Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Characters must not go white in the face , that is to say , or tremble like leaves — ‘ not because these phrases are clichés , but because they are untrue . ’ |
| 2 | But that does not mean that they should not look positive for the world . |
| 3 | A standard paragraph may not always reflect the tone required to deal with a particular enquiry ; it may not be quite appropriate to particular circumstances and it may not feel right to the recipient . |
| 4 | In houses where only the ground floor is centrally heated , the patient may not feel comfortable in the upstairs area , so if this is where he is to be , for other practical reasons , he will need heaters in his room , or the central heating system should be extended . |
| 5 | While that may not sound brilliant for the performance , it should be borne in mind that the 300E-24 saloon , weighing the best part of 500lb less and with a four-speed automatic 'box , achieved 18.8mpg while on test . |
| 6 | Plunging into the midst of a soft US market may not look clever in the short term , particularly since Thames 's own revenue is starting to feel the effects of the slowdown in advertising spending . |
| 7 | Perhaps Sir Fred Hoyle , as an authority on epidemiology , might be invited to see whether the origin of the epidemic may not lie close to the laboratories of the National Institutes of Health . |
| 8 | Lord Goff stated that where the unconsciousness was temporary , the doctor may not proceed contrary to the stated interests of the patient , provided the patient was rationally capable of forming such a wish . |
| 9 | This may not seem relevant in the light of Stuart 's subsequent death , but let me assure you it is . |
| 10 | As the subject has to be studied by all pupils , it tends to become a forum for half-baked discussion of moral or social issues , in order that it may not seem irrelevant to the non-religious , or offensive to the keenly sectarian . |
| 11 | At the outset , the plaintiff may be slow to contact a solicitor , negotiations for a settlement may drag on , the extent of the plaintiff 's injuries may not become clear until the end of a lengthy period of treatment , investigations may have to be carried out to ascertain the evidence , expert opinions may have to be obtained , communication and action by both sides may be poor and slow , the advice of counsel may be taken , pleadings are often extended , the length of time spent waiting for the trial to begin can be substantial , and errors may be made by the professionals involved . |
| 12 | Similarly , a local economy may not prove effective for the operation of redistribution policy . |
| 13 | ‘ Avast , ye swabs , ’ she shouted , astonished by the hoarseness of her voice , ‘ belay yeselves an' man the mizzen-mast. 'T IS a stormy course for Far Tortuga we 're sailin' an' the cap'n 'll not rest easy at the bottom of the sea 'til the treasure be ours ! ’ |
| 14 | Remember , when taking up a bank reference , that you 'll not write direct to the banker named , but only through your own . |
| 15 | Theseus was allowed to escape , but his intercession , as the prisoner 's special friend , could not rescue Pirithous from the awful judgement , the , that he should be chained for ever in Hades , in punishment for his impious enterprise . |
| 16 | Like her mother Jeanne was of a more sceptical frame of mind but she could not remain unaffected by the atmosphere of piety in the fifth-floor apartment . |
| 17 | The citizens of Massalia in their turn could not remain insensitive to the surrounding civilization . |
| 18 | They sat quietly in Jerusalem until the Spirit came upon them at Pentecost ; then they could not keep quiet about the mighty deeds of God . |
| 19 | Although the first production order for V-bombers ( the Valiant ) was placed in December 1950 , the V Force itself , carrying British-manufactured atomic bombs , could not become operational before the mid-1950s at the earliest . |
| 20 | Bakhtin continually recognizes that the parodic force of popular-festive forms could not survive unqualified after the force of the sacred word which they parodied had itself been qualified by the dawning administrative rationality of the Renaissance : the dawning of exactly that rationality which provides the pre-history of Adorno and Horkheimer 's critique . |
| 21 | ‘ She does n't want such photographs taken because she would not feel safe on the streets , ’ he said . |
| 22 | He forecast that the 1992 grain harvest would be better than the previous year , and could guarantee that the people would not go hungry during the winter . |
| 23 | Also , recording engineers could ‘ tame ’ performances of wide dynamic range , so that loud passages would not overload the cutter ( or give repeating grooves in the master-wax ) , and soft passages would not get lost behind the surface noise . |
| 24 | Being required to have recourse to one remedy rather than another would not fall foul of the principle unless the the latter gave significantly less effective protection to the aggrieved party than the former . |
| 25 | Any errors could ruin the fishing , for if I snag on the overhanging branches or the roots , the subsequent pulling to free the tackle , or to break it , will not go unnoticed by the chub . |
| 26 | These identifications will not hold good throughout the poem , precisely because the two poets were so intimate , and would remain so : each could and did ‘ internalize , the other , in the sense that within Yeats there was a voice that spoke the sentiments of Pound , and within Pound a voice that spoke like Yeats . |
| 27 | James will not sit straight at the table , he sits |
| 28 | In both cases you will not feel good about the conversation . |
| 29 | Perhaps it is used to us picking out its feet , and filing them , and yet it will not stand still for the farrier . |
| 30 | Roman Catholic voters have warned they will not vote Tory in the General Election unless more places are provided at St Augustine 's and St Bede 's primary schools in Darlington and St Joseph 's in Birmingham . |