Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Still , I 'd better not stay long with the sepoys attacking … |
| 2 | Statistics like these do not compare well with the animal world where the male rattlesnake apparently lasts twenty-four hours before letting himself go . |
| 3 | They might not compare favourably with the discovery of penicillin or the invention of the wheel but , at least for me , they have made the year more palatable : |
| 4 | However , she finally decided not to go ahead with the lawsuit . |
| 5 | Further , the defendant does not have the option of minimising the cost by deciding not to go ahead with the case ! |
| 6 | Prosecutors agreed not to go ahead with the case , in return for Chieke pleading guilty to separate , less serious matters , for which he is now serving 12 years in prison . |
| 7 | Now supporters are trying to persuade the council not to go ahead with the plans . |
| 8 | And he denied Mr Major would lose all credibility by not pressing ahead with the treaty . |
| 9 | The first is anyone who is in any way mentally deficient , as such people can not cooperate sufficiently with the therapist to achieve the desired result . |
| 10 | Critics may argue that it has not moved enough with the times , is not as up-to-date in its special effects as its counterparts across the Atlantic , but this perhaps highlights its attraction . |
| 11 | Many companies in the Heavy Electrical Equipment conspiracy did not dismiss ‘ guilty executives ’ ( for they had merely been doing their job ) but even those who did , did not do so with the intention of ruining them . |
| 12 | He says they have to photograph issues not connected directly with the rally , perhaps the environment or wildlife . |
| 13 | Some of this desire for peace seems to have been genuine , and not connected merely with the glory it might bring the President . |
| 14 | It is a very rare pupil , whether at school or university , who will not understand more with the help of examples and analogies than without , and especially if the examples are simple , intelligible , new , and , if possible , funny . |
| 15 | However that does not square somehow with the suggestion that Deloitte is poised to announce a link-up with Coopers & Lybrand which until now has been a wallflower at this rather bizarre accountancy barn dance . |
| 16 | Secondly , the new weapons would encourage mutual disarmament in Europe by persuading the Soviet Union to withdraw the SS-20s in return for not going ahead with the cruise devices . |
| 17 | Although a very great proportion of the revival in kite flying is attributed to the growth in popularity of the ‘ Stunt ’ kite , one should not run away with the idea that controlled flight is a new discovery . |
| 18 | When we allow people into the country , be they middle class or poor , we must not run away with the idea of helping them . |
| 19 | The juniper flavour is good and there is a fresh , lemony bite , but the overall impression is of an unexciting gin , which does not marry well with the botanicals . |
| 20 | There had been hopes that the workforce would agree not to press ahead with the step if management agreed to reprieve 70 jobs until next April . |
| 21 | There had been hopes that the workforce would agree not to press ahead with the step if management agreed to reprieve 70 jobs until next April . |
| 22 | ‘ As in the National Health Service , perceptions of real life in public institutions do not fit well with the statistics . ’ |
| 23 | So the English , American and French tendency for individualistic solutions to problems does not fit well with the Japanese or Swedish concern for group solutions . |
| 24 | However this does not fit well with the result of the Terrapin case where Roxburgh J in fact granted an injunction . |
| 25 | This date does not fit well with the founding of Rome by Romulus on 21 April 753BC . |
| 26 | It does not fit easily with the notion of an integrated and coherent management strategy as reflected in the School Development Plan , where resource allocation is linked to the achievement of the school 's aims and priorities . |
| 27 | Evidence for Alaric II 's reign does not fit easily with the picture of Visigothic arianism presented by Gregory . |
| 28 | The Greek economy , despite a five-year transition period , could not compete equally with the EC and soon faced a massive trade deficit , and the Socialist government in Athens pursued a negative policy towards the EC for several years . |
| 29 | In the past , the use of these uplands for sheep and beef cattle rearing has not conflicted significantly with the need to retain habitats such as moorlands , hill grasslands , high altitude montane vegetation , enclosed pastures and hay meadows , wetlands and native woodlands , which form the basis of the nature conservation interest of the 9.68 million hectares of upland in the UK . |
| 30 | We may use the figures for 1987 to relate to the discussion in this chapter : These categories of expenditure do not correspond exactly with the simplifications in the text . |