Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We handed in our papers , and I do not think a more relieved set of students or an Invigilator ever rushed for the lift and down to the shelter . |
| 2 | Why not make a completely fresh start some place else ? |
| 3 | Whatever the mitigating circumstances — the heat , effects of jetlag and an injury to Mark Appleson — Scotland did not make a very good fist of it on Saturday when they lost their pool match to Western Samoa and were then tumbled out of the plate 38-5 by New Zealand . |
| 4 | ‘ You know , Alice , you would not make a very good actress , ’ he said softly . |
| 5 | The few localized investigations of the problem that have been carried out have shown that second home owners do not make an entirely negative contribution to the areas in which they purchase their property . |
| 6 | It is particularly interesting , however , to discover that a small group of white collar workers at Rolls Royce did not want an intellectually taxing job and provisions were made for them in the final design . |
| 7 | Breton and Wintrobe conclude that ‘ one can not build a generally applicable theory of bureaucracy on a specific objective function ’ . |
| 8 | for instance , ‘ it does not need an exceptionally vivid imagination to realise the extent to which people of different ages would become obsessed by the discrepancies arising in a society in which age was the only distinguishing feature ’ . |
| 9 | But female subjects do not guarantee a wholly woman-centred approach . |
| 10 | Public relations does not enjoy a very fair image in Britain . |
| 11 | Exclusion clauses are strictly construed but the common law rules on construction will not prevent a clearly worded clause from operating . |
| 12 | This general modesty about the rights and powers of human reason might not appear a very dangerous threat to natural theology , but the way in which Hume sharpened and applied it was to have a quite shattering impact . |
| 13 | At the time this did not appear an entirely unrealistic perspective . |
| 14 | Wonderful Town was the work of the Bernstein/Comden/Green team responsible for On The Town , and although Wonderful Town is a little patchy in recording , ( which does not give a particularly strong idea of the show as a whole ) , there are plenty of excellent numbers , and their variety is refreshing from the barber-shop style ‘ My Darlin' Eileen ’ to the bluesy ‘ Ballet at the Village Vortex ’ , passing through the remarkable ‘ Swing ’ , which defies description . |
| 15 | But changes in its relative abundance may not give an entirely accurate picture of population trends for any species , so the number of contacts per hour of counting for each species is added as an individual measure of abundance . |
| 16 | Victoria Station , when they arrived upon it , did not present a particularly exclusive aspect . |
| 17 | The press will be looking for a strong statement of your own point of view , but you must not present a wholly one-sided picture . |
| 18 | Database technology does not provide a completely satisfactory solution to this problem . |
| 19 | But it does not provide a very useful alibi , does it ? ’ |
| 20 | The notion that some societies ‘ reinterpret ’ and some ‘ readjust ’ does not provide a very helpful model for the analysis of social change and for understanding why certain historical events appear to involve more radical and revolutionary changes than others . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , in the event that , in the future , short term letting could not provide a sufficiently profitable return , the possibility of long term letting or even the complete selling off of a number of these chalets , can not be ignored . |
| 22 | I do not believe a more structured approach will kill creativity ; on the contrary , given the necessary skill children 's achievements can be quite remarkable . |
| 23 | The position of member states was further strengthened by the creation of a Committee of Permanent Representatives in 1958 , though this did not become a fully legal Community institution until 1967 . |
| 24 | Foster parents are paid a weekly allowance that covers the basic costs of maintaining a child , but care is taken to see that fostering does not become a materially profitable exercise . |
| 25 | It may not sound a very high-tech process , but it is still the one used today for sheet of the very highest quality . |
| 26 | He did not look a particularly easy ride that day and could well prove a handful for his inexperienced rider . |
| 27 | Indeed , at first glance this does not look a very compelling book : it holds to a strong version of the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis ; it contains extended discussions of those perennial seminar heroes Lok and Benjy from Golding 's The Inheritors and Faulkner 's The Sound and the Fury respectively ; and there is a dutiful chapter on gender . |
| 28 | I can not believe he came without Airey Neave 's permission , but it did not look a very comfortable arrangement , and I declined . |
| 29 | In this context it seems understandable why those active in promoting empowerment through self-help organisations might not see an equally important role for disability arts and culture in advancing the well-being of disabled people . |
| 30 | Although aromatherapists tend to favour odourless base oils such as those mentioned above , there is no reason why you should not use a naturally fragrant oil such coconut which is lovely with rose or ylang-ylang . |