Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] into a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt he knew Branson well enough to surmise that it would not evolve into an equal partnership , because Branson would be bound to ‘ over-interfere ’ . |
| 2 | It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again . |
| 3 | The group of organisms — the flock of birds , the pack of wolves — does not merge into a single vehicle , precisely because the genes in the flock or the pack do not share a common method of leaving the present vehicle . |
| 4 | Where the issue does not fall into a familiar category , there may be more scope for the draftsman . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , this initial response did not translate into an appreciable survival advantage and prompted the organisation of randomised trials in patients treated with FAM compared with 5-flourouracil alone which have shown no survival difference and greater toxicity for FAM . |
| 6 | Cavalry can not break into a solid phalanx of pikes until a way has been cut for them , but once in they can do fearful slaughter . |
| 7 | But Pip , as a gentleman , does not move into a sparkling world of pleasure where he lives ‘ happily ever after ’ , instead he find himself in the corrupt , sordid London . |
| 8 | To complete your relaxation , why not sink into a comfy sofa in the Country Club bar , indulge in your favourite tipple , and pass a convivial hour or two in the companionable game of backgammon or chess . |
| 9 | My old man had this thing about all of us [ a family of ten ] growing up in this society and not getting into a black thing . |
| 10 | Secondly , because the horse is not locked into a certain form of behaviour by habit , it will have more flexibility of mind about doing new things and it will be more easily motivated to learn something different . |
| 11 | A party who wishes to appeal from an arbitration award will be able to do so only : ( 1 ) if he has not entered into an international contract where the right to appeal has been excluded ; or ( 2 ) if he has not agreed to exclude the right to appeal after the dispute has arisen ; or ( 3 ) if the subject-matter is admiralty , commodities or insurance ; or ( 4 ) if he is challenging a finding where there is a need to interpret certain standard form contracts ; or ( 5 ) if he is challenging a finding which is plainly and seriously wrong . |
| 12 | At the same time , a new Contributions Unit , which may or may not develop into a full-blown agency , will be spun out of the existing DSS central capacity in Longbenton , Newcastle ( with people stationed in every benefit office in the land and a total staff of 7,000 ) . |
| 13 | It undertook to pass a law by Dec. 31 ensuring that Ukrainian conscripts served only on Ukrainian soil ; called for formation of a parliamentary commission to discuss nationalizing Communist Party assets ; asserted that the Ukraine would not enter into a new union treaty before a new constitution creating a sovereign Ukraine was drafted ; and called a referendum in 1991 " on confidence in the Ukrainian President " , the result of which would determine whether to hold fresh elections by the end of the year . |
| 14 | Beccaria uses just such an argument against capital punishment ( in addition to his rational , effectiveness arguments ) ; we simply would not enter into a social contract that gave someone the right to kill us . |
| 15 | I shall not enter into a detailed discussion of this Labour government , its programme and effects , but it should be noted that over the years to 1951 , as more and more of the party 's electoral pledges were realised , there occurred what is often interpreted as a ‘ weakening of commitment ’ of both party and people to ‘ socialism ’ , and a progressive exhaustion of the political impetus for social and economic change . |
| 16 | I did not go into a perfect situation . |
| 17 | Plant between autumn and spring , and be careful to spread the roots down and out round the plant , so that they are not forced into an unnatural position . |
| 18 | In order not to obliterate its intuitive meaning , and yet satisfy ourselves that we are not falling into a subtle trap , we denote the constant polynomial ( a , 0,0 , … ) in J[x] once again by |
| 19 | Fine — frankly I could n't care less if you call me Rin-Tin-Tin , only let's not get into a profound discussion about the psychological implications of it all . ’ |
| 20 | It was clear that the lines were drawn and that the two countries would have to compromise or find allies if the conference was not to degenerate into a complete fiasco . |
| 21 | This time , it did not dissolve into a coughing fit . |
| 22 | The golden rule is to begin gently and not to plunge into a sudden regime of vigorous exercise . |
| 23 | It is a nice feeling to be in a candy store but until you decide what you want and buy it the nice feeling does not turn into a nice taste . |
| 24 | They were the faces of two entirely separate people , and try as I would to superimpose them they would n't focus into a single man for whom I had a single , straightforward feeling . |
| 25 | Interestingly , this did n't translate into a great database benchmark in the What Personal Computer Power Tests , although it still returned an overall score of around 14,500 . |
| 26 | Having assured itself of that source , however , does n't translate into a positive factor — merely a neutral one . |
| 27 | If you try to press petals from a rose that is still closed , the petals nearest the centre will be so tightly curled that they wo n't press into a good shape , and you will have wasted your rose . |
| 28 | I certainly would n't go into a new business and make instant decisions about who has got to go . |
| 29 | The princess kissed the frog and he did n't turn into a handsome prince but that was all right because she liked him as a frog . |