Example sentences of "not [verb] the kind of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frustrations which Bridgeman and Maxse expressed towards the party hierarchy were the product of their belief that the leadership was not responding adequately to the party 's ‘ crisis ’ , and in particular not accepting the kind of programme which could bring the party back to power . |
| 2 | At such moments participants find their ‘ public ’ voice and do not need the kind of protection they may have relied on earlier . |
| 3 | Words can not describe the kind of person who would do a thing like this . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ ! |
| 6 | Providing , of course , that South Africa do not repeat the kind of blunder which marred their comeback Test at Ellis Park . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Arguably the necessary detachment was more likely to be found in people who had not had the kind of upbringing so thoroughly enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And he was certainly not getting the kind of back-up she got from her old man . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | The class was not giving the kind of demonstration of good behaviour she would have liked . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And the fact that the height of the stars in medieval astronomy is very small compared with their distance in modern , will turn out not to have the kind of importance you anticipated … |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | In general terms the system is bureaucratic and inflexible , with prices not conveying the kind of information which they do in a market economy and with incentives being blunted . |
| 17 | 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 . |