Example sentences of "not [verb] the sort of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not make the sort of sacrifice — the second mortgage , the move to a smaller house , the seven-day weeks , the abandonment of any thought of holidays for years on end -required of those starting up new commercial or , above all , industrial businesses . |
| 2 | But they also know that it need not achieve the sort of certainty that leads theologians to drive wedges between faith and reason , or faith and history , in a desperate attempt to achieve a level of conviction that is impossible in what they see as a hostile rather than a mature scientific environment . |
| 3 | The beauty of what we have is that even if some of the programs we currently possess will not provide the sort of answer we want , we can always write one that will . |
| 4 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 5 | We see a son who is quite taken aback that his father does not exercise the sort of discipline he should do : |
| 6 | If you do not select the sort of exercise that your enjoy , there is n't very much hope of you sticking to it , is there ? |
| 7 | Still the point was well made , I mean not sounding like you can sort of freeze an article to , not compromise the sort of committee , I mean , it is , dead if you give it away and you would n't consider pressure groups , they 'll pick up their report and their copies anywhere , and take bits out and quote you , I mean , I mean I know I 'm in this , I like to distort , like them to know our official disposition before it 's dead . |
| 8 | Not to do what they want , because we 're certainly not giving the sort of assurance that 's requested in the borough council 's motion , and we 're certainly not giving special treatment to the borough . |
| 9 | Are we not creating the sort of society in which people will be stuck in their little boxes , very remotely from each other , communicating through messages and lacking all personal warmth and communication ? |
| 10 | If the right hon. Member for Aylesbury ( Sir T. Raison ) inquires of the trustees and directors of either the national or the Tate he will be told in no uncertain terms that it is extremely unsatisfactory that they can not acquire the sort of painting that they need to keep their collections fresh and up to date . |
| 11 | The LEA budget can not match the sort of investment that the fast food marketing chains make but , in promoting healthy eating , we can copy the best of their relatively inexpensive marketing and presentation techniques and use them to our advantage . |