Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast , the Corinthians passage in which Paul speaks of male headship , and in which it is said that women should be silent ( a verse which is probably an interpolation and does not owe to Paul ) , he is concerned with a practical situation which has arisen , a situation in which the church , still insecure in a pagan world , was likely to cause scandal if it departed too far from social convention — and his concern is that it should not unnecessarily put itself in jeopardy . |
| 2 | An amputee , she could not yet accustom herself to what was lost and gone , lost as her parents scattered in fragments over the Nevada desert . |
| 3 | Finally , while the Americans were well aware of Britain 's economic problems , they could not easily reconcile themselves to the need for actual defence cuts . |
| 4 | Lewis , a metre behind , equalled the old world record of 9.93 seconds but could not even console himself with a new American best for he only equalled the time of Calvin Smith . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the party could not entirely dissociate itself from the events which led to the formation of the National government , even if the chief villains , as far as it was concerned , were now in political opposition . |
| 6 | But she could not really see herself with whatever it was : vase , or rug or necklace , trying to sell it . |
| 7 | He was certain that Scarlet would never behave so irrationally but could not quite rid himself of the image of the breakfast table . |
| 8 | The likelihood is that he saw the decisive disadvantages of Curzon but could not quite reconcile himself to the thought of the very junior Baldwin , who had so recently ‘ bounced ’ and damaged him over the debt settlement , being in 10 Downing Street . |
| 9 | Enter our simple competition and you could not only find yourself with the answer to all your bedroom storage needs , but also regain an extra , usable room . |
| 10 | That application can not simply model itself on the procedures of empirical research , however , since it has to operate within contexts which preclude it . |
| 11 | It follows that in our judgment C.N.L. can not successfully bring themselves within the ratio of Peach v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 12 | In the middle of a still most active social life I am being drawn into an absolute solitude in which I can not even entertain myself with the motions of the teleonomic mechanisms on stage or screen , and making love is equivalent to copulating with a perfectly lifelike mechanical doll . |
| 13 | Unsurprisingly , the court has held that a person charged with making an appointment can not validly appoint himself as the expert : Jones ( M ) v Jones ( R R ) [ 1971 ] 1 WLR 840 . |
| 14 | ‘ I may have told Mrs Quatt that my position demands that I remain impartial , but one can not entirely prevent oneself from having human feelings and preferences ! ’ |
| 15 | I believe that Wales continues to be less severely affected by the recession than the United Kingdom as a whole , but it can not possibly shield itself from the recession both in the United Kingdom and in the rest of the world . |
| 16 | The directors , in the example given previously , can not retrospectively convert themselves into secured creditors in respect of moneys which they have previously advanced without demanding security . |