Example sentences of "not lost on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The niceties of these social distinctions were not lost on the pub designer of the period , as they boosted pub taking by enabling such a wide range of people to be served in the same building . |
| 2 | This principle was not lost on the creative . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose I have , ’ she said on a note of reluctance not lost on the elder girl . |
| 4 | The irony was not lost on the smiling Scot yesterday when he said : ‘ I wo n't be making comparisons or drawing conclusions on Wednesday . |
| 5 | Some of those held on remand will be found not guilty and a significant proportion do not receive custodial sentences when their case is finally heard — points not lost on the government , which is investing in additional bail hostels , special bail information schemes run by the probation service and , more controversially , pilot schemes malting use of electronic ‘ tagging ’ equipment ; these are all ways , it is hoped , to reduce what many see as an unnecessary and wasteful use of prison resources . |
| 6 | The point was not lost on the City , which , pleasantly relieved by the results and cheered by an increase in the final dividend , marked the shares up by 27p . |
| 7 | Her anxious query was not lost on the man sitting opposite her . |
| 8 | His reluctance to use the slogan of " French Algeria " ( apart from on one occasion at the end of his first trip ) was certainly not lost on the integrationists , who were grumbling by July . |
| 9 | The mysteries of Uffington are not lost on the latest generation |