Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some moralists say that if we regard immediacy or physical nearness as relevant , we must be failing in rationality or imagination ; we are irrational if we do not recognize that those starving elsewhere have as big a claim on us as those starving here . |
| 2 | And then some NATO aircraft too , of course , we 're in Great Britain , so it would n't be fitting and proper if we did not have any of the aircraft from the Royal Air force . |
| 3 | It would be wrong if I did not correct the inaccuracies that are contained within the letter . |
| 4 | I would certainly like to see it , and we 'd be foolish if we did not consider it . ’ |
| 5 | I think you , Mr Chairman , it would be totally improper if we did not raise the issue within the within the budget if we did not raise the issue of election members and the expenses of election members . |
| 6 | The case of " you know what I mean " is especially interesting because it does not fall into any of the traditional categories of lexis , grammar or phonology . |
| 7 | A recent example is Smith ( 1989 ) , who thinks that Labov 's work is not theoretical because it does not address ‘ any linguistic issue ’ . |
| 8 | He was inclined to believe he had been looking for an excuse to ring her , which was foolish because he did not need an excuse . |
| 9 | The Prime Minister and all the other Ministers are wrong because they do not live in the real world . |
| 10 | Both types of explanation are rejected as inadequate by the sociologist : the individualistic because it does not recognise the importance of wider social forces acting on the individual which he or she can not control ; the naturalistic because it fails to recognise that behaviour patterns are not primarily biologically determined but rather reflect social conventions that have been learned by individuals as members of social groups or , more generally , society . |
| 11 | There is no virtue in producing socially well-adjusted members of society who are unemployed because they do not have the skills . |
| 12 | Notice , however , that the conditions which cause the loop to terminate are less clear since they do not appear together . |
| 13 | This confusion is partly due to any difficulty we find in accepting that the solution to a long standing problem could be so simple ; confusion may also arise because , being influenced by the pace of today 's world , we presume that we are doing something wrong when we do not achieve immediate results . |
| 14 | It is a sign you are growing old when you do not enjoy the snow . |
| 15 | The Home Office sent a detective to report on the movements of ‘ the French people ’ — they were assumed to be foreign as they did not have a Somerset accent . |
| 16 | It recognises the great value of oralism but it does not despise the natural language abilities of the deaf ; it utilises the efficiency of fingerspelling and recognises the limitations of lipreading and the inevitable imperfections in speech for the deaf although it does not reject them . |
| 17 | He liked numbers ; they were funny little squiggles and he liked the way everyone agreed when an answer was right although he did not understand why . |
| 18 | This would mean that all of the degrees in theology , faithful church attendance and good works are worthless if we do not have it together in this one area . |
| 19 | It can , however , make it impossible if it does not attack the problem with sufficient energy and insight . |
| 20 | It can , however , make it impossible if it does not attack the problem with sufficient energy and insight . |
| 21 | This sum is impossible if you do not know what x stands for . |
| 22 | GETTING lost in Budapest is easy if you do not speak Hungarian . |
| 23 | Now she was perplexed and afraid ; perplexed because she did not understand what had happened , and afraid of what it might mean if she did . |
| 24 | I was nervous because I did not have any friends and I was worried that I would be on my own . |
| 25 | A second way of implying an operand is by encoding it as part of the operation code , although the range of values is very restricted as we do not wish to allocate many operation codes in this way . |
| 26 | Many of us feel uncomfortable when we do not have a pattern to follow . |
| 27 | There were seventy- five paintings in the exhibition and by the time I left , which was quite early as I did not stay for dinner , most of the pictures had a little red sold label . |
| 28 | ( b ) Adolescents in need There is a separate and additional duty for every local authority " to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who has reached the age of 16 and whose welfare the authority consider is likely to be seriously prejudiced if they do not provide him with accommodation " ( s20(3) ) . |
| 29 | ‘ I am sorry if I do not make sense . ’ |
| 30 | I am sorry if I did not reply . |