Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun pl] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some processes do not reproduce pictures very well and the subject needs to be in bold relief without too much fussiness , whereas other processes are able to reproduce every detail . |
| 2 | I do not count calories any more and I eat three meals a day . |
| 3 | As we understand it , the Chancellor does not tax spirits more heavily because of their intrinsic properties nor because of the categories of persons who consume spirits , but because he considers that spirits face market circumstances which allow them to bear heavier taxes . |
| 4 | People were nevertheless quick to identify an interested argument and they did not feel disagreements less keenly because they understated them . |
| 5 | In everyday speech , we do not pronounce words as clearly as we do when we are asked to say them in isolation . |
| 6 | Take care not to draught-proof rooms too efficiently if they contain fuel-burning appliances , since lack of an adequate air supply could lead to inefficient combustion and a build-up of dangerous fumes . |
| 7 | So , for example if somebody does reject a young man in a way that erm is n't appropriate in his eyes , he might then go around and start calling her all sorts of names and generally making other men think of her in bad way , and of course no eighteen year old woman wants young men to think badly of her , and so she puts pressure on herself not to reject advances too openly or too obviously or something like that , and the whole cycle starts again , and so and I think this is the sort of thing the college just can not have anything to do with , because that really is going too far , that 's interfering with the the one thing we could do , perhaps , is talk to the young women and make it clear that they do have the right to reject advances and that what they 've got to be concerned about whilst they 're at university is they 're academic career and making sure that that is n't affected by harassment . |
| 8 | ‘ But surely we ca n't need reinforcements as desperately as all that , ’ Woodruffe said . |
| 9 | You do n't enjoy things so much when you get older . ’ |
| 10 | She was long-legged and rather awkward and did n't do things quickly even when she got started ! |
| 11 | Do n't pull strips straight up or you may irritate skin and break off hair . |
| 12 | You ca n't turn feelings off just because your mind tells you they 're rubbish ! ’ |