Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The high-cost economies of the EC can not insulate themselves from the world outside — from the more flexible economies of the Pacific Rim and North America . |
| 2 | The windows are richly dressed , though they do not lend themselves to the Kensington approach ; as with Thins , the interior has been face-lifted and made warmly welcoming . |
| 3 | But the hills remain , for these mountain ranges of southern Greece do not lend themselves to the blandishments of the travel brochure . |
| 4 | The loss of full-back Robertson would leave Rangers short in that department but his hamstring injury does not lend itself to the taking of risks . |
| 5 | There is some disagreement about the size of the informal proletariat , which is not surprising given that its informal nature does not lend itself to the gathering of statistic , but most commentators see it representing about 40–60 per cent of the economically active population . |
| 6 | And , like mine , it did not lend itself to the sort of conclusion Berkeley wanted to draw , to the effect that we are not justified in calling material things hot and cold . |
| 7 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |
| 8 | The sums involved are very small and do not cover anything like the cost to the NHS of car accidents . |
| 9 | Even if they are forced to jump , they can not cover anything like the distances achieved by the colobus . |
| 10 | This , of course , did not affect me at the time ! |
| 11 | He became concerned when he could not locate him on the premises , because Mr Jowett was due to take over the lambing . |
| 12 | It is suggested that we should develop in co-operation , or at least in parallel , with similar organizations , so that we do not paint ourselves into a corner with incompatible technologies . |
| 13 | She would not lower herself to the level he clearly thought suited her . |
| 14 | While you are confused , why not prepare yourself for a chat with your bank manager ? |
| 15 | This suggests that something is amiss with the job definition and , by implication , also with education and training which does not prepare them for the reality . |
| 16 | But do not make one without the advice of a solicitor . |
| 17 | But you can not make yourself into a cricketer . |
| 18 | But he was n't very good , and even to please her ( which was his only motive for practising ) he could not make himself into a musician . |
| 19 | The most frequent trigger to that crisis was career blockage , the realization that they , with the vast majority , would not make it to the top . |
| 20 | Some hard-pressed commuters may not make it to the end of the line . ) |
| 21 | The model does not make it over the top of the loop and starts to fall inverted . |
| 22 | Tie the aircraft down with fixed pickets — concrete blocks and flimsy corkscrew pickets do not make it in the tiedown stakes . |
| 23 | They might not make 'em on a Sunday |
| 24 | do you not want me in the house . |
| 25 | We do not want it in the dictionary . |
| 26 | For this reason , the fact that three of the forty women had paid domestic help does not disqualify them from the title ‘ housewife ’ . |
| 27 | Thirdly , and consequentially , I argued that the elements of harmful consequences liability which are exhibited by the criminal law do not disqualify it from the status of positive moral order , because conventional morality ( as opposed to the critical morality of Kant or Smith , for example ) incorporates a notion of moral luck and indeed our ordinary moral attitudes would be unrecognizable without some such idea . |
| 28 | If the commissioner finds maladministration and the authority does not remedy it to the satisfaction of the complainant , there is no way in which the complainant can pursue the matter further . |
| 29 | ‘ I no longer want full government funding from a government that is going to be dictatorial as hell , which is not to say I would not prefer it under a government of a different kind . ’ |
| 30 | The ideal needs integrity , however , for a citizen can not treat himself as the author of a collection of laws that are inconsistent in principle , nor can he see that collection as sponsored by any Rousseauian general will . |