Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No stock-taking ’ policies are adopted partly because of staffing shortages , but also on the premise that stock-taking is a waste of time because it does not bring back the missing books , and any item which is really important will be requested on reservation ( though a central reservation system , if employed , may mean that missing titles go unnoticed ) . |
| 2 | and we will not give up the good things in life for Greenpeace and for a clean environment |
| 3 | [ Guevara then went on to mention ] some things he had in mind : — ( 1 ) That they could not give back the expropriated properties … but they could pay for them in trade . |
| 4 | In fact , analysis of the interview material did not mark out the Irish women as particularly different from their British-born counterparts on any dimension of attitudes or behaviour . |
| 5 | It announced that it would not be concerned with the public sector and that it would not take over the extant SORPs from the Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 6 | I shall not read out the main provisions of the agreement , because they fall outwith the terms of the Adjournment debate topic , but they are available to the general public , and to hon. Members in the Library . |
| 7 | Employers could not pass on the extra costs to the consumers either at home or abroad because of international competition — British goods would have been even more expensive than foreign goods . |
| 8 | So long as the Algerian and Berlin crises were continuing , de Gaulle did not spell out the full implications of this threat , although his decisions , in 1959 , to withdraw the French Mediterranean fleet from NATO and to deny the US permission to base atomic weapons in France were clearly designed to reinforce the original message . |
| 9 | Although Maggie could n't make out the exact words , she knew they were from both sides . |
| 10 | But not so deafening that she could n't make out the anguished cries of : ‘ Wheee … |
| 11 | It 's time we took a stronger line with wild-eyed enthusiasts who do n't think through the full consequences of their soft-hearted feelings . |
| 12 | Sorry , lads , ca n't beat back the Nazi hordes today , Fred 's left the key at home . |
| 13 | Erm I did n't write down the other things that you mentioned as we were going through that were n't on this list . |
| 14 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |