yield in a profit-oriented organization , not least because it would simply yield a huge ‘ loss ’ !
5 Providing , of course , that South Africa do not repeat the kind of blunder which marred their comeback Test at Ellis Park .
6 Information handling is a highly demanding exercise as far as computers are concerned — much more demanding than carrying out complex calculations — and at the present time micros do not provide the kind of flexibility and robustness which is required .
7 But these were matters which preoccupied theologians ( whose intellectual reputation was not high ) , philosophers and artists ( who were admired but somewhat in the manner in which wealthy men admire the diamonds they can afford to buy their women ) and social critics , of the left or right , who did not like the kind of society they lived in or found themselves forced into .
8 Today a President really does not have the kind of clout with the Congress that he had thirty years ago , even in matters that affect national security . ’
9 Mr Fu , probably illiterate , can not get the kind of job with a township enterprise that would enable them to keep up with the Lis .
10 ‘ Though I appreciate your bravery in going to aid an old man , ’ Barton began , ‘ the medical profession can not countenance the kind of newspaper scandal and unsavoury publicity that you have brought to St Andrew 's . ’
11 We have seen that in Wagon Mound they did not define the kind of damage necessary as property damage but distinguished between damage by fouling and fire damage .
12 No — she was presumably seeing to the food and Rupert did n't look the kind of man who would be good at arranging flowers .
13 He did n't look the kind of guy who could have taken a long prison sentence .
14 He said : ‘ She did n't like the kind of lifestyle I led , particularly in terms of politics . ’
15 ‘ You do n't understand the kind of love I have for this great country we live in .
16 ‘ Cab , you and your brother , well , you do n't have the kind of relationship you just turn your back on .
17 ‘ Well , Tessa , your problem is this-you do n't have the kind of cover she had .
18 It could be that the recession is biting , and that people just do n't have the kind of money to spend on records that they used to .
19 It took me a very long time because I do n't have the kind of face which people immediately commit to memory , but if you keep popping up for thirty-five years , then inevitably people are going to say , ‘ Do n't I know you ? ’
20 I think the first point to make is erm that schools , and particularly community colleges , are now very complicated places , and it would be quite wrong for a head of an establishment like that to think of himself as an academic in an ivory tower , because if he did erm the organisation would become entangled , the money would run out , and in fact he would n't have the kind of institution he wants .
21 ‘ I did n't realise the kind of effect the lay off because of the court case would have on us .
22 So in effect , if you write this long , long , rambling press release , you wo n't get over the point you were trying to do , you 'll get publicity okay , but you wo n't get the kind of thing you wanted .
23 You just ca n't simulate the kind of pressure the guys were under , particularly on the final day .
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