Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the trade unions to buck existing laws ( eg. to cut off supplies to the factory ) would involve them in a political struggle they do not have the strength or will to win — against the government , against the employers , against ‘ public opinion ’ . |
| 2 | He may , for instance , have a general belief that the woman 's wishes in sexual matters are immaterial , so that in a specific instance he does not bother either to enquire or to think about them . |
| 3 | As a complete beginner I did not know what to do . |
| 4 | Since the point has now been taken that in my judgment in that case I did not support that particular passage from the Master of the Rolls ' judgment , I should state that the reason was because I did not find it necessary to do so in the particular circumstances of that case . |
| 5 | Either one of two things : either the period of primitive accumulation is taken just as ‘ pre-history ’ ; in which case it has a strict time-limit … or we see it as a process of ousting ‘ third persons ’ in general — in which case the concept itself has to be abolished , since in that case it does not express anything special , specific , etc . |
| 6 | ‘ That remedy I do not offer , ’ said the Arab . |
| 7 | In this case we did not take sufficient care . |
| 8 | The validity of such first destination statistics as a general measure of graduate employment will be discussed in Chapter 3 , and it is important to note that in this case they did not cover the colleges/institutes of higher education , which produce significant numbers of ‘ arts ’ graduates who have relatively high unemployment rates . |
| 9 | Although anal intercourse may play some part it does not seem to be a necessary activity for the development of anal cancer . |
| 10 | No , this afternoon I do not think so . |
| 11 | Eisenhower conceded that the West was suffering from " the tyrannies of the weak " , but in this instance he did not question the legality of the act of nationalization . |
| 12 | We need some money we can be sure of , some money we do not have to ask for either from men or from the Department of Health and Social Security . |
| 13 | Caterina judged then , as she watched Rosa pin her hair , that the ease with which she , Caterina , won applause — when she danced and sang the cherry song , or strewed flowers before the host in the procession , making a little reverence to the monstrance on every third step backwards — was undeserved , the effect of some trick she did not want to perform but that came to her naturally from some evil in her , the same evil that had inspired her bad thoughts of Tommaso and prevented her doing as her sister , her beloved sister , wanted . |
| 14 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 15 | Also , for this effect we do not require a single delay time . |
| 16 | However , thanks to my evasive action it did not happen . |
| 17 | What the psychiatrists or psychoanalysts make of this condition I do not know . |
| 18 | Why he felt as if they had just agreed to an illicit liaison he did not know , unless it was the air of sexual invitation this woman wore as other women wore perfume , the practised composition of glance and gesture that she used to imply everything whilst proposing nothing . |
| 19 | The fastenings for the steel bits would need to be on the gun deck , and it was on the gun deck they had some of the electronic equipment they did not want the Chilean officers to see . |
| 20 | This winter I did not start giving them any extra feed until the second week of December . |
| 21 | By the public sector I do not mean primarily the state ; I mean a system of popular control within which producers and users ( or consumers ) would , as appropriate , share in policy- and decision-making . |
| 22 | Yes , at this moment they do not vote . |
| 23 | At this moment she did not care at all whether she was observed , or what the observer might think of her . |
| 24 | At this moment she did not believe in tragedies ; she had just averted one . |
| 25 | Exactly how many rival organisations were established during this period we do not know . |
| 26 | However , when fighting against another rattlesnake it does not use its poison fangs . |
| 27 | At this juncture we do not wish to pursue in detail the issues raised by changing the budget date to November . |
| 28 | Q. In your series on setting up a marine aquarium you did not include an actinic blue tube when adding inverts . |
| 29 | Exactly why she should be so wary of further contact she did not know , but avoiding it seemed prudent . |
| 30 | On this occasion they did not come to us and say right we want to negotiate , although several times we went to them and said please , here 's our budget , you know , our budget is now ready , we want to negotiate . |