Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The faculty could not think that a young man of 35 years , who had written one book which not everyone thought wonderful , could hold a candle to his predecessor . |
| 2 | I do not think that a defined solution can be provided for all cases . |
| 3 | In addition the learned judge did not think that a nationalised industry can be said to accumulate a substance for its own purposes . |
| 4 | ‘ I do not think that a single relative should ever have the sole care of senile dependent . |
| 5 | I do not think that a single critic noticed that it was any different from the customary ‘ rum-te-tum ’ , but if one of them did he evidently did n't think it was worth a comment . |
| 6 | She regards these sessions away from the routine work as some of the most interesting aspects of the job and does not think that the mundane elements of a house officer 's post could be ‘ dumped ’ on another person without some such perks to ‘ relieve the boredom . ’ |
| 7 | I do not think that the 23,000 people presently involved in the Trident programme think that their efforts are wasted . |
| 8 | ‘ I do not think that the mere fact of a payment under protest would be sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to succeed ; but I think that it affords some evidence , when accompanied by other circumstances , that the payment was not voluntarily made to end the matter . |
| 9 | The gravamen of the charge is the demand without reasonable or probable cause : and I can not think that the mere fact that the threat is to do something a person is entitled to do either causes the threat not to be a ‘ menace ’ within the Act or in itself provides a reasonable or probable cause for the demand … |
| 10 | In sum , I do not think that the practical difficulties arising from a limited relaxation of the rule are sufficient to outweigh the basic need for the courts to give effect to the words enacted by Parliament in the sense that they were intended by Parliament to bear . |
| 11 | He did not think that the then bench in the Church were all well qualified to this end . |
| 12 | I do not think that the Labour party could possibly repay the debt that it owes to the late Captain Maxwell . |
| 13 | I do not think that the Labour party has anything to crow about , because Labour-controlled local authorities have the most empty homes available and have the highest community charges . |
| 14 | I do not think that the hon. Gentleman 's figures are right . |
| 15 | As to winning the argument , I do not think that the hon. Gentleman has grasped the difference in structure between the Scottish Bill and the English Bill . |
| 16 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 17 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Eastbourne ( Mr. Bellotti ) meant it that way . |
| 18 | I do not think that the hon. Lady really believes all that . |
| 19 | He did not think that the True People were the result of some genetic accident . |
| 20 | But with most of the enemy leaders undoubtedly caught in the castle , he did not think that the surprised army would be in a position to counter-attack swiftly . |
| 21 | The hon. Member for Derbyshire , South ( Mrs. Currie ) , who is making expansive gestures , may be in favour of the consequences that I have described , but I do not think that the British people share her view . |
| 22 | Moreover , they did not stress that a high burden of taxation is inevitable with high unemployment and , thus , the burden will always be higher under Tories . |
| 23 | Professor Williams 's views on the proper scope of the crime of rape coupled with the limited role he advocates for the offence of procuring by threat suggest that he does not consider that the criminal law should be over-active in protecting the sexual autonomy of women . |
| 24 | I do not consider that the amended description of development in respect of application no. 111/92 is sufficiently explicit and , when read in association with the revised drawing no. 576/SKO2 , leaves doubt as to the true nature of the application before the Regional Council . |
| 25 | The Court of Appeal did not consider that the second notice was invalid because it amounted to a means of depriving the employee of his statutory rights . |
| 26 | Erm and and they do not consider that the full testing and evaluation erm o of the environmental harm as against the claimed highway benefit , has properly taken place . |
| 27 | I explained to the House in November that I do not consider that the public interest lies in my taking that very large number of proceedings up and down the country in those circumstances . |
| 28 | The deadline was the following day and the couriers could not guarantee that a floppy disk would get there in time . |
| 29 | These examples no doubt demonstrate the ability of Soviet forces to act as the ultima ratio of Socialist order in Eastern Europe ; their presence , however , does not guarantee that the armed forces of Eastern Europe will perform reliably or effectively . |
| 30 | However , logical equivalence between two sentences differing only in respect of lexical items occupying a particular syntactic position does not guarantee that the lexical items in question are cognitive synonyms — they may well be pseudo-synonyms . |