Example sentences of "[verb] not the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spencer propounded the law of equal freedom which was not unlike the first of Rawls 's principles of justice : ‘ Every man is free to do that which he wills provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man . ’ |
| 2 | They celebrate not the facts of nature , but the transforming power of atmosphere and momentary effects of light . |
| 3 | The return to my house is strained by the thought that he still has not the faintest idea where he is going . |
| 4 | Has not the testator , in fact , declared a trust in saying ‘ for her separate use ’ ? |
| 5 | ‘ He can not have God for his Father who has not the Church for his mother . ’ |
| 6 | Although Mr Melding , a first-time candidate , has not the faintest chance of winning , he is reluctant to dwell gloomily on the fact . |
| 7 | Like someone else 's religion , one is asked to accept the validity of its ideas on faith ; one has not the experience to test their factuality . |
| 8 | And the young lady , alas , has not the strength . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated , has not the art of getting drunk . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Has not the coachman come yet ? |
| 11 | Entering the depths of the mind can be extremely dangerous if the would-be mystic has not the mental or physical capacity for this interior quest . |
| 12 | In the end Frodo does want to destroy the Ring but has not the strength . |
| 13 | Someone who has not the concept of age can not be expected to see someone as young or old . |
| 14 | Drescher has not the pervasiveness of Wedgwood 's image of the kneeling slave , first designed for a medallion at the time of the 1788 petition campaign but afterwards widely translated to other formats . |
| 15 | Every golfer in the world experiences that awful feeling of helplessness when he stands over a putt and knows that he has not the slightest chance of getting the ball near the hole , let alone into it . |
| 16 | ( It may be noted that erection can occur in younger — sometimes much younger — boys ; but it has not the Same significance . ) |
| 17 | Importunity or threats , such as the testator has not the courage to resist , moral command asserted and yielded to for the sake of peace and quiet , or of escaping from distress of mind or social discomfort , these , if carried to a degree in which the free play of the testator 's judgment , discretion or wishes , is overborne , will constitute undue influence , though no force is either used or threatened . |
| 18 | He has not the Kleophrades Painter 's weight and power , but his grace has a spare strength . |
| 19 | Well , I wo n't say but that was fair enough , a pity he has not the key he needs to read it , it would give him pleasure . |
| 20 | It is this phase where there are many failures because the size of task being addressed is large ; normally there has been a formal specification of the work to be done , and the technologist has not the experience nor the qualifications to carry the work through . |
| 21 | Has not the time now come for us to leave the Exchange Rate Mechanism , at least until such time as German interest rates are reduced to a level compatible with the needs of the whole of the rest of Europe ? |
| 22 | Has not the Minister discussed with the chairman of British Airways the very large order for American planes with American engines ? |
| 23 | Has not the time come , however , to evaluate the optimum pupil-teacher ratio for pupils at any given age , with a view to establishing it ? |
| 24 | Is not the Polaris fleet plagued with cracks to the nuclear reactor , and has not the game been given away by Mr. Reg Farmer , a former member of the Ministry of Defence safety of nuclear warships committee ? |
| 25 | Has not the Government 's last remaining friend , the Governor of the Bank of England , now extinguished the Government 's last remaining claims to a pre-election recovery , and is it not the case that , having lost his support , the Government have now nothing left to lose but the election ? |
| 26 | Has not the experiment proved a disaster for vast numbers of national health service patients ? |
| 27 | Has not the time come for the Government to commit themselves unequivocally to legislate in the next Parliament so that those who wish to shop on Sunday and exercise their free choice to do so are enabled to do so by total deregulation of the law ? |
| 28 | Has not the Labour-controlled local authority frequently made proposals for reorganisations , knowing that they would be rejected because they were highly partisan ? |
| 29 | I certainly do not doubt the sincerity of the right hon. Gentleman 's remarks , but throughout modern economic history , when any Government have sought to misdirect national resources in a manner that goes completely against the grain of the marketplace , has not the result of such a regional policy been exactly the opposite to what the right hon. Gentleman has sought to achieve ? |
| 30 | The hon. Gentleman is really behaving disgracefully — — when he accuses British Rail of negligence before an inquiry has even begun , and when he has not the slightest idea of what caused that accident . |