Example sentences of "[verb] not at " in BNC.
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| 1 | This produces a hypsometric curve which shows the elevations of those regions lying between the continental platforms and the ocean basins and suggests that the true break between the continents and oceans lies not at present sea level but some 200 m or so lower . |
| 2 | This system , generally known as the Cabinet system , has been , in its broad features , adopted by most European constitutional states , and it matters not at all whether they are called monarchies or republics . |
| 3 | The fact that none of them could decipher it matters not at all . |
| 4 | Now a man may marry his stepmother or stepdaughter , or a woman her stepfather or stepson , provided that the younger person is aged at least 21 and has not at any time before reaching the age of 18 lived as a child of the family of the older person . |
| 5 | This record though , has not at all reduced the importance of output and employment in small units of production . |
| 6 | ‘ Where a mercantile agent is , with the consent of the owner , in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods , any sale , pledge or other disposition of the goods , made by him when acting in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent , shall , subject to the provisions of this Act be as valid as if he were expressly authorised by the owner of the goods to make the same ; provided that the person taking under the disposition takes in good faith , and has not at the time of the disposition notice that the person making the disposition has not authority to make the same . ’ |
| 7 | China 's initial response was that the speech could not be considered as a basis for talks " because it has not at all relinquished the concept of the independence of Tibet " , but on Sept. 23 disclosed an offer to hold direct negotiations to which the Dalai Lama responded positively . |
| 8 | Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver . |
| 9 | Th the the other thing erm reference that this other manager has not at no occa on no occasion has that car been used for company use . |
| 10 | The government has not at this stage , legislated in this area , but I understand in their next White Paper , they probably will take away the ceiling that presently exists , so that a rich offender could pay a lot more for his fine than er a person of average means . |
| 11 | People often say to me do n't you get sick of eating ice cream working here … and I say not at all with the wonderful products we make |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think there 's anybody who 's worked here for a time who has n't at some time felt like crying , or who has n't actually cried or felt really down . |
| 13 | Honestly , though , who out there has n't at several junctions been reduced by sleeplessness , exhaustion and sheer frustration into staring over the heads of your babies at the man who fathered them , and thinking what in hell 's name am I doing with this person ? |
| 14 | No he has n't at all . |
| 15 | Leith shook hands with him , but cared not at all for the way he ogled her the whole time . |
| 16 | She then discovered that she cared not at all for the dangerous glint that suddenly appeared in his eyes as he stared down into her still blush-pinkened skin . |
| 17 | He is free born and trembles not at priestly threats or the papal curse … |
| 18 | First , in the brief sketch of the early history of radar in the United Kingdom , the earliest work on the detection of aircraft was done not at Bawdsey but at Orford ; Bowen 's middle name was not Gordon , but George ; and as a member of the Airborne Radar Group , I can assure the author that Bowen did not develop airborne radar ‘ single handedly ’ , nor did we develop the plan-position indicator . |
| 19 | The ‘ design for living ’ shown by a species is the outcome of this selective process and is related not at all to any eventuality that may arise but to the set of conditions , the ‘ niche ’ , to which the evolutionary process has confined the species . |
| 20 | The second type of breakage occurs not at the top tie but near ground level , when the extra leverage imparted by wind on the long stem reveals the weak spot in a stake that has been allowed to rot and deteriorate . |
| 21 | We should be looking not at such practice in the past but rather in the future — more of that later . |
| 22 | Then , as they approached , he realized that they were looking not at him , but past him at something farther off . |
| 23 | Only I saw him sigh , for Lili and Robert were looking not at him but at the walls , and he found me too negligible to bother to disguise his ennui . |
| 24 | The light died instantly as she found herself looking not at Dane , but at Marianne . |
| 25 | Looking not at all disturbed , he settled the tray across her knees and sat on the edge of the bed to pour coffee for them both . |
| 26 | This is one of those serious affairs , looking not at affairs but at ambitions and job satisfaction . |
| 27 | At the most recent target for the Antipodian Don Quixote , who tilts not at windmills but at woodturners , and not wishing to turn a non-existent battle into a war of attrition , I can only wonder who Mike Darlow will focus his attentions on next ! |
| 28 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 29 | He himself featured not at all . |
| 30 | To quote Bernard Pares , a founding father of the study of the revolution in Britain , writing in 1939 , ‘ The cause of the [ tsarist ] ruin came not at all from below , but from above . |